People often ask me, ‘How do you work with children? Are they not very noisy?’ Well, believe it or not, some children are not noisy. Just as there are quiet adults, there are also quiet children. And I gave a workshop to a group of quiet children recently at a Halloween writing workshop. As a…
Author: Derbhile Graham
This week, I are ... awed by the brilliance of writers with intellectual disabilities
I have been meaning to write this post for such a long time. It’s about a creative writing collaborative project I’ve been working on over the past eighteen months that is very dear to my heart. The project is with a group of people who are brilliant writers and who have intellectual disabilities. Strictly speaking,…
This week, I are... delighted to start my school writing residency
Yes, I have secured an artists’ residency in a school. Sounds very posh, doesn’t it? But I actually just filled in a form and the good people at Creative Ireland, Waterford Council and the Waterford Teachers’ Centre decided to give me money to work in a school. All joking aside, this is a huge honour…
This week, I are excited about... my Halloween writing workshop for children
On my morning walk with the dog, I met Tracy the funky librarian. Librarians aren’t always known for funkiness, but Tracy definitely fits the description. She’s a dynamo, firing on all cylinders. The fact that she confirmed that I would be facilitating a Halloween-themed writing workshop for children only adds to her funkiness. Tracy’s always…
This week, I are... finishing a nice little editing job.
In fact, this is a bit of a lie. I finished this editing job a few weeks ago, but there was so much going on, I didn’t get a chance to tell you about it until now. It was a copy edit for a company involved in the construction industry, who wanted the language in…