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URL:https://events.ufv.ca/events/fraser-valley-writers-festival-2/
SUMMARY:Fraser Valley Writers Festival
DESCRIPTION:\nFraser Valley Writers Festival\nIn its 17th year\, the 2024 F
 raser Valley Writers Festival will be growing once again\, with nine free 
 events spread over two days at UFV’s Abbotsford campus\, including keyno
 te addresses\, panel discussions\, writer workshops\, and a live podcast r
 ecording.\n\nAsked 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 favou
 rite author\, or learning hands-on how to improve your own writing\, we ho
 pe this year’s festival has a little something for everyone.”\n\nHeadl
 ining the November 1st opening night will be two of B.C.’s most celebrat
 ed writers: Billy-Ray Belcourt\, poet and author from the Driftpile Cree N
 ation\, and Angela Sterritt\, award-winning investigative journalist and n
 ational 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 writin
 g\, including their new books Coexistence (Hamish Hamilton) and Unbroken (
 Greystone Books).\n\nThe following day will be packed with workshops for a
 spiring 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 fo
 r the 2024 Giller Prize for their debut novel\, The Cure for Drowning.\n\n
 Also in attendance will be:\n\n-Carleigh Baker\, short fiction author and 
 winner of the City of Vancouver Book Award (Last Woman)\n-Kate Black\, ess
 ayist and National Magazine Awards “Best Emerging Author” winner (Big 
 Mall)\n-Adrienne Gruber\, author of four books of poetry and essays (Monst
 ers\, Martyrs\, and Marionettes)\n-Richard Kelly Kemick\, poet\, memoirist
 \, and fiction writer (Hello\, Horse)\n-Anita Lahey\, poet\, essayist and 
 Ottawa Book Award Finalist (While Supplies Last and Fire Monster)\n-Marc P
 erez\, poet\, fiction and nonfiction writer (Dayo)\n-Onjana Yawnghwe\, poe
 t and two time Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize nominee (We Follow the River)\
 n\nAll events are free and open to the public\, hosted out of UFV’s Abbo
 tsford campus (Evered Hall). For more information\, and to register for ev
 ents\, please visit: http://fvwritersfestival.com/
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LOCATION:Abbotsford Campus\, 33844 King Road\, Abbotsford\, BC\, V2S 7M8\, 
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