Fighting Words & Dublin Port Company cordially invite you to attend the launch of:
Dublin Port Diaries, Dockland Stories, Nicknames & Dictionary
Date: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Time: 6pm – 8.30 pm
Venue: Dublin Port Company, Port Centre, Alexandra Rd, North Dock, Dublin, D01 H4C6
By invitation only if you are interested in attending please contact colm@fightingwords.ie
We are seeking volunteers interested in working with secondary school students in Dublin and Wicklow. Working with teens is incredibly rewarding - be a part of it!
Registered volunteers can help out any at any of our workshops, but we are particularly keen to find people interested in working with teens in Dublin and Wicklow.
Contact info@fightingwords.ie for more information or click on the link!
Gaisce – The President’s Award is a self-development programme that encourages you to get active, find your passion, be part of a team and make a difference in your community while having fun and making new friends! It is a direct challenge from the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins to all young people to dream big and realise your potential.
You can rise to the Gaisce challenge by identifying which award level you want to aim for (Bronze, Silver and Gold ) and then achieving your goals across the following challenge areas:
Fighting Words is delighted once again to host a workshop as part of this year's Jonathan Swift Festival!
The workshop will start with a brief talk about the buildings of the Georgian period with Ruth Kenny, Education Officer at Christ Church Cathedral. We will then start a story together - who or what is behind the facade of these old buildings? There will also be time to work individually. As always, Fighting Words writing tutors will be on hand to lend a hand.
Fighting Words is delighted to be a part of the 2019 Dublin Book Festival! We have two events at the festival this year:
We are absolutely thrilled that Ghost Quest received Honourable Mention in the Social Recognition category at the @dublinanimationfestival on Saturday 19th October!
A huge congratulations to the young writers and illustrators who created the story and the brilliant animation team at @bouldermedia - a fantastic achievement.
Pictured are Fighting Words Executive Director Seán Love, director Aidan McAteer and Boulder CEO Rob Cullen.
Fighting Words is delighted once again to host a workshop as part of this year's Dublin Book Festival! Join us for a fun and imaginative workshop where we will create characters and write a story together.
Then write your own ending, draw pictures and at the end of the workshop, take your story home to show all your family and friends!
Date: Saturday, 16 November 2019
Location: Fighting Words, Behan Square, 12-16 Russell Street, Dublin 1 D01 WD53
Time: 10.30am to 12.30pm
Age Range: 8-10 years
Beidh an chéad cheardlann Gaeltachta againn in Ionad Cultúrtha an Phiarsaigh i Ros Muc, Conamara Dé hAoine beag seo, 25 Deireadh Fómhair. Tá muid ag súil go mór leis!
Má tá suim agat oibriú go deonach linn trí Ghaeilge i gConamara, bí i dteagmháil le bridtreasa@fightingwords.ie.
Our inagural workshop is Monday, October 21st at the Temperance Hall in Longford town as part of the Aisling Children's Arts Festival Longford!
Interested in volunteering with the Longford team? Contact longford@fightingwords.ie!
Many thanks to Creative Ireland for their support.
The Men's Shed from Marino-Fairview attended four creative workshops at Fighting Words over September and October. They wrote personal memoir stories that looked back at their various careers. They also collaborated on a fictional story called 'Just the Job'. The story is set in a typical workplace environment in Dublin in the late 1970s.
