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Katherine Rundell

• Saturday 13th September 2025
• Box Office & Bars: 1:30pm / Doors: 2:00pm / Show: 2:30pm 

_OVERVIEW:

Return to the magic of the Archipelago with superstar author, Katherine Rundell.  

The Poisoned King is the dazzling second book in the bestselling Impossible Creatures series.

When Christopher Forrester is unexpectedly woken by a miniature dragon chewing on his face, his heart leaps for joy. For months he's dreamed of returning to the Archipelago - the secret islands where all the creatures of myth still live. But he did not know it would involve a rescue mission on the back of a sphinx, or a plan to enter a dragon's lair. Nor did he imagine it would involve a girl with a flock of birds at her side, a new-hatched chick in her pocket and a ravenous hunger for justice...

The unmissable sequel to Impossible Creatures, WINNER of the Waterstones Book of the Year, British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year, Foyles Children's Book of the Year and the Books Are My Bag Readers Award

About The Author

Katherine Rundell is a multi-million-bestselling author 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. Impossible Creatures was Waterstones Book of the Year 2023, and in 2024 Katherine was named the British Book Awards Author of the Year and Impossible Creatures won the Children's Fiction Book of the Year. She is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College and a Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford, where she works on Renaissance literature. Her books for adults include Super-Infinite, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize. Very occasionally she goes climbing across the rooftops of Oxford, late at night. 

'A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight' - Cressida Cowell on Impossible Creatures 

'Readers will seize this with delight' - Philip Pullman on Impossible Creatures

'A masterpiece to rival Tolkien' - Daily Telegraph on Impossible Creatures 

'Every sentence sparkles ... Magnificent' - The Times on Impossible Creatures

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Tickets: £10.00 / £17.50 (+ Booking Fees) 

• 14+, under 16s to be accompanied by a ticket buying 16+.
• The Forum is predominantly an evening entertainment venue for adults where alcohol is served, and music can be loud.
• The Forum or its staff can never act as Loco Parentis under any circumstances.
• The Venue reserves the right to change this policy.
• The Venue reserves the right to refuse entry.  

 

Please Note:

• Audience members may be encouraged to stand up and dance, please be aware when booking seats.
• Box Office is open on performance days approx. 1 hour prior to the performance for purchasing and collecting tickets. ​

• Haze, strobes, and/or flashing lights may be in use during the show. 
• There is a lift for wheelchair users from Reception to the Lower Foyer with access to the Stalls.
• There is a second lift with access to the Upper Foyer and Ballroom bars.
• The Balcony is stair access only. 
• Wheelchairs can be accommodated next to the end of row seats of rows F to K in the Stalls only. Wheelchair companion seats are located in the last seat of the relevant row directly next to the wheelchair spaces.
• Also available are Essential Companion tickets to accompany Registered Disabled patrons who are not wheelchair-bound.