Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Thursday 31 March
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
The typical Australian primary school recess break lasts 15 minutes. That’s not a lot of time … and yet so many amazing, revolting, bizarre and ridiculous events are unfolding on schoolyards across this country, every single day of the school year.
Author Danny Katz and illustrator Mitch Vane revealed the hilarious truth behind the primary school recess break in the stories in their Little Lunch series of books, now a TV show on ABC3. Many of the tales were inspired by accounts of real-life schoolyard happenings from real Australian kids. Now, Danny and Mitch are coming to the Wheeler Centre to meet face-to-face with schoolyard troublemakers, accomplices and innocent-bystanders (and probably steal more of their stories.)
At this event for primary-aged kids, Danny and Mitch will share some funny behind-the-scenes insights on creating the Little Lunch books, before working with the audience to create a new communal story. There’ll be drawing, there’ll be hilarious yarn-spinning and there’ll be a lot of laughing. Suitable for ages 5–10.
Featuring
Danny Katz
Danny Katz, Canadian-born, came to Australia at a young age. After failed careers as a musician, stand-up comedian and car washer, he finally turned to writing and became a newspaper columnist for the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Western Australian.
He is also the author of S.C.U.M., Spit the Dummy, Little Lunch, and The Poppa Platoon series for children.
Mitch Vane
Mitch Vane has had a long career working as an illustrator and artist. She works in a variety of media, but is at her happiest drawing with a good old-fashioned dip pen and Indian ink.
Mitch particularly loves inventing quirky, humorous characters that have a bit of attitude. She has illustrated a number of children's books, both in Australia and the U.S, and often collaborates with her partner Danny Katz. Together, they have created many funny books including the YABBA award-winning Little Lunch series — soon to appear as a 26-episode series on ABC3.