Welcome
Welcome to the Fraser Valley Poets Society
Fraser Valley Poets Society (FVPS)* is a poetry society based in Abbotsford, B.C. It is a welcoming place for poets living anywhere in the Fraser Valley.
We meet regularly for open mic and featured reader poetry nights (Blue Moon Readings).
Time and location of poetry nights:
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Clearbrook Library (Multi-purpose meeting room)
32320 George Ferguson Way
Abbotsford, B.C.
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Website updates to check out:
- Photos of our founder, Donna Bishop, at the occasion of the debut of her songs.
- David Stymeist reads at the UFV Bookstore.– April 12, 2017
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Mark these 2017 reading nights on your calendar:
March 13, 2017
April 10, 2017
May 1, 2017
June 5, 2017
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Our next meeting is
June 26, 2017
O Canada anthology book launch!
Join us for this exciting event!
6:30-8:30
Clearbrook Library – 32320 George Ferguson Way, Abbotsford, B.C.
(I hear rumors of cake!)
- Update: The book is launched! Read about the evening and see photos HERE.
- Interested in purchasing a copy? Learn more HERE.
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September 11, 2017
Blue Moon Reading, featuring: Brayden, Surjeet, Ted, & Violet.
Followed by an Open Mic.
October 2, 2017
Open mic.
November 6, 2017
Book Launch:
Visions of Truth and Fantasy by Ted Goodrich
followed by an Open Mic.
November 27, 2017
6:30 – 8:30 pm
Christmas Social
Pot luck snack table and “Funny” gift exchange game
(something low cost or a recycled gift from home)
Open Mic throughout the evening to celebrate the season.
Join us on these evenings at 6:30 in the Clearbrook Library Meeting Room, 32320 George Ferguson Way, Abbotsford, B.C.
Our events are free. You don’t have to be a FVPS member to read your work at an open mic. Just arrive, tell the person who is compiling the list of readers that you’d like to join in, and you’re on the program
Or come just to listen.
Sign up for our newsletter to keep informed about our latest news.
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*FVPS was established as Poets Potpourri Society in 1981. The name was changed to Fraser Valley Poets Society in 2014. Read more about the founding, history and purpose of FVPS on the About Us page.
To view photos and reports of reading nights, go to the FVPS Blog page.
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