Writing Classes for Children, Teens and Adults
2025/26- Online and In Person Writing Clubs and Writing Classes for Children, Teens and Adults
Sarah is currently running Writing Clubs and Writing Classes in person and on Zoom for young writers of age 9+ and teenagers. To find out more please email: sarahsamwebb at gmail.com
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Write, Draw, Create
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Writing clubs, classes and workshops for creative children, teens and adults
At Story Crew we believe that creative children are happy children. Writing, drawing and creating all help to build a child’s confidence and self-esteem. Being creative gives children a voice, it allows them to be themselves and the research backs us up.* But above all, it’s fun!
What We Do
Story Crew Writing Clubs and Writing Classes for Children with Sarah Webb
I host and teach writing clubs and workshops for creative children in the seaside town of Dún Laoghaire. The clubs are designed to be innovative, engaging and, above all, fun!
Story Crew Writing Workshops and Weekends - Writing for Children (Adults)
We run regular workshops and events for adults who are writing for children.
School Visits
Want Sarah to visit your school? Email sarahsamwebb at gmail.com
You can also arrange a school visit though Poetry Ireland's Writers in Schools scheme which part-funds visits by writers and storytellers to primary and post-primary schools in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
*Arts Council of Ireland Survey 2016 (Arts and Cultural Participation among Children and Young People) showed that arts participation boosts children’s confidence, socio-economic well-being and academic skills.
Sarah Webb and Some of Her Books (covers by Lauren O’Neill, Graham Corcoran and Steve McCarthy)
Story Crew Writing Clubs and Writing Classes for Children and Teens 2025/26
Each club has a max of 12 so each child or teenager can get lots of individual attention
tuesday online Writing Club with Sarah Webb
Every Tuesday 5pm to 6pm
Age 11/12+ Approx e170 per season Online
For young writers who would like to stretch their creativity. We will work on lots of different genres and forms and enter writing competitions. Suitable for age 11/12+ (6th class) and teenagers who love to write.
monthly in person writing club
To be arranged 4.30pm to 5.30pm - Greystones - full details to come in Sept 2025
Age 11+ Approx e60 per season
thursday in person writing club - advanced - with sarah webb
Every Thursday 5pm to 6pm
Age 12/13+ (Senior School) Approx e190 per season dlr Lexicon Library, Dún Laoghaire (in person)
For young writers who would like to stretch their creativity. We will work on lots of different genres and forms and enter writing competitions.
Booking
Email sarahsamwebb at gmail.com
We sometimes accept new students throughout the year if there are spaces available - so do contact us if you have a keen writer at home!
Our clubs run throughout the school year - from Sept to May.
Reviews of Sarah’s Writing Clubs
My daughter, Lucy, really enjoyed Sarah’s writing club. Since she started she writes all the time. Sarah has created a 10-year-old writer. Keelin, Dún Laoghaire
My daughter, Tess, really enjoyed Sarah’s writing club. She liked meeting new friends and hearing them share their work which she found inspiring. Orla, Blackrock
My daughter is a budding writer and she really enjoyed and achieved so much at Sarah’s workshops and writing clubs. Her teacher really noticed the change at school over the year as her vocabulary and confidence in her writing style improved significantly. Every child should experience a workshop or class with Sarah. Breda, Dún Laoghaire
Sarah’s writing mentorship was invaluable for my daughter, increasing her confidence and commitment and providing great encouragement, advice and inspiration. Niamh, Sallynoggin
My daughter really enjoyed Sarah's writing club - she found it really stimulating, varied and most of all fun. Sarah is wonderfully enthusiastic and encouraging, and makes each young writer feel special and that they have an important voice to be heard. What a valuable way to discover the wonder of storytelling. Sarah, Dún Laoghaire
I really enjoyed Writing Club, Sarah Webb is an excellent teacher, Grace, aged 10
My daughter absolutely loves Sarah's writing group. With Sarah's expert guidance, encouragement, warmth and humour my daughter's confidence and ability has blossomed. She's tried out all sorts of different genres, and has even been successful in a couple of writing competitions. We thoroughly recommend Sarah's group! Helen, Dublin
FOR ADULTS (2025/2026)
WRITING fiction FOR CHILDREN WITH SARAH WEBB (online - Starts 28th Oct 2025)
Tuesday evenings - 28th Oct, 4th Nov, 11th Nov, 18th Nov, 25th Nov, 2nd Dec (6 evenings)
6.30pm to 8pm
Suitable for beginners and writers working on novel for children or teenagers
Limited numbers to ensure individual attention.
Includes a one-to-one manuscript critique or help with ideas/writing (if you haven’t written much yet)
Plus information about submitting your work and getting published, including a special hand out with useful information about publishers and agents
e300 which includes the six webinars and the one-to-one session (worth e200)
Are you interested in writing fiction for children but don’t know where to start? Do you have a children’s novel half written but don’t know how to finish it? Have you written the first draft of a children’s novel but don’t know what to do next? Then this course is for you!
Sarah will guide you through writing fiction for children of all ages and answer any questions you might have about the process or about getting published. From age group and word count, to characters, plotting and the story arc, she will try to demystify the process of writing a novel for young readers.
Sarah Webb is an award-winning Irish children’s author and creative writing teacher. She is also the Events Manager at Halfway up the Stairs children’s bookshop in Greystones, Co Wicklow. Her books include Blazing a Trail: Irish Women who Changed the World (illustrated by Lauren O’Neill) and I Am the Wind: Irish Poems for Children Everywhere, both winners of Irish Book Awards. Her latest novel for children is The Weather Girls, inspired by real WW2 events in Ireland. The Bookshop Sisters, set Dublin in the 1950s will be published in 2026.
Booking: sarahsamwebb at gmail.com
Start writing picture books (NEW for 2026- date tbc)
Details to come
Suitable for beginners
If you’d like to write a picturebook but don’t know where to start, this is the perfect course for you. We will cover word count, format, ideas, language, to rhyme or not to rhyme and lots more.
Find out why you don’t need an illustrator to submit a picturebook and hear from an experienced guest picturebook writer.
Very limited numbers to ensure individual attention (max 10 people)
Booking: sarahsamwebb at gmail.com
Reviews of Sarah’s Writing Classes for Adults
I loved Sarah Webb’s writing class. She’s incredibly generous with both her time and her abundant knowledge of children’s books and publishing. She’s kind, funny and intuitive. Enagh, class member at the Irish Writers Centre
Sarah’s writing course is the best thing that can happen to emerging writers. In a relaxed and inspiring atmosphere you are encouraged to step out of the shadows and share your work with others. Simone, class member at the Irish Writers Centre