How to run a successful manga club in your school

Using manga to create a reading community

Discover inspiring ideas and practical advice for ways that you can harness manga to build a welcoming, inclusive reading community among your secondary students.

Drawing on real classroom and school library experience, this guidance highlights how manga clubs can support literacy, creativity and pupil wellbeing while making the school library a vibrant and welcoming social space.

This resource, from award-winning school librarian Lucas Maxwell, shares insights, ideas, and tips from his own experience of starting and running a manga club.

Aimed at both teachers and school librarians, you'll find ready-to-use ideas that make setting up and running a manga club in your school manageable, sustainable and fun. The adaptable activities require minimal preparation, plus you can be reassuranced that clubs don’t need to be perfect to be successful.

Explore the guide to discover:

• tried-and-tested activities such as games, crafts and discussions
• practical tips from an award-winning school librarian
• flexible ideas suitable for different age groups that will suppport your planning and save time
• inspiration for engaging reluctant readers and attracting new library users