Helen Patuck

Founder of Kitabna - Our Book | Author, illustrator, consultant @WHO/@NRC_MiddleEast | ✍🏼 🎨 she/her 🏳️‍🌈

[Helen Patuck @hvpatuck]

It is wonderful to be part of this global movement of reading and storytelling to tackle fears around COVID-19 @iascc Sara and Ario made it to the New York Times! Answering Kids’ Questions About the Coronavirus, in Free Picture Books https://t.co/TidEHk7USw

[Helen Patuck @hvpatuck]

Just 2 weeks now until the launch of our Kitabna toolkit for story-writing with communities affected by conflict in Yerevan, Armenia. We are celebrating 10 years of https://t.co/v3qqqh7MNQ with our project partners and toolkit funded by the UK AHRC 💜

👉🏼 https://t.co/oEBvUdyydG

[Helen Patuck @hvpatuck]

@Han_Smiff @RSLiterature @ALCS_UK Amazing news!! Congratulations, Han 💐

[CivicLeicester @CivicLeicester]

@YanaMeerzon @uOttawa @tcddublin @PalgraveHums @Palgrave #ComicBooks & #GraphicNovels in Focus: Session 2 feat. @hvpatuck @tracedcomics & @Santgill https://t.co/LtkGAHp12I (2n)

[Helen Patuck @hvpatuck]

As our work with Ukrainian children in Poland begins, it was a bittersweet moment to walk in the completely rebuilt old city of Warsaw, passing by the syrenka mermaid, knowing siege warfare is as prevalent in 2023 as it was in 1944.

[HAN SMITH @Han_Smiff]

Very honoured by the comparisons here... Thank you @AbiScruby @johnmurrays!

[Helen Patuck @hvpatuck]

Lovely to welcome Aryan from Iraqi Kurdistan yesterday, and to see Ayşe, Narmen and Ebtesam for ESOL conversation class this autumn 💜 we were discussing the adjective “brave”, and agreed it’s never too late to learn, make friends in a new place and follow your dreams 🌳📚

[Helen Patuck @hvpatuck]

@Han_Smiff @johnmurrays @J_M_Originals @EveWhiteAgency @STWevents Huge congratulations, Han! Can’t wait to read this 🌿🪶

[Helen Patuck @hvpatuck]

Looking forward to discussing with artists and researchers the role of graphic arts in witnessing and consciousness of forced migration in the UK, Ukraine, Afghanistan, the Croatian-Serbian border and Canada.

All free, all welcome on 26th October 👉
https://t.co/FB9om6vFsW

[Jan Egeland @NRC_Egeland]

There is no other way to describe the deliberate killing of hundreds of Israeli civilians by Hamas than terrorism. But a bombardment that will kill scores of Palestinian children and the cutting of electricity, food and fuel for hospitals and families have no justification.

[Helen Patuck @hvpatuck]

My cat Bear with Syrian illustrator Sirsa Othman’s beautiful reimagining of Ario and Sara. This year we have been working with a Syrian author, illustrators and WHO Syria to create a “My Hero is You” for survivors of earthquakes in Syria, Turkey and Morocco.

Almost there 💜

[Helen Patuck @hvpatuck]

Discovering eco-therapy this autumn 🌳 hoping to incorporate woodland practice into @kitabnabooks upcoming creative writing project for Ukrainian children in rural Poland this November with Save the Children, and beyond.

Nature is restorative 🌿

👉🏼 https://t.co/C71ZxP7zvZ

[Helen Patuck @hvpatuck]

The magic of late summer glow-worms in Somerset 💜

[Helen Patuck @hvpatuck]

@m_yeghiazaryan Hi Mariam, I received a PhD scholarship a few years ago for a UK uni but didn’t take it up - so know the funding routes quite well! Pass them my email, happy to help 🙏🏼🌻

[Nadia's Initiative @nadiainitiative]

9 years have passed since ISIS committed genocide against the #Yazidi people in #Iraq. The community is still in crisis.

We must demonstrate our unwavering support. Leave a comment or tweet to show you haven't forgotten them #IStandWithYazidis

#August3rd #YazidiGenocide

[Helen Patuck @hvpatuck]

@SarahDykeLD @BBCNews Huge congratulations Sarah, it’s amazing to have you as our local MP! So well deserved 🙏🏼😊🌈

[Helen Patuck @hvpatuck]

@ecpritchard Thanks Emma! 💜 fascinating indeed. Some people also think the word “taciturn” springs from Tacitus, the Roman historian who recorded her rebellion about a century later, because of his reservedness…

[Helen Patuck @hvpatuck]

@MalakaShwaikh @brendancbrowne @JasmineKGani @rkrystalli @YolandaAriadne @jaremeymcmullin @GSQ_Journal @ZoyZia @Hmokhtar77 @PPR_HKS Congratulations Malaka on an important new publication! Proud of you and I know a couple of friends who are proud of you too 💜

[Helen Patuck @hvpatuck]

@ecpritchard @LACOxford Congratulations, Emma! 💜🙏🏼

[Helen Patuck @hvpatuck]

@DrKathWalker @CwallWildlife 🥹💜 total pleasure, Kath! My hero 💪🏽