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Books Books Books @libraryfhs.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

#TerraElectricaTheGuardiandOfTheNorth by @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social is a vastly enjoyable adventure filled with spirit animals, lost communities and survival in a land affected by melted icecaps. Thanks to @troikabooks.bsky.social and @youthlibrarygroup.bsky.social

Dynamic tonal colour combinations are used to grab the attention. A young person (teenage? young adult?) with long dark hair stands on top of a dark blue/purple mound (hill?), in the background white clouds and a jade green forest is set in front of lilac mountains and a raspberry red and jade green swirling sky. The figure has raspberry red lighting coming from their fingertips, directed downwards and to the sides. Next to them is a polar bear, wolf, eagle and crow, the bear and wolf are caught mid-howl.

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S J Baker @sjbakerauthor.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Delighted to be with @troikabooks.bsky.social and alongside @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social as 'Calm' and 'Terra Electrica' are republished tomorrow!

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Behold! We are thrilled to welcome two more titles into the fold. 🥳🥳🥳 We were lucky enough to pick up #Calm by @sjbakerauthor.bsky.social and #TerraElectrica by @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social ⬇️

Two book covers - one blue with a person in a capsule for CALM and the other, a girl on a mountain with a polar bear and electricity coming from her fingertips.

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Five days. Five posts. Day 5/5. It’s a wrap (phew!) #TerraElectrica is one year old today! In lieu of a glam summer party, I’m sunning it on the Jurassic coast - strong Terra energy⚡️💥 To find out more, see this week’s posts and find me at antoniamaxwell.com @neemtreepress.bsky.social

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Sarah Merrett 🫧A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

It’s World UFO Day and my debut The Others has been out a year. It’s 1902 and the race is on to contact life beyond Earth and win the life-changing Guzman Prize. @everywithwords.bsky.social #WorldUFOday #MG #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #kidlit #ReadingForPleasure #childrensbooks

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

5 days. 5 posts. Day 3/5. Giveaway time! 🎁To celebrate the anniversary of #TerraElectrica - 2 bundles (see pic) ⚡️☄️💥 please like, repost and comment favourite Arctic animal (see sticker sheet for inspiration)! @neemtreepress #giveaway #summerreading winners picked 6 July.

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Five days. Five posts. Day 2/5. Climate fiction. A joy to receive my Climate-Conscious Writers Handbook-look out for my article for Climate Fiction Writers League in August reflecting on my experience taking #TerraElectrica into schools @neemtreepress.bsky.social climate-fiction.org/authors-base...

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Five days. Five posts. Day 1/5. Unexpected delights! A friend made me a bookrest to display #TerraElectrica on - a wonderful thing - and a reminder that, however tempting it is to hide away, writing a book is something to be proud of. @neemtreepress.bsky.social #kidlit #mg #brave #debutauthor

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Five days. Five posts. #TerraElectrica⚡️has been out in the world for a whole year - every day over the coming week I will be celebrating, reflecting and looking ahead. Look out for a giveaway, and other news from the frontline of a debut MG author! @neemtreepress.bsky.social #mg #kidlit

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Katy Manck, MLS SLMSC @booksyalove.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Ice caps gone, father still gone - against the disease TERRA ELECTRICA: THE GUARDIANS OF THE NORTH scientists may be her only hope! #MGLit by Antonia Maxwell. Recommended at booksyalove.com?p=14952. @neemtreepress.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social

Book cover of Terra Electrica: The Guardians of the North, by Antonia Maxwell. Atop a hill, a girl in summer clothes shoots magenta-colored lightning from her hands. Standing with her are a howling wolf and gigantic polar bear roaring at the Northern Lights above them. Two ravens fly to them through the magenta night sky, forest and high mountains in the distance.

