Imagination in the classroom

Teaching and learning creative writing in Ireland

Anne Fogarty Éilís Ní Dhuibhne & Eibhear Walshe editors

The history and practice of the teaching of creative writing in Ireland
Gerald Dawe

Write first, worry later: fostering creativity in the classroom
Roddy Doyle

On theft: teaching poetry composition to undergraduates
Sinéad Morrissey

Beginnings: becoming a teacher of creative writing
Leanne O’Sullivan

Imaginative constellations: the creative writing workshop as laboratory
Paul Perry

‘The helmet that never was’: reflections on fiction and life writing
Carlo Gébler

Virtual worlds: teaching creative writing in an online environment
Nessa O'Mahony

‘The Man in the Moon’s autobiography’: memoir and the creative writing workshop
Eibhear Walshe

Ars longa, vita brevis: the novel, the workshop and time
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

Writing as process: truth and sincerity in the poetry workshop
Mary O’Donnell

What we talk about when we talk about talking: writing dialogue in the novel and short story
James Ryan

Grading creativity
Mary Morrissy