Working with Schools

We love working with schools! Since opening in 2018 we've worked with 32 schools across Bristol and Portishead, helping them to organise author events, supplying libraries, running book fairs, hosting school visits, providing reading lists and donating books given to us by Crimefest.

With two specialist children's booksellers in our team, one a former teacher, we have the expertise and experience to help your school develop your children's' love of reading.

If you have any questions about how we can bring our love of books into your school please email schools@maxminervas.co.uk

In the meantime, here's some kind words from a few of the schools we work with...

Forming a link with Max Minerva's has been one of the best moves I have made. Endlessly supportive, reliable, and easy to collaborate with, their input over the past few years has ensured that our pupils' appetite for reading has surged. Their friendly team have helped me set up numerous inspiring author visits, half-termly book sales at school and bespoke book-choosing trips to the shop to both support and stretch our young readers. I often ask things of them, such as recommended reading lists that we advertise on our weekly bulletin to help guide parents, themed book fairs and golden ticket prizes awarded to the girls for dedicated reading and progress. Whatever I ask, the answer is always 'yes'. And if that wasn't good enough, all the books sold via school earn a commission that, guess what, I use to spend on more books for the library!

Sam Browning, English Co-Ordinator, Redmaids' High Junior School

Max Minerva’s has been amazing for our school this year. They have provided us with an array of fantastic author talks; that have inspired our children to become writers and to broaden their reading choices. (Many of my class have mentioned these talks as a ‘highlight’ of their school year.) They have also been an asset to our school in other ways too such as hosting a stall at our ‘May fair’ and helping us build a strong link with our local community. Their whole team have been really supportive and helped us every step of the way. They have been well organised and always arrive on time with smiles on their faces. I look forward to working together again very soon.
Kate O'Neil, Henleaze Junior School

Max Minerva’s is everything you could hope for in a community books shop – it has an amazing range of texts for children (and adults for that matter) and highly knowledgeable staff who are only too willing to help. They have been an absolutely marvel at arranging author visits for us here at High Down- something which is so vital at engaging the children in reading, writing and illustrating. The authors they have brought in have been fantastic and have really captured the imaginations of the children. I hope they are a feature of our high street for many, many years to come. Portishead is lucky to have them.

Matthew Welsh, Executive Deputy Head, High Down School

Author visits

When an author visits a school it changes children's relationships with books. It makes reading and writing more enjoyable, rewarding, and appealing. It brings stories to life and shows that anyone can be writer, with a little imagination and hard work.

Most of the author visits we organise are free to the school, although the authors and publishers do ask that you encourage parents to buy books if possible. To aid this, we create a per-order page on our website in the run-up to the event, deliver the books to you and deal with any queries from parents about their purchases. We can either offer a 15% discount on the purchase price of the book, or give your school 15% of the sales, whichever you'd prefer.