Lucas Maxwell
@lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social
Librarian. Author. D&D Dungeon Master. Winner of the Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition. https://lucasjmaxwell.squarespace.com
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I’m very excited to reveal the cover of my debut novel A MILLION TINY MISSILES ALL AT ONCE.
Out with @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social on April, it’s the story of a 14 year old teen struggling issues at home and beyond, I hope you enjoy it. You can pre order here!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/191717139...
Out with @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social on April, it’s the story of a 14 year old teen struggling issues at home and beyond, I hope you enjoy it. You can pre order here!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/191717139...
I'm very grateful for these kind words about my debut novel, thank you!
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
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November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'm very grateful for these kind words about my debut novel, thank you!
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
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The brilliant school librarian @lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social uses #MyBookbuzz with his students - and he's giving us a sneak peek at his Bookbuzz diary!
In this first instalment, he's sharing how he uses the launch pack to create a buzz around reading for his students 👇
https://bit.ly/3XuwkhC
In this first instalment, he's sharing how he uses the launch pack to create a buzz around reading for his students 👇
https://bit.ly/3XuwkhC
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The brilliant school librarian @lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social uses #MyBookbuzz with his students - and he's giving us a sneak peek at his Bookbuzz diary!
In this first instalment, he's sharing how he uses the launch pack to create a buzz around reading for his students 👇
https://bit.ly/3XuwkhC
In this first instalment, he's sharing how he uses the launch pack to create a buzz around reading for his students 👇
https://bit.ly/3XuwkhC
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Today's review...'Wolf Crown' @pierstorday.bsky.social Fabulous sequel to the equally fabulous 'Midnight Treasure'!
www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/wolf-crown
www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/wolf-crown
Wolf Crown — Through the Bookshelf
Having beaten the White Prince in the race for the Midnight Treasure and having discovered that they are, in fact, twins, Tibor and Roza now know that they are heirs to the throne of Princeland. Howev...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Today's review...'Wolf Crown' @pierstorday.bsky.social Fabulous sequel to the equally fabulous 'Midnight Treasure'!
www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/wolf-crown
www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/wolf-crown
"Beautiful, moving, funny and wise with a perfect balance of tension and humour and love."
Thank you Lesley Parr for this wonderful review of A MILLION TINY MISSILES ALL AT ONCE!
lucasjmaxwell.squarespace.com
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
Thank you Lesley Parr for this wonderful review of A MILLION TINY MISSILES ALL AT ONCE!
lucasjmaxwell.squarespace.com
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"Beautiful, moving, funny and wise with a perfect balance of tension and humour and love."
Thank you Lesley Parr for this wonderful review of A MILLION TINY MISSILES ALL AT ONCE!
lucasjmaxwell.squarespace.com
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
Thank you Lesley Parr for this wonderful review of A MILLION TINY MISSILES ALL AT ONCE!
lucasjmaxwell.squarespace.com
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
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I finished this last night. Beautiful! Very moving, funny and with characters who get to your heart. If this doesn't AT LEAST make the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social nominations list I'm going to have a very large strop. #kidlituk #booksky
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November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I finished this last night. Beautiful! Very moving, funny and with characters who get to your heart. If this doesn't AT LEAST make the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social nominations list I'm going to have a very large strop. #kidlituk #booksky
@lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
@lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
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A Million Tiny Missiles All At Once is an extraordinarily brilliant debut novel from award-winning librarian #LucasMaxwell. Thank you @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social for my proof copy.
#UkKidLit
Here’s my review👇
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#UkKidLit
Here’s my review👇
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#YA Review: A Million Tiny Missiles All At Once by Lucas Maxwell
Proof copy, to be published on 9 April 2026, Chicken House Books, ISBN: 978-1917171397 A Million Tiny Missiles All At Once is the debut novel written by award-winning school librarian Lucas Maxwell…
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November 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
A Million Tiny Missiles All At Once is an extraordinarily brilliant debut novel from award-winning librarian #LucasMaxwell. Thank you @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social for my proof copy.
#UkKidLit
Here’s my review👇
vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/11/13/y...
#UkKidLit
Here’s my review👇
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Thank you @vonprice.bsky.social for this amazing review, I am very grateful for it!
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November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Thank you @vonprice.bsky.social for this amazing review, I am very grateful for it!
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Ivy & Bearlock Holmes is a perfect book and should be read by everyone - @grainneobrien.bsky.social & I loved it - listen here!
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November 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Ivy & Bearlock Holmes is a perfect book and should be read by everyone - @grainneobrien.bsky.social & I loved it - listen here!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
@magiccatpublishing.bsky.social
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@magiccatpublishing.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
For the past 8 years our students have run their own book award they call The Bookling. This Friday I’ll be announcing the 8 shortlisted books!
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
For the past 8 years our students have run their own book award they call The Bookling. This Friday I’ll be announcing the 8 shortlisted books!
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We are BEYOND delighted to have two nominations for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing!
A FIX OF LIGHT and SOLO!
Huge congratulations to YA debut authors Kel Menton and Gráinne O’Brien!
@kelmenton.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026
A FIX OF LIGHT and SOLO!
Huge congratulations to YA debut authors Kel Menton and Gráinne O’Brien!
@kelmenton.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We are BEYOND delighted to have two nominations for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing!
A FIX OF LIGHT and SOLO!
Huge congratulations to YA debut authors Kel Menton and Gráinne O’Brien!
@kelmenton.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026
A FIX OF LIGHT and SOLO!
Huge congratulations to YA debut authors Kel Menton and Gráinne O’Brien!
