WonderShift - stories of transformation and change

by Robin van Eck (Contributor), Various (contributor), Heidi Klaassen (Editor)

40 years! The Alexandra Writers Centre is celebrating 40 years of writers and writing in 2021. And with 40 years comes significant change from the way we see the world, to the way we operate and along the way so many writers have graced our classrooms, spilling their creativity and energy on one another.

CONTRIBUTORS

WINNERS of the Write Your Way Out of Isolation Contest held summer 2020

Suzanne Johnston | Megan Fennell | Julie Meier

Poetry

Moni Brar | Weyman Chan | Dymphny Dronyk | Laurie Anne Fuhr | Vivian Hansen | Kimberlee Jones | Pam Medland | Anne Marie Nakagawa | Vina Nguyen | Lori D Roadhouse | Angela Waldie | Marisa Webster

Fiction

Robert Bose | Susan Forest | Shane Kroetsch | Shirlee Smith Matheson | Erin McDougall | Joy Norstrom | Jason Pearce | Rachelle Pinnow | Doreen Vanderstoop | Robin van Eck | Meghan Victoria | Madelaine Shaw-Wong

Creative Nonfiction

Karen Craig | Kim Firmston | Darren Flach | Cari Frame | Barb Howard | Wendy Ireland | Heidi Klaassen | Brian Pearson | Tanya Ramirez | Nicole Roche | Jessica Waite | Laura Wershler

200 pages, Paperback

Published September 20, 2021

About the author

Robin is a Calgary-based writer whose short fiction and creative nonfiction has appeared in Lamplight Magazine, FreeFall Magazine, Crack the Spine, Maudlin House, Woven Tales Press, Prairie Journal, the Waiting Anthology and more. She was an AMPA Showcase Award finalist in 2013 for her short story, Everywhere and Nowhere.

Her work often tackles important social issues that she is passionate about such as mental illness, homelessness, death/dying and family dynamics,

Always ready to learn and keep and open-mind, Robin is fascinated by the many facets of the human condition.

Whenever possible Robin loves to explore the mountains and valleys around Alberta and BC with her family and dog.

Reviews

[Gayle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an anthology of stories of change. Well written. Heart felt poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction.