Dead Poets Reading Series

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Dead Poets Reading Series DPRS is a bi-monthly poetry reading series in Vancouver. It's simple! Readings take place from 3-5 PM on the first Sunday of every odd-numbered month (i.e.

Five presenters get fifteen minutes each to introduce one of their favourite dead poets and read a selection of that poet's work. To clarify here, by "dead poet" we mean "non-living poet", not "character from that Robin Williams movie". January, March, May, etc.), and are run out of Project Space in Vancouver's Chinatown. There's an intermission and good conversation to boot.

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Yesterday afternoon's reading was truly a delightful and transporting experience. Biggest thank yous to Marlo Browne, Wh...
09/15/2026

Yesterday afternoon's reading was truly a delightful and transporting experience. Biggest thank yous to Marlo Browne, Whitney French, Mallory Tater, and Kate McCandless for their beautiful readings at Outsiders and Others. 😍

Our next reading will be November 8th, see you then!

This is tomorrow afternoon! Looking forward to seeing some of you at Outsiders and Others at 3pm!
09/12/2026

This is tomorrow afternoon! Looking forward to seeing some of you at Outsiders and Others at 3pm!

After a restorative summer break, the Dead Poets Reading Series is back for our September reading! We are happy to be in partnership with Word Vancouver for this one. Join us Sunday, September 13th, 3pm-5pm at Outsiders and Others ( #100 - 938 Howe st). Here is our lovely lineup:

Marlo Browne reading Langston Hughes
Mallory Tater reading Maeve Kelly
Kate McCandless reading Mitsu Suzuki
Whitney French reading Essex Hemphill

Raoul Fernandes and Elena Johnson will host. A reminder that this is a masks-required event to keep things safe and accessible for everyone. We will have masks available at the door.

Hope to see you there!

After a restorative summer break, the Dead Poets Reading Series is back for our September reading! We are happy to be in...
09/01/2026

After a restorative summer break, the Dead Poets Reading Series is back for our September reading! We are happy to be in partnership with Word Vancouver for this one. Join us Sunday, September 13th, 3pm-5pm at Outsiders and Others ( #100 - 938 Howe st). Here is our lovely lineup:

Marlo Browne reading Langston Hughes
Mallory Tater reading Maeve Kelly
Kate McCandless reading Mitsu Suzuki
Whitney French reading Essex Hemphill

Raoul Fernandes and Elena Johnson will host. A reminder that this is a masks-required event to keep things safe and accessible for everyone. We will have masks available at the door.

Hope to see you there!

A bit late posting this, but here are some photos from our May 17th reading. Big thanks to Cris Holman, Yilin Wang, Dani...
05/27/2026

A bit late posting this, but here are some photos from our May 17th reading. Big thanks to Cris Holman, Yilin Wang, Daniela Elza and Annie Lafleur for their powerful readings, to Yuri for the space at Outsiders and Others, and of course, to the lovely attentive audience that came out. We'll see you next time in September! Have a good Summer! 🌞

Sticking around the city this long weekend and need something to do on a Sunday afternoon? Come check out the May editio...
05/15/2026

Sticking around the city this long weekend and need something to do on a Sunday afternoon? Come check out the May edition of the Dead Poets Reading Series at Outsiders and Others (938 Howe St #100) ! Our fabulous readers will be:

Daniela Elza reading Lyubomir Levchev (1935- 2019)
Yilin Wang reading Qiu Jin (1875-1907)
Cristina Holman reading Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936)
Annie Lafleur reading Danielle Collobert (1940 -1978), translated by Norma Cole

As usual, this event is masks-required so keep things safe and accessible for everyone (masks are provided at the door)

Hope to see you this Sunday (17th) at 3pm!

Wow, that was a glorious afternoon! Deepest gratitude to our lovely audience and our amazing readers that shared poetry ...
03/09/2026

Wow, that was a glorious afternoon! Deepest gratitude to our lovely audience and our amazing readers that shared poetry from around the world: George McWhirter (reading José Emilio Pacheco), Robin Susanto (reading Sapardi Djoko Damano), Rhea Tregebov (reading Anne Szumigalski) and Mezi (reading Classical poems by Arab Women)! We'll be back with our next reading in May. See you then!

This is tomorrow, 3pm at Outsiders and Others! See you there!
03/08/2026

This is tomorrow, 3pm at Outsiders and Others! See you there!

Hey all, the next reading of the Dead Poets Reading Series is coming up! Sunday March 8th at Outsiders and Others, featuring these great writers:

Rhea Tregebov reading Anne Szumigalski (1922-1999)
George McWhirter reading José Emilio Pacheco (1939-2014)
Robin Susanto reading Sapardi Djoko Damano (1940–2020)
Mezi reading from "Classical Poems by Arab Women" anthology

Tell your friends and hope to see you there!
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Hey all, the next reading of the Dead Poets Reading Series is coming up! Sunday March 8th at Outsiders and Others, featu...
02/26/2026

Hey all, the next reading of the Dead Poets Reading Series is coming up! Sunday March 8th at Outsiders and Others, featuring these great writers:

Rhea Tregebov reading Anne Szumigalski (1922-1999)
George McWhirter reading José Emilio Pacheco (1939-2014)
Robin Susanto reading Sapardi Djoko Damano (1940–2020)
Mezi reading from "Classical Poems by Arab Women" anthology

Tell your friends and hope to see you there!
www.deadpoetslive.com

The Dead Poets event on Sunday was fantastic: great turnout, great poets, great poems. Thanks to our incredible readers ...
01/14/2026

The Dead Poets event on Sunday was fantastic: great turnout, great poets, great poems. Thanks to our incredible readers - Heidi Greco, Christopher Levenson, Joseph Dandurand, and Elee Kraljii Gardiner with special guest Sahand Anzari who read Forough Farrokhzad in the original Farsi! If you missed this one, come to the next on March 8 at Outsiders and Others!

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