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.
Here's how one librarian is encouraging students who may be struggling with current events to read for pleasure.
Journey across the UK, explore its numerous bookshops, and make a plan for when you can visit with this map of UK indie bookshops.
Launched by YA author Holly Bourne, the #SIGNFORBOOKSHOPS campaign urges readers to buy books from UK indie bookshops.
A school librarian on conducting library inductions and engaging library and reading activities for school kids during the pandemic.
Start conversations about autism, immigration, and trauma with young readers through these UK books featuring diverse characters.
Highlighting characters of color, characters with disabilities, and kids facing unique challenges, these middle grade books will help readers build empathy.
Here are a few ways one school librarian has been reaching out to students, for possible use and adoption at your library or school.
Postcards of Kindness is a UK initiative to get postcards to people in nursing homes. Here's how on school librarian turned it into a bookish project.
How one school librarian has addressed fake news in his curriculum -- and how it can be replicated.