Celebrating the art of words
Save the Date: November 7 & 8, 2025
The Fraser Valley Writers Festival is an annual two-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. Look for a 2025 lineup announcement in the early Fall!
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.
Our Authors (2024)
Our Lineup (2024)
Our Schedule (2024)
Friday, Nov 1
7:00 PM - Keynotes
Billy-Ray Belcourt
Angela Sterritt
Saturday, Nov 2
10:00 AM - Workshops
Carleigh Baker - Short Fiction
Anita Lahey - Multi-Genre
11:00 AM - Panel 1 - "Revise"
Adrienne Gruber (Chair)
Carleigh Baker
Richard Kelly Kemick
Anita Lahey
Loghan Paylor
1:15 PM - Workshops & Podcast
Kate Black - Non-Fiction
Marc Perez - Poetry
Richard Kelly Kemick - Fiction
French & Lahey - Page Fright Podcast
2:15 PM - Panel 2 - "Abandon"
Loghan Paylor (Chair)
Kate Black
Adrienne Gruber
Marc Perez
Onjana Yawnghwe
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