@kelmenton.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026
Thank you to @foulkeswrites.bsky.social for this idea! 🤣❤️
This little display got a lot of attention. Mainly kids asking, why, sir, why would you make this.
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Thank you to @foulkeswrites.bsky.social for this idea! 🤣❤️
This little display got a lot of attention. Mainly kids asking, why, sir, why would you make this.
November 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This little display got a lot of attention. Mainly kids asking, why, sir, why would you make this.
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An excellent article. Young teenage boys are incredibly underserved in the current publishing market an Nathanael Lessore’s books are incredibly important in filling that gap, and in allowing boys to see themselves and their lives represented in books in a realistic way.
"The discussions or reflections that books inspire can change lives for the better. I know because I’ve seen it."
Author Nathanael Lessore believes fiction can play a big role in supporting positive attitudes to boyhood and masculinity.
Here's how 👇
https://bit.ly/3JqsAug
Author Nathanael Lessore believes fiction can play a big role in supporting positive attitudes to boyhood and masculinity.
Here's how 👇
https://bit.ly/3JqsAug
November 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
An excellent article. Young teenage boys are incredibly underserved in the current publishing market an Nathanael Lessore’s books are incredibly important in filling that gap, and in allowing boys to see themselves and their lives represented in books in a realistic way.
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It's friday! And not just any friday! HALLOWEEN! So what's made you smile a creepy rictus grin this week? What's made you through your head back and laugh a sinister laugh? What's shaken your skeleton bones with joy? (What's your good news, that is?)
a man in armor is standing in the rain holding a sword .
Alt: Ivar the boneless from vikings is creepily taunting a warrior bishop called hea...oh I can't spell it. Sounds like heckmund. It's raining. Ivar is covered in blood.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:55 AM
It's friday! And not just any friday! HALLOWEEN! So what's made you smile a creepy rictus grin this week? What's made you through your head back and laugh a sinister laugh? What's shaken your skeleton bones with joy? (What's your good news, that is?)
This message is really amazing to hear, thank you Tia!
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
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October 31, 2025 at 8:33 AM
This message is really amazing to hear, thank you Tia!
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A quirky, creepy, laugh-out-loud mystery full of carnivorous plants and missing fingers! THE HALLOWEEDS is perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket or David Walliams this Halloween 🎃
October 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
A quirky, creepy, laugh-out-loud mystery full of carnivorous plants and missing fingers! THE HALLOWEEDS is perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket or David Walliams this Halloween 🎃
Thank you @whatsfsaid.bsky.social for this!!
There are many way to pre order my debut and one of the best is through @kennysbookshop.bsky.social with worldwide shipping and great service!
Check it out here!
www.kennys.ie/shop/a-milli...
There are many way to pre order my debut and one of the best is through @kennysbookshop.bsky.social with worldwide shipping and great service!
Check it out here!
www.kennys.ie/shop/a-milli...
October 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Thank you @whatsfsaid.bsky.social for this!!
There are many way to pre order my debut and one of the best is through @kennysbookshop.bsky.social with worldwide shipping and great service!
Check it out here!
www.kennys.ie/shop/a-milli...
There are many way to pre order my debut and one of the best is through @kennysbookshop.bsky.social with worldwide shipping and great service!
Check it out here!
www.kennys.ie/shop/a-milli...
Tonight our D&D club ran a #DungeonsandDragons adventure they wrote specifically for the British Library’s Secret Maps exhibit. It has been a really amazing time. It’s one of my favourite events of the year.
October 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Tonight our D&D club ran a #DungeonsandDragons adventure they wrote specifically for the British Library’s Secret Maps exhibit. It has been a really amazing time. It’s one of my favourite events of the year.
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A proof of @lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social's YA debut (out 09/04/26) and it's VERY good.
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
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October 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A proof of @lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social's YA debut (out 09/04/26) and it's VERY good.
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
Thank you Sarah Govett for this great review!
“Nuanced, poignant, funny and life affirming. This is a short book that will stay with you for a long time.”
More details here!
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“Nuanced, poignant, funny and life affirming. This is a short book that will stay with you for a long time.”
More details here!
linktr.ee/lucasjmaxwel...
October 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Thank you Sarah Govett for this great review!
“Nuanced, poignant, funny and life affirming. This is a short book that will stay with you for a long time.”
More details here!
linktr.ee/lucasjmaxwel...
“Nuanced, poignant, funny and life affirming. This is a short book that will stay with you for a long time.”
More details here!
linktr.ee/lucasjmaxwel...
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I'm a few chapters into this. It's very good.
@lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
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October 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I'm a few chapters into this. It's very good.
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It was so good to talk to @lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social! He’s the best of the best!
Lived speaking to @amdassu.bsky.social for another episode of #BooklingsChat, listen here!
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October 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It was so good to talk to @lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social! He’s the best of the best!
Today is the last day to vote for the @booksaremybag.bsky.social awards! My co host @grainneobrien.bsky.social is up for her stunning YA verse novel, SOLO. Vote here!!
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October 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Today is the last day to vote for the @booksaremybag.bsky.social awards! My co host @grainneobrien.bsky.social is up for her stunning YA verse novel, SOLO. Vote here!!
www.nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awar...
@littleislandbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social
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Important piece from @booktrust.org.uk and @openuni-rfp.bsky.social about the value of book choice for pupils and how to help promote it in the classroom. Do have a read! files.booktrust.org.uk/docs/documen... @teresacremin.bsky.social @richardruddick.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Important piece from @booktrust.org.uk and @openuni-rfp.bsky.social about the value of book choice for pupils and how to help promote it in the classroom. Do have a read! files.booktrust.org.uk/docs/documen... @teresacremin.bsky.social @richardruddick.bsky.social