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Create A Picture Book

Young writers aged 5-6 are invited to Fighting Words to create their very own picture book! Working as a group, participants will invent an original story together and see the pages of their book being created on the Fighting Words screen.

Once they have decided on the characters and plot, participants will create part of the story together, helped by Fighting Words tutors and illustrators, editing as they go. Everyone will then have time to write and draw their own individual endings to the story. Participants will leave with a copy of their book!

Book Launch - Yes, We Still Drink Coffee!

Stories Of Women Human Rights Defenders

‘Reading these remarkable essays is a jolt to the conscience. The women interviewed for this collection have chosen activism over apathy. They live with threats and fear, and confront them with courage. They are committed to highlighting injustices, campaigning for changes, often at great personal risk.’ - Monica McInerney, Foreword

CRC in Association with Fighting Words present Phantasarie Deux

CRC - in association with Fighting Words - presents the RT Drama group in Phantasarie Deux

In their first-ever sequel, RT Drama revisits the fantasy world of the Enchanted Forest and the Wild Lands.This time, it’s with original songs written and performed by the group.

Witches, Vampires, Werewolves and star-crossed Zombies are on the battlefield, in a café, a TV game show and a court room presided over by Judge Mental.

Story Writing Workshop at Bray Library

Venue: Bray Library
Date: 15th June 2019
Time: 10.30 am to 12.30 am

As part of Cruinniú na nÓg, Fighting Words and Bray Library are running a Story Writing workshop for children aged 8-11.

FIGHTING WORDS SUMMER CAMPS 2019

We are delighted to announce the schedule of FREE summer camps at Fighting Words for 2019!
Our camps are highly participatory and a lot of fun. Come explore your creativity with us this summer!

Camp Location:
All camps take place at Fighting Words, Behan Square, 12-16 Russell Street, Dublin 1

Dissent Into Madness Launch!

Our latest anthology of short stories by 4th year students, Dissent Into Madness, was launched by the brilliant young authors at Beneavin De La Salle College on Tuesday, May 14th 2019.

Fighting Words co-founder Roddy Doyle spoke at the event, as did former GAA footballer John O'Leary. Several of the authors read and it was a great celebration of a great achievement by all the students.

Highlights from our 10th Anniversary Showcase at Farmleigh on Saturday, May 4th!

A million thanks to all the writers who participated, the staff at Farmleigh and to everyone who came to celebrate with us.

The event featured poetry, short stories, the premiere of the new animated short Ghost Quest (a co-production with Boulder Media), one of the plays from the Young Playwrights Project with the Abbey Theatre and a new song, written by the audience!

The participants included past and present participants and volunteers, as well as Fighting Words staff - Robyn Gill, Sharon Hogan, Rachel Thornton, Zara Ní Shuilebháin, Palakshi Rattan, Amy Lawrence, Aidan McAteer, Jack Fanciulli, Rahil Kassouri, Clodagh Mooney Duggan, Juliette Crosbie and Jeda De Brí. The MC on the day was the brilliant Úna Kavanagh.

Young Irish Writing - The 2019 Fighting Words Supplement in The Irish Times

The 2019 Fighting Words supplement of new writing from young authors was published on Tuesday, 7 May 2019.

The annual supplement features writing from primary and secondary school students from all over Ireland.

From our co-founder Roddy Doyle's introduction: "Fighting Words opened in Dublin 10 years ago, in January 2009. We started just as the country was falling apart, as the Celtic Tiger was being hauled off to the abattoir, and we wondered – myself and Seán Love, the co-founders – how long we could stay open, if there’d be enough interest from schools and teachers, if we’d be able to attract enough support.

10th Anniversary Showcase at Farmleigh House - Saturday, May 4th!

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 in Jordan

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.