Caf 2026: Katherine Rundell In Conversation

Return to the magic of the Glimouria Archipelago with bestselling author Katherine Rundell as Christopher, Anya, and their fearless companions set sail on a perilous quest aboard The Neverfear.

From deadly bandits to daring races and fearsome giants, the stakes have never been higher…Join Katherine Rundell, for a thrilling adventure that will take you skydiving through the clouds, taming wolves, exploring jungles, flying the trapeze and inventing the most delicious – and disgusting – food in the Archipelago.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.Open to all ages.This event is part of the 2026 Chelsea Arts Festival.