A lot of my creative writing workshops are aimed at children these days, so during this difficult time we’re in, I thought I’d put some resources together aimed at parents and teachers of primary school children. I’m hoping it will help you stay sane while the children are at home. Creating it has certainly helped…
Author: Derbhile Graham
This week, I are... offering free writing sessions.
I’m back again with the WriteWords blog this week because I felt moved by the current situation to reach out to you, in the truest sense of the word. If you are in self-isolation as a result of the Coronavirus, my heart goes out to you. And to the rest of you, I hope that…
This week, I are ... mastering the art of giving workshops to quiet people
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…
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…