Our 10th Anniversary Showcase will feature a selection of creative writing produced over the past ten years, including plays, songs and readings from past and present writers at Fighting Words. Join us for this free celebration of youthful creativity at Farmleigh House!
Fighting Words volunteers travelled with World Vision Ireland to Azraq camp in Jordan to run story writing workshops with displaced Syrian children aged 6-8 in the Early Childhood Development Centre. Over a week, Fighting Words volunteers facilitated six workshops, reaching over one hundred children in the camp. The children created a collection of fantastic stories and illustrations. The stories feature lions, butterflies, elephants, rabbits, chickens, and apple trees.
Fighting Words offers free story-writing workshops for primary school students in the mornings, creative writing workshops for secondary students in the afternoons as well as workshops covering all aspects of writing in the evenings, at weekends and during the school holidays. All tutoring is provided by trained and vetted volunteer mentors.
Interns assist Fighting Words staff with all aspects of programme and project management. Interns are also responsible for regular administration tasks and also assist in event planning. We offer the opportunity to work with primary and secondary school age students in a supportive and fun environment, as well as the chance to get involved in editorial work, special projects and the running of an NGO.
Dublin is Learning. Learning for Work, Life and Fun. Fighting Words is delighted to host a workshop as part of the inaugural Dublin Learning City Festival. Kick off the Easter holidays creatively at Fighting Words!
The Dublin Learning City Project is an exciting collaboration between IADT, Marino Institute of Education, Trinity, UCD and NCAD. Together with Dublin City Council. The goal is to make Dublin a Learning City!
Join us for a fun and imaginative workshop where we will create characters and write a story together, imagining Dublin in the future.
Fighting Words is a free creative writing programme developed by Roddy Doyle and Seán Love in 2009. The programme operates on the premise that creative writing is an essential part of every child’s education: that giving children a real dedicated chance and space to explore the limitlessness of their imaginations, does great things. Fighting Words works with students of all ages to develop their creative writing skills, explore their love of writing and let their imaginations run free.
We were delighted to host a workshop for Chinese Lunar New Year with the Ireland China Culture & Arts Association on Sunday, February 10th.
It was a brilliant day with brilliant young authors!
Fighting Words is excited to announce the launch of Analecta, a dedicated digital anthology of writing from Write Club members in Dublin, Bray, Cork, Belfast and Dún Laoghaire.
Click here to read exciting new Irish writing from young authors!
Interested in joining Write Club? It's open to all secondary school students, there is no minimum attendance requirement and it's FREE. Write Club offers a time and space for teens to work on their own writing, supported by our team of trained and vetted tutors.
Read the belief statement of more than 50 youth writing organizations that collectively support over 150,000 young people globally to write a brighter, better future. #WRITINGGLOBALCHANGE #writetoright=
As part of First Fortnight, the annual festival that raises awareness about mental health challenges prejudice and works to end stigma, Fighting Words is hosting a workshop for young writers aged 6 to 8 years on Saturday, January 26th!
Create A Character at Fighting Words!
Where: Fighting Words, Behan Square, 12-16 Russell Street, Dublin 1
When: Saturday, 26 January 2019
Time: 11am to 12.30pm
Age Range: 6 to 8 years
Cost: FREE
Happy Holidays from Fighting Words! We wish all the young writers, all the volunteer tutors, all the teachers and all the parents who have been with us at locations all over the island of Ireland in 2018 the very best for the Christmas season.
Fighting Words will be closed from December 24th and until January 2nd.
We look forward to even more great stories in 2019! #writetoright
