School & Public Workshops: ‘Dinosaur Pie’ Creative Writing 7 - 9 Nov 2024
Come along and enjoy a fun-filled creative imagination workshop with author and facilitator Jen Wallace inspired by her hilarious new book Dinosaur Pie.
In the book, there’s a boy called Rory. He and his mum have ADHD, but the book isn’t about that. It’s about way weirder stuff like being turned into a ridiculous little dinosaur and still having to go to school. It's about not eating your friends and taking lots of selfies and having huge claws that make gaming difficult. It’s about friendship and family and coping when things get tough.
In the workshop, you’ll get to think about some of Rory’s adventures. Then we can explore together how to:
- Start an imagination explosion
- Release awesome ideas.
- Create our own characters
- Build amazing worlds
- Use curiosity to weave stories
Jen Wallace
Jen runs creativity workshops and is an experienced facilitator and speaker.
She has worked with or currently works with Branar Theatre company, Dublin Book Festival, West Cork Literary Festival, Children's books Ireland, Ausome Cork.
Jen is passionate about working with children and has spent much of her working life doing just that. She has trained and worked as a kids mindfulness tutor, a watersports coach, a currach and coracle building instructor and as a nature guide. She has years of experience working on diversion projects with young people.