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Happy Independent Bookshop Week! A joy to visit the wonderful treasure trove of books at Heron Books Bristol 🌞🪽thankyou for the warm welcome for #TerraElectrica and a haul of #summerreading #indiebookshopweek #summertime #visitbristol @neemtreepress.bsky.social

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

In appreciation on #WorldEnvironmentDay2025 of small but mighty @neemtreepress.bsky.social with a mission to bring books to children that broaden and change perspectives #TerraElectrica #clifi #kidlit

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Climate fiction could be called Earth fiction. It’s a good way to engage young people in conversations about our custodianship of our precious home, and I have been fortunate to be part of these conversations over the last year. #earthday #terraelectrica #clifi @neemtreepress.bsky.social

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Really looking forward to chatting all things children’s books - with both my editor and recently acquired author hats on @ciep #editing #kidlit

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The Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) @the-ciep.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Join us on 7 May, 2–3pm BST for a Q&A on editing children’s books with author Nazima Pathan & editors Antonia Maxwell & Gale Winskill. This session is open to all – editors and authors alike! Book now: www.ciep.uk/events/event... #CIEP #ProfessionalDevelopment #Webinar #EditingProfessionals

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I celebrated World Book Day at the wonderful Alameda Middle School - talking to years 5, 6 and 7 about books, adventure, resilience and wonder - with my trusty gang of polar bears - and #TerraElectrica - a brilliant day #worldbookday2025 ⚡️⚡️⚡️@neemtreepress.bsky.social @unbounders.bsky.social

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

In the middle of the excitement of World Book Week, I had an opportunity for a quiet, reflective chat with a mixed-year group about the value of sharing stories to face change and foster hope #TerraElectrica #climatefiction @neemtreepress.bsky.social @unbounders.bsky.social

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Unbound @unboundsocials.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

#TerraElectrica by @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social An action-packed dystopian adventure series set in the near-future post-melt Arctic. uk.bookshop.org/a/1174/97819...

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Happy World Book Day 🥰🙏 Delighted to be celebrating with this crew 🌟

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Unbound @unboundsocials.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Happy World Book Day! 🥳 📚 Did you know that only 1 in 3 children enjoy reading? Reading for pleasure is the single biggest indicator that a child will grow up to enjoy a happier and more successful life, so we're on a mission to get more kids into reading! 📖 💛 #WorldBookDay

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

There’s more to #TerraElectrica than a fast-paced, exciting adventure story set in a dark dystopian world… it has a heart of love and hope - something worth celebrating today ❤️❤️❤️⚡️⚡️⚡️@neemtreepress.bsky.social

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Robynn Hyde @robynnhyde.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I caught up with Antonia Maxwell for #Words&Pictures about her debut MG #TerraElectrica! This adventure book about a virus that feeds on electricity found its home with @neemtreepress.bsky.social. Antonia's advice to new authors: "Show up, every day, and write." www.wordsandpics.org/2024/11/debu...

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DEBUT JOURNEYS Antonia Maxwell

Words and Pictures is the online magazine of SCBWI British Isles.

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Gina Rae Mitchell @ginamitchell.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

Terra Electrica by Antonia Maxwell ~ #Dystopian #Enviromental #Science #Nature @neemtreepress.bsky.social @thewritereads.bsky.social ginaraemitchell.com/terra-electrica Terra Electrica by Antonia Maxwell is an exciting, emotionally resonant read that will captivate readers MG & up!

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I had a wonderful day at Habs Girls School talking about #TerraElectrica to years 7 and 8 as part of the Big Read. Amazing library and librarian, wonderful students asking brilliant questions - a thrill to see my book in the hands of readers @neemtreepress.bsky.social #clifi #kidlit

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

What better way to celebrate #NationalStorytellingWeek than with the #TerraElectrica writing competition awards? A privilege to spend time with young readers celebrating their writing and all things story! @neemtreepress.bsky.social

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

ready for my first big school assembly next week - feat. dark dystopia, friendly polar bears, thoughts on climate fictionre - help from fave corgi friend Starsky - nervous but looking forward to meeting y7 and y8 who read #TerraElectrica over Christmas - how cool is that? @neemtreepress.bsky.social

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Sometimes you just have to ditch the books and write, right? #writinglife #kidlit

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Absolutely brilliant chat about a book that terrified and entranced me in equal measure when I was a kid - also a reminder of the word unheimlich which I haven’t used since my uni days - thanks @backlisted.bsky.social 👏🫣 www.backlisted.fm/episodes/226...

