Time: 7:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: : Abbotsford Campus
Fraser Valley Writers Festival
In its 17th year, the 2024 Fraser Valley Writers Festival will be growing once again, with nine free events spread over two days at UFV’s Abbotsford campus, including keynote addresses, panel discussions, writer workshops, and a live podcast recording.
Asked about the expansion of the festival, FVWF Director Rob Taylor noted, “Enthusiasm has increased year after year, and we’ve done our best to try to keep up, almost doubling the number of events we offer. Whether you’re interested in hearing the latest work from a favourite author, or learning hands-on how to improve your own writing, we hope this year’s festival has a little something for everyone.”
Headlining the November 1st opening night will be two of B.C.’s most celebrated writers: Billy-Ray Belcourt, poet and author from the Driftpile Cree Nation, and Angela Sterritt, award-winning investigative journalist and national bestselling author from Wilp Wiik’aax of the Gitanmaax community. Belcourt and Sterritt, both previous finalists for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction, will speak on their lives and writing, including their new books Coexistence (Hamish Hamilton) and Unbroken (Greystone Books).
The following day will be packed with workshops for aspiring writers and panel discussions from a wide range of talented poets, fiction, non-fiction, and comic authors. Among them will be Abbotsford’s own Loghan Paylor, a queer, trans author who has been longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize for their debut novel, The Cure for Drowning.
Also in attendance will be:
-Carleigh Baker, short fiction author and winner of the City of Vancouver Book Award (Last Woman)
-Kate Black, essayist and National Magazine Awards “Best Emerging Author” winner (Big Mall)
-Adrienne Gruber, author of four books of poetry and essays (Monsters, Martyrs, and Marionettes)
-Richard Kelly Kemick, poet, memoirist, and fiction writer (Hello, Horse)
-Anita Lahey, poet, essayist and Ottawa Book Award Finalist (While Supplies Last and Fire Monster)
-Marc Perez, poet, fiction and nonfiction writer (Dayo)
-Onjana Yawnghwe, poet and two time Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize nominee (We Follow the River)
All events are free and open to the public, hosted out of UFV’s Abbotsford campus (Evered Hall). For more information, and to register for events, please visit: http://fvwritersfestival.com/
Event Location : Abbotsford Campus
Fraser Valley Writers Festival
Date(s): Friday, November 1 - Saturday, November 2Time: 7:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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