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Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell with Katherine Rundell

Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell with Katherine Rundell

Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club
Nov 5, 2026 42 min
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<p>This week&#39;s book guest is <em>Impossible Creatures</em> by Katherine Rundell.</p><br><p>Sara and Cariad are joined by the multi-million-bestselling author Katherine Rundell whose novels for children have won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Costa Children’s Book Award, among many others. She is also a Fellow in Renaissance Literature at Oxford University.</p><br><p>In this episode they discuss magic, childhood, washing baskets, Narnia and Strictly.</p><br><p>Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!</p><br><p>The <em>Impossible Creatures</em> series is out now and the latest instalment <em>The Neverfear</em> is available <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/neverfear-9781408897515/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>Support the podcast, enjoy ad-free listening and more weird and wonderful bonus content by signing up to our Patreon at patreon.com/c/weirdosbookclub</p><br><p>Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclub</p><br><p>Produced by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Plosive</a>.</p><p>Recorded live at the Cheltenham Literature Festival.</p><p>Assistant Producer is Amy Townsend-Lowcock for Plosive.</p><p>Artwork by Welcome Studio.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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