The Last Bard (HB)

Author: Evans, Maz

Reading age: from c 9 years

Published on 11 September 2025 by Chicken House Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 320 pages
198 x 129 | 0g

The bestselling author of Who Let the Gods Out is

back with a brand new story packed full of humour

and heart!

'This is Maz Evans at her absolute best ... readers of all

ages will love this genius concept executed with pure class.' A.F.

STEADMAN

'The master of comedy for children has done it again …

Funny, tender and clever' LOUIE STOWELL

'Laugh out loud, heartwarming, and sharp as a playwright's

quill … You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll snort milk out your

nose.' ROSS MONTGOMERY

'Hilarious, adventurous and inventive, this is Maz at her

peerless best!' PHIL EARLE

Will Davenant has known more tragedy than laughter. But in an

unexpected twist, he inherits his grandfather’s copy of The

Complete Works of Shakespeare – and makes a surprising

discovery.

As the last living relative of William Shakespeare himself, Will

can summon the Bard’s heroes from the pages . . . and now

he has some extraordinary new friends to help turn things in his

life around.

Superstar Maz Evans – bestselling author of the

Who Let the Gods Out and Oh Maya Gods series

– is BACK with a new standalone story! 

Packed with timeless literary heroes, Maz's trademark

humour and heart, and told with empathy and poignancy. 

Celebrates and introduces readers to some of William

Shakespeare's best-loved characters in a comic, accessible way. 

Over half a million copies of Maz's books sold in the

UK alone! 

MORE PRAISE FOR THE LAST BARD:

'I laughed on every page, and she’s made Shakespeare

super accessible for younger readers. Genius!' MEL

TAYLOR-BESSENT

'Every page is packed with laugh-out-loud brilliance and heart

that could fill a theatre.' JENNY PEARSON

'Sublime storytelling from a master.' M.

G. LEONARD