Endre Farkas photo by Michael Towe

 

 

 

 

Books:

Quotidian Fever: New & Selected  1974-2007

The Muses’ Co. 2007

PromeCards from Chile  

Rubicon Press 2007

In The Worshipful Company of Skinners  

The Muses’ Co. 2003

Voices  

CDPoetry 2002 (Tr.Spanish) Poetas.com  2002

Hirencia

(virtual book)   Tr. Spanish Poetas.com 2001

Les mots Qui Survivent  

Ecrites des Forges 1999

Surviving Wor(l)ds

(a play)   Schirraco, 1999

Surviving Words  

The Muses’ Co. 1994

Howl Two Eh??

(with Ken Norris)   NuAge Editions, 1992

*How To  

The Muses’ Co., 1988

From Here to Here  

The Muses’ Co., 1982

Face‑Off  

The Muses’ Co.,1980

Romantic at Heart & Other Faults  

Cross Country Press, 1979

Murders in the Welcome Café   

Vehicule Press, 1977

Szerbusz  

Eldorado Editions, 1974

           

Anthologies:

Freedom

Anaconda

Poetry Australia

Canadian Poetry Now

Voix-Off

Passport

Quebec Suite

CrossCut

10 Montreal Poets at the Cegeps                                 

The Other Language

Montreal English Poetry of the Seventies

 

*Nominated for the QSPELL AM Klein Poetry Prize

 

His work has been translated into Hungarian, Slovenian, French, Spanish and Italian, Turkish

 

Readings:                                                                                                                                        Canada, USA, France, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Chile

 

Editor:

Freedom

Poetas.com

Passport

Ecrites des Forges (English Canadian Poetry in French), 2000

Quebec Suite

The Muses' Co.,1996               

1984

The Muses' Co.,1984

*The Other Language

The Muses' Co, 1983

Sounds Like  

Vehicule Press(co-producer with Ken Norris album of spoken work), 1980

Montreal English Poetry of the Seventies 

Vehicule Press (co-editor with Ken Norris), 1977

                                                                       

 *Nominated for the “Perfect Library” collection by Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec

 

Plays:

Voices 

2002

Performed at Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival and Le Monument National

Why is This Night Different?

2001

Performed at the Saydie Bronfman Theatre.

Radio Love 

(with Ruth Taylor), 2000

Radio play commsioned by the CBC

Surviving Wor(l)ds,

2000. Performed at the Centaur Theatre. Nominated for best new play by Montreal Critics and among top ten spoken word performances in Montreal.

 

Poetry Performances:

O,O,O, Canada

Winner of the CBC Face-Off Poetry competition 2007

Blood is Blood

CBC Commissioned piece for Out Front 2006

Dear Diary

An adaptation of Diary entries of Turkish political prisoners performed in Paris & Montreal, 2005

ProemCards from Chile

Performed in Circus of Words/Cirque des mots 2004

Homo Ludens/Playful Humans

Winner of CBC Poetry Face-Off Competition

Love in Quebec                                                           

Commissioned by CBC Radio.

Cabaret Vehicule

An evening of performance poetry at Cinquieme Salle de Place des arts sponsored by the Musee d’art contemporaine de Quebec.

A Minute to Go

Performed in Montreal

I Love You/Te t'aime

Text for 3 voices presented in Montreal for “Le jour de Poésie” and performed in Montreal & Budapest

Sound Bodies

Commissioned text and choreography for FULCRUM, a Vancouver based Contact Improvisation Group. Performed in Montreal. 1981

It Runs in the Family

Comissioned text and choreography for poet and two dancers. Performed in Montreal 1982

An Evening in the Muses' Company

Text and movement for 3 actors. Toured Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Peterborough, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver. 1983

Murders In The Welcome Café

Dramatization of text. Toured in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, Hungary.

1983

Face‑Off /Mise Au jeu

Commissioned piece for the dance group CATPOTO. Performed in Montreal, & Peterborough 1980

Close Up

A collaboration with composer Ted Dawson. Toured Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria.1979

Drummer Boy Raga

A collaborative 7 voice text creation 1976

 

Administrative Work:

Coproducer of “Circus of  Words” 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Coproducer of Poesie en Mouvement/Poetry in Motion

(poems on the buses project) 2004-2006

Producer of Cabaret Vehicule

at  Musee D’art contemporain de Montreal     2004

Editor of Matrix Magazine

(with Linda Leith and Kenneth Radu)

President of Quebec English Language Publishers

Founding editor of Vehicule press,   1974

One of the Founders of Quebec Writers Federation

One of the founders of QSPELL (Quebec Society for  the Promotion of English Language Literature)

Coordinator of John Abbott College Reading Series      1976

Coordinator of Véhicule Reading Series            1974