Celebrating the art of words
Our Lineup
Our Authors
Our Schedule
Thursday, Nov 5th
4:00 PM - Community Open Mic
Friday, Nov 6th
7:00 PM - Keynotes
Dr. Jody Wilson-Raybould
Justin McElroy
Saturday, Nov 7th
10:00 AM - Workshops & Podcast
Elizabeth Bachinsky - Poetry
Kevin Spenst - Non-Fiction
Daniel Zomparelli - Fiction
Andrew French and Dina Del Bucchia - Page Fright podcast
11:15 AM - Panel 1 - "Lies"
Elizabeth Bachinsky
Renée Sarojini Saklikar
Kevin Spenst
Daniel Zomparelli
Chair: Adrick Brock
1:30 PM - Workshops & Podcast
Dina Del Bucchia - Fiction
Keiko Honda - Zuhitsu (Non-Fiction)
Jónína Kirton - Poetry
Andrew French and Daniel Zomparelli - Page Fright podcast
2:45 PM - Panel 2 - "Truth"
Adrick Brock
Dina Del Bucchia
Keiko Honda
Jónína Kirton
Chair: Renée Sarojini Saklikar
November 5-7, 2026
The Fraser Valley Writers Festival is an annual three-day literary festival featuring keynote addresses, readings, panel discussions, writing workshops, live podcast recordings, and more, hosted at the Abbotsford campus of the University of the Fraser Valley.
Unique to the FVWF, all participating authors are commissioned to write a new work and debut it at the festival. These pieces are then archived in our Festival Magazine, which is our way of bringing the festival to you, wherever you are in the world.
Land Acknowledgement
Since long before Canada was formed, the Stó:lō (people of the river) have occupied the land where our festival calls home. The Fraser Valley Writers Festival recognizes and honours the contribution that the Stó:lō and other Indigenous peoples have made — and continue to make — to our community.
You can learn more about Stó:lō territory by watching
