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Some highlights of the Fighting Words fun at Kaleidoscope 2019! There were sessions on writing jokes, graphic fiction, making podcasts with HeadStuff, a performance of "A Paper Plane" from the playwriting project with the Abbey Theatre - as well as the brilliant volunteer tutor team taking part in a ceilí!

"Fighting Words was delighted to be a part of the inagural Shaking Bog Festival in Wicklow. It was a fantastic two days of workshops for all ages in the stunning Glencree Valley.

The festival put out a call to local schools inviting children to submit a piece of nature writing. Every child who responded to the invitation was a winner! All of the work submitted is displayed at different venues throughout the festival on June 22-23 and you can see it here!"

In August 2018, fifteen young people came to Fighting Words to work with staff from Boulder Media and Fighting Words volunteer tutors to create an animated short.

The kids spent a week devising the story and drawing the characters and travelled to the Boulder Media studios to record the voices.

The result is GHOST QUEST - the story of a boy called Jack, his talking shoes, his dog Buddy and his great grandmother. It is full of magic, adventure and teacakes!

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!