Take Four Books is an Arts programme.

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Take Four Books

James Crawford is joined by Katherine Rundell, who discusses The Poisoned King, the second instalment in her acclaimed children's fantasy series, Impossible Creatures. She reveals how she was influenced by William Shakespeare's Hamlet, CS Lewis's Prince Caspian, and Ursula K Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea.

Genre: Arts

Running Time: 30 minutes (approx)

When is Take Four Books next on TV?

It's next showing on BBC Radio 4 November 9th, 4:00pm and on BBC Radio 4 November 16th, 12:15am. See more...

Main Cast

James Crawford
Gillian Wheelan
Katherine Rundell
Chris Kraus
Tash Aw
David Szalay
Tessa Hadley
Madeleine Thien
Andrew O'Hagan
Wendy Erskine
Graeme Macrae Burnet
Ocean Vuong
Vincenzo Latronico
Gurnaik Johal
Annie McGuire
Susan Barker
Laurent Binet
Colm Tóibín
Andrew Miller
Irvine Welsh