Lucas Maxwell has been working with youth in libraries for over fifteen years. Originally from Nova Scotia, Canada, he's been a high school librarian in London, UK for over a decade. In 2017 he won the UK's School Librarian of the Year award and in 2022 he was named the UK Literacy Association's Reading For Pleasure Teacher Champion. He loves Dungeons & Dragons and is the author of Let's Roll: A Guide for Setting up Tabletop Roleplaying Games in Your School or Public Library. You can follow him on Twitter and on his blog.
Places around the UK that are ideal for taking photos of the books you are currently reading are highlighted and discussed.
Hosting a high school book award puts you in touch with great authors, lets you meet new students and teachers, and helps create a buzz around reading.
How to strategically (and sneakily) bring teens into the library and keep them coming back time and time again. Hence, Ninja Librarian.
Ryde bookshop on the Isle of Wight has thousands of used books for sale and is probably the biggest used bookshop on the island.
How one school librarian manages noise levels in his library and still manages to keep a quiet riot.
Check out Barton's Bookshop, a rad bookish place in Leatherhead, UK.
Authors write love letters to public libraries as part of a public library's 10th birthday celebration in Nova Scotia Canada.
The Minack Theatre in Porthcurno, UK is a unique open air theatre carved out of the side of a cliff, stunning views & great performances!
PAWS to Read is a program where students read to a trained therapy dog in order to reduce stress and anxiety that often come with reading aloud.
The nifty way one librarian convinced his students to dig into classic literature.