"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!"
The Graffiti Theatre Company/Fighting Words Young Playwrights Programme showcase took place Friday, 21 June 2019 at The Everyman in Cork city - part of the Cork Midsummer Festival.
It was fantastic achievement by the eight young writers: Lilian Chan, Klaudia Kumurkiewicz, Ellie O'Connell, Kate Moore, Lily Banon, Cian Walsh, Sarah Collins and Eadaoin O'Neal.
A million thanks to the cast, mentors, directors and staff at the Everyman for a brilliant event!
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!
Are you always coming up with innovative ideas and solutions? Do you enjoy meeting new people and collaborating as part of a team? Have you ever considered starting your own business? We are looking for curious and creative minds to join us for a week of innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship at Trinity College Dublin, in partnership with Trinity Walton Club, Tangent (Trinity’s Ideas Workspace) and Fighting Words.
Over the course of this camp you will explore your entrepreneurial side, make new friends and learn the skills necessary to turn a brilliant idea into an exciting new business venture.
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!
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 - 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.
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.
BOOKED OUT!
Due to demand for places, we are unable to accept late applications.
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
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.
