my work as freelance creative writing teacher - dave lordan

I can design creative writing talks, workshops and programs to suit any group of children?s or adults. I also train teachers and other professionals in creativity teaching. ?Please contact me at davelordanpoet@gmail.com with any questions you may have on this.

Recent and forthcoming clients include RTE, Mater Dei Institute, HSE, Listowel Writers Festival, Co Wicklow VEC, Co Limerick VEC, Belfast Community Arts, Youthreach, Poetry Ireland, JCSP Library service, Louth County Libraries, West Cork Education Centre, Dublin Writers Festival, Mountains to the Sea, Clonmel Junction Festival, Sphere 17 Youthclub Darndale, Irish Film Institute Education Department, Fingal County Council, Dublin City Libraries, Ledbury Poetry Festival, West Cork Literary Festival, West Cork Arts Centre, Courthouse Arts Centre, The Irish Countrywomen?s Association, and Children?s Books Ireland.

In July 2013 I will teach a week long course for talented teenagers at West Cork Literary Festival.

I am in very high demand as a workshop leader and have designed and delivered Poetry and General Creative writing courses to a wide range of client groups, including undergraduate and postgraduate students, Transition Years, DEIS school students, Youth Club members, Adult learners, and the elderly.

Here are some testimonials:

?Our inaugural Creative Writing Workshop for Teenage Writers, which was ?designed and led by Dave Lordan, was one of the great successes of this year?s West Cork Literary Festival. It sold out very quickly, and participants travelled from all around the country to take part. Parents expressed their appreciation that a workshop aimed specifically at creative teenagers was available. In this course, Dave concentrated on the participants? creativity, without limiting it to writing, which allowed them to develop a very broad spectrum of artistic skills. One young man, for example, was invited by renowned author Dava Sobel to perform a section of her play during her own headline event. A young woman, who had insisted on the first day that she would never do a public reading, nonetheless read her extraordinary piece about the Christchurch earthquake on the following Friday. Several of the group, with Dave?s guidance, volunteered to take part in our Amnesty International Writers at Risk campaign, which involved reading to huge audiences, in front of world-class authors. Dave?s work on this involved helping the group to write and edit their pieces, coaching them in public speaking, and giving moral support at the event. ?Having young people involved, like this, in many aspects of our programme was an asset to the festival ? and would not have been possible without Dave. His dedication to his group was extraordinary. He made himself available to them around the clock, which in fact made it possible for the WCLF to hold this workshop in the first place. The group produced brilliant work in the classroom sessions and their performances at a special reading on the final day were also a testament to Dave?s hard work. Several parents spoke to me in moving terms about what this very special week in Bantry had meant to their children, and so to them, and this is entirely due to Dave?s talent, dedication, and sensitivity. I very much enjoyed working with him, and look forward to repeating the workshop again next year ? with Dave at the helm.?

Denyse Woods, Artistic Director, West Cork Literary Festival

Dave Lordan?s Workshops were a real treat. He

managed to bring out the students? creative side in a really fun and
engaging way. Many of these students discovered sides of themselves
that hadn?t been explored before. Highly recommended.?

Stephen Doherty, JCSP Librarian, Wicklow Community College

Dave Lordan delivered the ?Got Something to Say?? series of spoken word workshops for Dublin City Public Libraries. Working with teens from the Coolock and Darndale area Dave made poetry relevant to their lives, encouraged their self expression and helped build their confidence and self esteem. The resulting work was heartfelt and resonant and was performed confidently to an audience of adults and peers who were very impressed. We?d love to have Dave back again for a similar project.

Mags Curley, Dublin City Libraries

Dave Lordan did a series of creative writing workshops with primary and secondary students as part of our Dublin 8 One Liberties, One Book project. He was great to work with.He pitched his sessions at a level that allowed children of all abilities to participate. He dealt very skillfully with all eight groups and succeeded in getting them not just to produce work but in many cases to present it to the rest of the class. There was lots of fun, laughter and enthusiasm in the session.Dave?s preparation and the time he took to liaise with us before embarking on the sessions was very valuable. He was very easy to deal with and very flexible in responding to our needs.?I look forward to working with Dave again and would highly recommend his workshops to others.

Deirdre Cronin,Home School Community Liaison Coordinator, The Coombe, Dublin 8, 08766504

We were a group of writers from the Irish Countrywomen?s Association (Delgany Guild) in search of new directions. ?To this end, we attended an open workshop given by Dave Lordan to a cross-section of the community in Greystones on Culture Night, September 2011.? We were so impressed with his style that we asked him to provide a series of workshops for our group. ?In a very short time, Dave identified the individual talents and interests in the group and provided encouragement and specific guidance to each member on how to proceed with their poetry, memoir or fiction. ?His individually-tailored exercises, together with his handouts, were very successful in stimulating creativity. Without exception, members of the group expressed appreciation of Dave?s workshops, which were stimulating, supportive and inclusive and we now feel much more optimistic about our individual projects.? I, therefore, have no hesitation at all in recommending him as a Creative Writing Workshop Leader.

Mary O?Brien, Convenor ICA Delgany Guild Writers? Group.

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