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226. Nicholas Fisk - Grinny & You Remember Me! — Backlisted

Sam Leith, author of  The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading , returns to Backlisted to discuss two novels by Nicholas Fisk,  Grinny  (1973) and its sequel,  You Rem...

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Build confidence, stimulate creativity, make friends, encourage budding authors… this feedback from my year 7 creative writing workshops was lovely to receive… especially as I am in the process of preparing more for various school visits in 2025 😌 #TerraElectrica @neemtreepress.bsky.social

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Libraries are ace! I was chuffed to come across my book in my local library - both on display as a recommended read and on the ‘just back’ shelf ☺️ #librariesrock #readingforpleasure @neemtreepress.bsky.social

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Best foot forward into 2025 ⚡️⚡️⚡️But just a moment to smile at 2024… Thank you 🙏🙏🤩 so much to everyone who has helped make 2024 a crackling lightning bolt of a year for #TerraElectrica ⚡️⚡️⚡️ @neemtreepress.bsky.social #debutauthor #librariesmatter #readingforpleasure

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I really love this 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟review of #TerraElectrica from a creative writing teacher - it is so much what I wanted to convey - urgent yet hopeful, challenging but playful 🙏 @neemtreepress.bsky.social @unbounders.bsky.social

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Such a great way to showcase wonderful children’s book cover art - do join in (and vote for Terra Electrica 😜) 👇👇👇⚡️⚡️⚡️@neemtreepress.bsky.social @unbounders.bsky.social #TerraElectrica

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Mr Ripley’s Enchanted Books @mrripleysbooks.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

🌟📚 Exciting news, everyone! 🎨✨ We're hosting a cover illustration competition for my children's book, and I need YOUR vote! Help us choose the best design that will bring the story to life. Check it out at www.mrripleysenchantedbooks.com and let your voice be heard! 🗳️❤️

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kermit the frog is holding a cup that says vote on it

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

So cool - heroines Maisie and Mani are buddies - Antarctic and Arctic - a whole world on a children’s book shelf in amazing @stanfordstravel.bsky.social - I hope they are getting on ❄️⚡️🤩

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Jack Jackman @jackjackman.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Close on the shelf, but set poles apart; Maisie vs Antarctica and Terra Electrica nestling nicely at @stanfordstravel.bsky.social today! 🗺️🥶 Thanks @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social for the pic! #mgwriters

Two children’s books, Maisie vs Antarctica and Terra Electra, side by side on a bookshelf.

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Day 2, 9+ Category: 'Terra Electrica' by @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social @neemtreepress.bsky.social A gripping story of courage & survival set in a dystopian future. We loved Mani’s quiet strength & the combination of edge-of-your-seat adventure with her journey into the spirit world. #SparkLonglist

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

What a wonderful long list for #TerraElectrica to be on - with a mission to get children reading - I am so very very excited and proud 🤩🙏#SparkLonglist

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Can’t wait to bring Mani and her trusty band of Arctic animals to a festive classroom near you - plus all these other amazing authors and general cheeriness (and a quiz!) 🎄🌟⚡️@mrdillypresents @NeemTreePress @unbounders #TerraElectrica

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I am enjoying school visits so much - this was brilliant fun working with y7 in two workshops - character and worldbuilding. I will be adding details of to my website shortly - but educators do get in touch if interested 🤓 @neemtreepress.bsky.social @unbounders.bsky.social #TerraElectrica

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