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.
On the argument that comic books count as reading. Many people feel comic books aren't real books when the opposite is true.
The Voltaire and Rousseau bookshop in Glasgow, Scotland is a truly unique place to visit and a must see for all book lovers around the world.
Dear Rachel Maddow is a sharp YA novel by Adrienne Kisner about a teen named Brynn trying to survive high school (and life in general).
Using LONG WAY DOWN by Jason Reynolds as a successful way to get boys more interested in reading at the high school level.
On why starting a Dungeons & Dragons club in your library is a great way to bring in new faces and have a lot of fun in the process.
A list of 27 books that high school teachers in south London, UK are reading right now, as surveyed by the school librarian.
Author Muhammad Khan sits down with Lucas to discuss his debut novel I Am Thunder, which focuses on a teenage Muslim girl who becomes radicalized.