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Robin van Eck

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Executive Director, Programing Support, Events, Marketing & Communications, Community Engagement & Collaborations

Kim Firmston

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Program Director - Youth Clubs/Education & Tutoring Support

Precious de leon

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Office/Programming Support, Events, Marketing & Communications
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Robin has been with the AWCS in various capacities since 2003. First as a member learning to write, as a board member for several years, as office personnel and eventually, when there was more team to manage, Executive Director. 
Robin is a writer like everyone else with several short stories and personal essays published. Her first novel, Rough, came out in November 2020.
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Kim is a published writer of YA novels, short stories, and articles, and has plays produced worldwide. She is a writing mentor and instructor for the AWCS, the Writers’ Guild of Alberta, and the Alexandra Centre Society’s DramAntics Theatre camp. Kim specializes in collaboration projects with people of all ages.
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Precious is a poet and speculative fiction writer. She writes through the lens of a Filipino Canadian settler in Mohkintsis/Calgary. Following her stint as a business journalist and editor in the Middle East, her creative writing journey started with the 2019 Borderlines Writers Circle Calgary (now Own Voices Alberta), a program she now works on with the AWCS team since she joined in 2020.

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Alexandra Writers' Centre Society
460, 1721, 29th Ave SW
Calgary, AB T2T 6T7


403.264.4730
General Inquiries: info@alexandrawriters.org
  • Home
    • About >
      • The History
      • The Mission
      • The Team
      • The Board of Directors
      • Employment & Volunteer Opportunities
      • Our Sponsors
    • Contact
  • Membership
  • Services
    • Current Courses and Workshops
    • J Michael Fay Subsidy Program
    • ABLit Book Club
    • Annual Writers Retreat
    • Author Development Program
    • Books, Gifts and More...
    • Get Lit Writer Series
    • Manuscript Review Service
    • Many Voices Monthly Writing Contest
    • Writer in Residence Program
  • Events
  • Blog