Join us at Outsiders and Others Gallery for the Dead Poets Reading Series, a longstanding event in which four local writers share the work of dead poets they admire. We look forward to sharing an afternoon of reflection and celebration, as poetic conversation and recitation travel through time. The gallery and washrooms are wheelchair-accessible, and the location is close to the Vancouver City Centre SkyTrain station. Masks are required for this reading.
Location: Outsiders and Others
Sponsored by: Word Vancouver · Dead Poets Reading Series
Hosts: Elena Johnson · Raoul Fernandes
Readers: Mallory Tater presents Maeve Kelly | Whitney French presents TBD | Marlo Browne presents Langston Hughes | Kate McCandless presents Mitsu Suzuki
About The Hosts
Elena Johnson
Elena Johnson is the author of Field Notes for the Alpine Tundra (Gaspereau Press), a collection of poems set at a remote ecology research station in the Yukon. Her poems have been translated into French, set to music, and sung by choirs. She works as an editor and writing mentor on unceded Coast Salish territory in Vancouver. She’s currently working on a new collection of ecopoems.
Raoul Fernandes
Raoul Fernandes lives with his wife, two sons, and orange tabby, on the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations (Vancouver, BC). His first collection of poems, Transmitter and Receiver (Nightwood Editions, 2015) won the Dorothy Livesay Award and Debut-litzer Award for Poetry in 2016. He is the Poetry Editor for EVENT magazine and works in public libraries in Vancouver.
About The Readers
Mallory Tater
Mallory Tater is the author of four books: This Will Be Good, The Birth Yard, Lockers are for Bearcats Only & Soft Tissue (forthcoming, ECW, 2028). Mallory lives in Vancouver, where she teaches at the University of British Columbia’s School of Creative Writing.
Marlo Browne
Marlo Browne is an award-winning Barbadian multi-hyphenate artist who has published 5 poetry books and currently lives in Langley. Marlo has performed and featured at many events and has converted some of his poetry into short films. To date, he has released three short films- ‘I'm Sorry’ in 2023 and ‘Dear Single Mom’ and ‘Invisible’ in 2025.
Kate McCandless
Kate McCandless is co-guiding teacher at Mountain Rain Zen Community in Vancouver. She writes, translates, teaches and gardens on the traditional, unceded lands of the Coast Salish Nations. Her engagement with Japanese language, poetry, Zen and nature extends over more than forty years.
