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SUMMARY:Fraser Valley Writers Festival
DESCRIPTION:Fraser Valley Writers Festival\nThe Fraser Valley Writers Festi
 val is Back for 2025!\n\nThe two-day festival of author talks and workshop
 s kicks off November 7th\, Abbotsford\, B.C. — The Fraser Valley Writers
  Festival (FVWF) looks forward to hosting twelve acclaimed authors from ac
 ross the country for a celebration of Canadian literature. In its 18th yea
 r\, the 2025 FVWF continues to grow\, offering a dozen free events over tw
 o days at the University of the Fraser Valley’s Abbotsford campus.\n\nHe
 adlining the opening night on November 7th will be two of Vancouver’s mo
 st celebrated writers: Charles Demers\, comedian and author of The Eh Team
  (Greystone Books) and Evelyn Lau\, poet and author of fifteen books\, inc
 luding the just released Parade of Storms (Anvil Press).\n\nThe following 
 day will be packed with workshops for aspiring writers\, live podcast reco
 rdings and panel discussions from a wide range of talented authors\, inclu
 ding Dublin Literary Award nominee Jen Sookfong Lee\, author of The Hunger
  We Pass Down (Penguin Random House). Joining Lee will be Maritime writers
  Nick Thran and Brian Barlett\, Victoria poet Kayla Czaga\, Vancouver essa
 yist Daniela Elza and local Fraser Valley authors Joseph Dandurand\, Taryn
  Hubbard\, Christina Myers\, and Heather Ramsay.\n\nWhen asked about the i
 mportance of the FVWF\, festival panelist Nick Thran said “watching book
 s change hands\, hearing authors read\, listening to exchanges between aut
 hor and audience… these things remind me that the book is a living organ
 ism\, and that our collective love (and need) for books is real.”\n\nAll
  FVWF events are free and open to the public\, hosted out of UFV’s Abbot
 sford campus (Building B Room 101). Events are free but with limited avail
 ability for more information\, or to get tickets for events\, please visit
  HERE!\n\nThe Fraser Valley Writers Festival: Founded in 2007 as the Missi
 on Writers &amp\; Readers Festival\, the FVWF has been run by the Universi
 ty of the Fraser Valley\, out of its Abbotsford campus\, since 2017.\n\nA 
 fact sheet with details on all our authors\, including full biographies an
 d photos\, is available upon request. To arrange an interview with any of 
 our authors\, or with Festival Artistic Director Rob Taylor\, please conta
 ct Marketing and Logistics Manager Anna McCausland at fvwritersfest@ufv.c
 a.
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