Katherine Rundell and Max Porter

Bestselling authors and all-round wonderful human beings, Max Porter and Katherine Rundell, join Joe Haddow for a War of the Words!

They chat about the joy of children's books, magic, creating worlds and why brawling is very much different to fighting.

Both Katherine and Max are passionate about words and poetry - and give us some wonderful book recommendations to add to the TBR pile!

THE BOOK OFF

The Love Poetry of John Donne

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'Staying Alive' by Neil Astley

And here's more info on our guest's brilliant books:

'Impossible Creatures: The Neverfear' by Katherine Rundell

It’s the Midsummer Feast on the Islet of Glimt and on this magical moonlit evening, the word on everyone’s lips is bandits. Reports of masked men burning villages are spreading throughout the Archipelago, but worse is still to come: Christopher and Anya are ambushed and one of the people they love most is kidnapped. The ransom note reads:

We have taken what is precious to you. We require the most precious objects in Glimouria in return. There will be three demands. If you tell any person or creature, they die. If you fail, they die.

Now Christopher – alongside Anya Argen, the former Princess of Dousha, Ratwin the ratatoska and Jacques the Jaculus dragon – must set sail on the Neverfear to recover three precious treasures. Together they must face fearsome giants, win a daring race, and outwit deadly enemies to save those they love most.