Storytime and Launch with Matt Samuel

All Finn can hear is the voice of his own sadness and at times it is overwhelming. The faint pulse of hope visits but never stays. Longing to find it, Finn rides a kite into the dark sky, calling its name. He sails over crashing waves, searching for it, but loneliness is his only reply. 

A storm rages inside him until underneath its thunder, he hears a whisper and determines to take hold of every beautiful note and weave them into a joy that won’t be contained… 

Through evocative illustrations and lyrical prose, this beautiful story reminds us there is always hope on the other side of the clouds.

Matt Samuel has worked in Sydney and London as a primary school teacher, and for the last 24 years he has been working in magazine advertising. He is a co-founder of Australia’s largest performing-arts event for schools, WAKAKIRRI (wakakirri.com), and proudly sits on their executive committee. He loves the many ways a great story can spark young minds, and his hope is that his stories will one day do the same.