Teachers are singing the praises of Fighting Words Belfast volunteers following the success of the cross-community cross-border More Crosswords programme.
With the support and encouragement offered by our trained volunteer mentors, teachers commented that even the quietest child in the group was drawn into the fun of collective story making.
Fighting Words Belfast hosted over 150 primary school children from Belfast and Dublin for the unveiling of 'The Teleportation Electrician' storybook, the result of a 2 month cross-community cross-border creative writing project.
Fighting Words Belfast is excited to announce that Paul Muldoon and Lucy Caldwell will join the internationally acclaimed line-up of project patrons.
Paul Muldoon is the author of twelve major collections of poetry, including One Thousand Things Worth Knowing (2015), Maggot (2010), Horse Latitudes (2006), Moy Sand and Gravel (2002), Hay (1998), The Annals of Chile (1994), Madoc:
Fighting Words patron Roddy Doyle arrives in Belfast to introduce his new book illustrated by Chris Judge, ‘Rover and the Big Fat Baby’ to local children.
On Wednesday 12th October at 11am Fighting Words Belfast and partner Eason’s are excited to host a special event in Belfast with internationally acclaimed author Roddy Doyle.
Fighting Words Belfast ran six story-making and illustrating workshops at CBBC’s Awesome Authors event, in collaboration with Jam Media.
As part of the BBC Awesome Authors weekend, Fighting Words Belfast and Jam Media ran six story-making workshops for children and adults.
The workshops took place over two days (Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th July) at Finaghy Library.
Kinderkids have partnered with Fighting Words Belfast to introduce a brand new creative writing workshop, as part of Fighting Words Belfast's collaboration with BAFTA Award-winning animators JAM Media and Children's BBC.
Fighting Words Belfast is collaborating with BAFTA Award-winning animators JAM Media at a CBBC event in Finaghy Library on Saturday, 16 and Sunday 17th July.
Belfast is one of the hubs of the AWESOME AUTHORS event, a weekend-long series of workshops and live events that invite children to explore their love of reading and writing.
Glenn Patterson helps celebrate Crosswords – a cross-community, cross-border creative writing project by Fighting Words Belfast and Fighting Words Dublin in North Belfast.
On Friday 3rd June children from Belfast and Dublin gathered at the Girdwood Community Hub with acclaimed author Glenn Patterson to launch an exciting new publication produced collaboratively with five schools participating in the Crosswords project.
Shoppers young and old add to The Longest Story Ever Told at Connswater Shopping Centre
Fighting Words Belfast challenged shoppers of all ages to be part of The Longest Story Ever Told at Connswater Shopping Centre on Saturday 30th April.
Passers-by were given sixty seconds each to come up with ‘what happens next’ in the story.
Fighting Words Belfast celebrates its 1st birthday
One year on from its launch at Queen's Univeristy during Belfast Children's Festival 2015:
