The 6th Fighting Words supplement of new Irish writing was published in The Irish Times on Wednesday, 11 May 2016. The supplement features short stories, poetry and plays from writers aged between seven and seventeen, from all over Ireland.
Well done to all the young authors!
We are deligthed to take part again this year in the Bealtaine Festival, a month-long festival for people aged over 55.
This year, we are offering a series of three workshops on Friday afternoons in May starting on Friday, May 6th.
We will focus on imagining Dublin in the future - these workshops will be part of the Dublin In The Coming Times project.
A Reading of eight short plays, devised and scripted by teenage writers took place on Friday 1st April on the Abbey stage.
Date: 3 March 2016
Thanks to ESB Group for helping us to reach more children from everyone from Fighting Words!
Date: 1 March 2016
Fighting Words has been featured quite a bit in Irish media recently!
Check out the piece in the latest issue of Women's Way, about our programmes and volunteering. Click here
Tips about telling stories from our manager Sara Bennett are featured in MediaHQ's podcast Mediaflash: Click here
Story Title: Banananot vs Chimpy
By: Gaelscoil na Mí, 3rd Class,
Date: 25 February 2016
Another brilliant morning at St Patrick's Cathedral - a tour of the cathedral featuring its' legends and stories followed by creating a story about a banana in a robot suit and some killer potatoes with the students from Gaelscoil na Mí, Ashbourne!
Can you imagine Dublin in the future? Would you like to write about it?
Sebastian Barry has - so has the Dublin Hun.
We are partners in the project DUBLIN IN THE COMING TIMES, running throughout 2016.
In his 1893 collection, “The Rose”, W B Yeats included a poem with the title “To Ireland in the Coming Times.” Borrowing the Yeats title, Dublin in the Coming Times is a free city wide programme of creative writing in which Dubliners, young and old, can create their own stories and poems as they look to the future of their city going through another phase of evolution and renewal. Fighting Words, Dublin City Libraries and other partners will be working together with Dublin Unesco City of Literature to deliver the programme during 2016.
What does Fighting Words do?
Opened in January 2009, the centre offers free story-writing workshops for primary school students in the mornings, creative writing tutoring for secondary students in the afternoons, and occasional workshops for various ages in the evenings and at weekends. We also run free week-long summer camps in July and August.
The workshops at Fighting Words run by teams of volunteer writing tutors in a relaxed, creative environment.
Hopscotch was officially launched on Sunday 20th December at the Olivier Cornet Gallery, Great Denmark Street. Hopscotch presents the work of several artists and is based around the theme of childhood memories and children's games.
The new Fighting Words Mayo team has been working with primary schools since early October 2015, running workshops at The National Museum of Ireland, Country Life in Castlebar.
