Penguin Random House Ireland launches new partnership with Fighting Words!

Roddy Doyle, author and co-founder, Fighting Words, said: “I’m delighted that my publisher, Penguin Random House, is going to work with Fighting Words. It seems to make great, happy sense – people who publish books partnering with people who encourage children and young people to write them. Maybe we should change the name to Fighting Penguins!”

Pictured: Budding writers! 4th year students from Collinstown Park Community School in Clondalkin pictured with Roddy Doyle and Michael McLoughlin, MD Penguin Random House Ireland
Photographer: 1IMAGE/Bryan Brophy
Studio: +353 1 493 9947 / Mob: +353 87 246 9221
Penguin Random House Ireland is today launching its partnership with Fighting Words to help thousands of young people discover and reach their creative potential regardless of their background. The relationship with Fighting Words builds on a wider long-term partnership between Penguin Random House UK and Ministry of Stories, a London-based charity founded on the same principles as Fighting Words and part of a global network of creative writing and mentoring centres. Launching the partnership, Michael McLoughlin, MD, Penguin Random House Ireland, said: “It’s clear that there are many children in Ireland who don’t feel confident enough to explore their creativity. Fighting Words has provided a welcoming environment where children can do just that in inner-city Dublin for a number of years under the expert guidance of Sean Love and Roddy Doyle. I’ve admired the work they do for children from afar for some time and we’re delighted that they have welcomed the support we’ve offered them as they grow across Ireland and bring creativity into children’s lives.

1IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio: +353 1 493 9947 / Mob: +353 87 246 9221