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Danger Countdown: Race the Clock with Jack Heath
Sun
26
Sun 26 Oct 1:00 PM
Peninsula Room | National Museum of Australia
Wheelchair
General Admission
60 Mins
October
Get ready for thrills with famed local storyteller Jack Heath as he cracks open the explosive world of his action-packed stories! Designed to hook even the most reluctant readers, Jack’s Minutes of Danger series, and other heart-thumping books for children and teens feature brave kids in a race against time. This is 60 action-packed minutes of stories and suspense to fire up your imagination and leave you buzzing with ideas. Book signing to follow.
Recommended ages 9+
Jack Heath is the award-winning author of forty books for children and adults. He was born in Sydney in 1986 and has lived in Canberra since 1996. He wrote his first novel in high school and sold it to a publisher at age 18. After publishing 300 Minutes of Danger, he became a full-time writer. In 2018 his first crime novel for adults, Hangman, was a smash-hit in Australia and has since been translated into French, German, Russian and Serbian. It was voted one of the 101 best books of all time by Dymocks Booklovers, and TV rights were optioned by Disney. Jack's latest adult novel is Kill Your Boss. Jack lives on Ngunnawal/ Ngambri land with his wife, five chickens, three possums, two cats, and a pair of human children.
Recommended ages 9+
Jack Heath is the award-winning author of forty books for children and adults. He was born in Sydney in 1986 and has lived in Canberra since 1996. He wrote his first novel in high school and sold it to a publisher at age 18. After publishing 300 Minutes of Danger, he became a full-time writer. In 2018 his first crime novel for adults, Hangman, was a smash-hit in Australia and has since been translated into French, German, Russian and Serbian. It was voted one of the 101 best books of all time by Dymocks Booklovers, and TV rights were optioned by Disney. Jack's latest adult novel is Kill Your Boss. Jack lives on Ngunnawal/ Ngambri land with his wife, five chickens, three possums, two cats, and a pair of human children.
