Dinosaur Pie Creative Writing Workshop with Jen Wallace

In Partnership with The Ark

Come along and enjoy a fun-filled creative imagination workshop with author and facilitator Jen Wallace inspired by her hilarious new book Dinosaur Pie (Little Island). 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, taking lots of selfies and having huge claws that make gaming difficult. It’s about friendship, 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.

Dinosaur Pie Creative Writing Workshops are funded by Dublin UNESCO City of Literature and Dublin Book Festival.

This is a schools event suitable for Senior Infants to 2nd class. 

For expressions of interest please email The Ark directly on boxoffice@ark.ie

Supported by Dublin UNESCO City of Literature.

Jen Wallace writes prose and poetry for people of all ages. Her debut children’s book Dinosaur Pie is available now. She runs creativity workshops and is an experienced facilitator and speaker. She has worked with or currently works with Branar Theatre company, The Ark, 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. She has lots of experience working with neurospicy kids, she is AuADHD herself, and strives to make her sessions as inclusive as possible. Recently, she has worked with The Ark, Branar Theatre and Children’s Books Ireland.