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,…
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This week, I are... preparing young writers for the Leaving Cert
Last week, I received an unexpected message. It was from a parent, asking me if I was offering creative writing classes for a student doing the Leaving Cert (final secondary school exam in Ireland). I hadn’t ever promoted myself as a resource for exam students. I imagined they would be too busy ingesting vast…
Upcoming WriteWords Creative Writing Workshops
In a fit of organisational zeal last week, I organised a tonne of creative writing workshops that will see me through the summer. Good-quality, reasonably priced venues in my area are hard to come by, and I wanted to pounce on my favourite venue before the slots are all gone. So, I’ve set up three…