Festival 2024

Wee Write Family Day Event – Helen Kellock, “Out to Sea"

Organised by Glasgow Life Libraries

Saturday 9th Nov 2024, 11:30am – 12.30pm

Mitchell Library, 201 North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN

This activity is open to children 4+ and their families. Please register in advance.

As part of this years’ Wee Write Family Day, part of Glasgow’s Book Festival for Children and Young People, Glasgow Libraries are hosting a session with Helen Kellock.

Helen is an award-winning illustrator and author based in Glasgow, specialising in books for children. Her published works include: The Star in the Forest (2019), Out to Sea (2021), Scotland: The People, the Places, The Stories (2023), and The Wild Beastie: A Tale from the Isle of Begg (2024). 

Helen’s picture book, Out to Sea, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2022 and described by David Walliams as “one of the most gorgeous picture books [he] has ever seen.”

Out to Sea follows the journey of a young girl named Lara who is so sad after the death of her grandmother that she is carried out to sea on a flood of her own tears. When it seems like sadness has overwhelmed her entirely, she discovers a pearl at the bottom of the ocean that triggers memories of the many happy times Lara shared with her grandmother. With the pearl safely at her side, Lara realises that she is not alone and finds the strength to pick up her oars and row herself back home.

This event is supported by the To Absent Friends small grants scheme.

This is a free event for families, children aged 4+. All children should be accompanied by an adult.

To reserve a place, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/absent-friends-presents-helen-kellock-out-to-sea-tickets-1038886717137