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January 2026 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of January for writers and readers
National Braille Literacy Month
- January 1 – J.D. Salinger’s Birthday; Copyright Law Day; Global Family Day; New Year’s Day
- January 2 – Isaac Asimov’s Birthday; National Science Fiction Day
- January 3 – J.R.R. Tolkien’s Birthday
- January 6 – Carl Sandburg’s Birthday
- January 9 – Judith Krantz’s Birthday
- January 11-17 – Universal Letter Writing Week
- January 12 – Jack London’s Birthday
- January 13 – Poetry at Work Day
- January 16 – Book Publishers Day
- January 18 – A.A. Milne’s Birthday; Thesaurus Day
- January 19 – Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday; Martin Luther King, Jr., Day (U.S.)
- January 23 – National Handwriting Day
- January 25 – Robert Burns’ Birthday
- January 27 – Family Literacy Day (Canada); Nazi Holocaust Remembrance Day
- January 28 – Library Shelfie Day
- January 31 – Zane Grey’s Birthday
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Merry Christmas 2025!
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December 2025 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of December for writers and readers
Read a New Book Month
- December 1 – National Christmas Lights Day; World AIDS Day
- December 2 – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
- December 3 – International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- December 4 – Wildlife Conservation Day
- December 5 – Walt Disney’s Birthday; International Volunteer Day; World Soil Day
- December 6 – Ira Gershwin’s Birthday; Joyce Kilmer’s Birthday
- December 7 – International Civil Aviation Day; National Letter Writing Day
- December 9 – John Milton’s Birthday; Christmas Card Day; International Anti-Corruption Day; International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide; National Llama Day
- December 10 – Emily Dickinson’s Birthday; Dewey Decimal System Day; Human Rights Day; International Animal Rights Day; Nobel Prize Day
- December 11 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s Birthday; International Mountain Day; International UNICEF Day
- December 12 – International Day of Neutrality; International Universal Health Coverage Day
- December 13 – National Day of the Horse (U.S.)
- December 14 – Nostradamus’ Birthday
- December 14-22 – Hanukkah
- December 15 – Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof’s Birthday; Bill of Rights Day (U.S.)
- December 16 – Jane Austen’s Birthday; Ludwig van Beethoven’s Birthday; National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
- December 17 – National Maple Syrup Day (U.S.); Wright Brothers Day (U.S.)
- December 18 – International Migrants Day; National Twin Day (U.S.)
- December 20 – International Human Solidarity Day
- December 21 – Crossword Puzzle Day; Look on the Bright Side Day; National Short Story Day; Summer Solstice (Southern Hemisphere); Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere)
- December 22 – National Short Person Day
- December 23 – Robert Bly’s Birthday; Harriet Monroe’s Birthday; National Roots Day
- December 24 – Mary Higgins Clark’s Birthday; Jolabokaflod (Iceland)
- December 25 – Christmas Day
- December 26 – Boxing Day
- December 26 – January 1 – Kwanzaa
- December 27 – International Day of Epidemic Preparedness
- December 28 – National Call a Friend Day; National Short Film Day
- December 30 – National Bacon Day
- December 31 – Henri Matisse’s Birthday; No Interruptions Day
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Happy Thanksgiving 2025!
“With each meal, be aware that the food we eat was once a life, and to honor it as such. Say thank you to the members of the plant and animal kingdoms who have given up their life so we can continue ours: the vegetable, berry, four legged, swimmer and winged nations. Pray for their continued abundance and protection.”
Molly Larkin, “A Native American Teaching on The Gift of Food”
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Veteran’s Day 2025
“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
Image: Dave Granlund
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November 2025 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of November for writers and readers
Defeat Diabetes Month
National Family Literacy Month
National Memoir Writing Month
Native American Heritage Month
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
Picture Book Month
- November 1 – Author’s Day; Day of the Dead; World Vegan Day
- November 2 – All Soul’s Day; International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
- November 3-9 – International Children’s Book Wee
- November 6 – Plan Your Epitaph Day
- November 9 – Book Lovers Day; International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism; World Adoption Day; World Freedom Day
- November 10 – World Science Day for Peace and Development
- November 10-14 – National Young Readers Week
- November 11 – Veterans Day (U.S.)
- November 12 – World Pneumonia Day
- November 13 – World Kindness Day
- November 15 – Day of the Imprisoned Writer; I Love to Write Day
- November 16 – International Day for Tolerance
- November 18 – Margaret Atwood’s Birthday; High-Five a Librarian Day
- November 19 – International Men’s Day
- November 20 – World Philosophy Day
- November 21 – Voltaire’s Birthday
- November 25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
- November 27 – Thanksgiving (U.S.)
- November 29 – Louisa May Alcott’s Birthday
- November 30 – International Computer Security Day
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2025
Good Morning
Oh God, help us
To be generous in our opinions of others,
To be considerate of all we meet,
To be patient with those with whom we work,
To be faithful to every trust,
To be courageous in the face of danger,
To be humble in all our living,
To be prayerful every hour of the day,
To be joyous in all life’s experiences,
And to be dependent upon me,
For strength in facing life’s uncertainties.
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In Memoriam – Jane Goodall, 1934-2025
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Banned Books Week 2025 – October 5-11
Every “Banned Books Week” because it highlights the ongoing fight against censorship. But it’s become especially critical in recent years in what has generally been considered the world’s most powerful democracy. Under our current leadership, we’re heading towards authoritarianism, and the number of book bans across the U.S. has increased and intensified.
The hysteria won’t stop – certainly not as long as we have right-wing extremists in the White House and both houses of Congress. Just remember: no one has the right to determine what’s appropriate for others to read! That’s counterintuitive to the First Amendment to the Constitution and won’t succeed. It will only drive readership underground and ultimately lead to anarchy.
Authors Guild Censorship Tracker: Monitoring Threats to Free Speech and Authors’ Rights
PEN America: Banned Books List 2025
PEN America: The Normalization of Book Banning
Keep writing and keep fighting!
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