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In Remembrance – September 11, 2001
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Labor Day 2026
“I have pleaded (labor’s) case, not in the quavering tones of a feeble mendicant asking alms, but in the thundering voice of the captain of a mighty host, demanding the rights to which free men are entitled.”
September 2026 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of September for writers and readers
National Hispanic Heritage Month
National Suicide Prevention Month
World Alzheimer’s Month
- September 1 – World Letter Writing Day
- September 4 – Richard Wright’s Birthday; World Sexual Health Day
- September 5 – International Day of Charity
- September 6 – Fight Procrastination Day; Read a Book Day
- September 7 – Labor Day (U.S.)
- September 8 – International Literacy Day; World Physiotherapy Day
- September 9 – International Day to Protect Education from Attack
- September 10 – World Suicide Prevention Day
- September 11 – Patriot Day (U.S.)
- September 13 – Roald Dahl’s Birthday
- September 15 – Agatha Christie’s Birthday; Marco Polo’s Birthday; International Day of Democracy
- September 16 – International Day for Preservation of the Ozone; National Voter Registration Day (U.S.)
- September 18 – Read an E-book Day
- September 19 – International Coastal Cleanup Day
- September 19-October 4 – Oktoberfest
- September 20 – Upton Sinclair’s Birthday
- September 21 – Stephen King’s Birthday; International Day of Peace; World Gratitude Day
- September 22 – Dear Diary Day; International Hobbit Day; World Car-Free Day; World Rose Day
- September 23 – International Sign Language Day
- September 24 – F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Birthday; National Punctuation Day; World Maritime Day
- September 25 – National Comic Book Day; World Dream Day
- September 26 – T.S. Eliot’s Birthday; National Ghost Hunting Day
- September 28 – World Rivers Day
- September 29 – Miguel de Cervantes’ Birthday; International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste; National Coffee Day (U.S.); World Heart Day
- September 30 – Truman Capote’s Birthday; International Translation Day
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In Memoriam – Dolly Parton, 1946-2026
“Inspiring kids to love to read became my mission. In the beginning, my hope was simply to inspire the children in my home county but here we are today with a worldwide program that gives a book a month to well over 3 million children.”
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August 2026 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of August for writers and readers
Family Fun Month
Happiness Happens Month
Romance Awareness Month
- August 1 – Herman Melville’s Birthday; World Wide Web Day
- August 1-7 – International Clown Week
- August 2 – Psychic Day (U.S.)
- August 3-9 – International Dog Assistance Week; National Simplify Your Life Week (U.S.)
- August 4 – Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Birthday
- August 5 – Blogger Day
- August 6 – Farmworker Appreciation Day
- August 7 – International Beer Day; Purple Heart Day (U.S.)
- August 9 – Book Lovers Day
- August 10 – Vlogging Day; World Lion Day
- August 12 – International Youth Day; World Calligraphy Day; World Elephant Day
- August 13 – International Lefthanders Day; Women’s and Family Day
- August 14 – Danielle Steele’s Birthday; Love Your Bookshop Day; World Lizard Day
- August 15 – Chant at the Moon Day
- August 16 – International Homeless Animals Day; World Honey Bee Day
- August 18 – National Bad Poetry Day; World Breast Cancer Research Day
- August 19 – World Humanitarian Day; World Photo Day
- August 22 – International Day Commemorating Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
- August 23 – European Day for Remembrance of Victims of Stalinism and Nazism; International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
- August 23-27 – World Water Week
- August 24 – Paulo Coelho’s Birthday; International Strange Music Day
- August 26 – International Dog Day
- August 28 – Leo Tolstoy’s Birthday
- August 29-33 – International Bat Night
- August 30 – Mary Shelley’s Birthday; International Day for Victims of Enforced Disappearances
- August 31 – International Day for People of African Descent; International Overdose Awareness Day; We Love Memoirs Day; World Distance Learning Day
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Happy Fourth of July 2026!
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July 2026 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of July for writers and readers
Good Care Month
National Anti-Boredom Month
National Blueberry Month
National Culinary Arts Month
National Lost Pet Prevention Month
National Picnic Month
Social Wellness Month
South Asian Heritage Month
Wild About Wildlife Month
- July 1 – American Zoo Day (U.S.); Canada Day; International Joke Day
- July 1-7 – Clean Beaches Week
- July 2 – Freedom from Fear of Speaking Day; World UFO Day
- July 3 – Air Conditioning Appreciation Day; International Plastic Bag Free Day
- July 4 – U.S. Independence Day
- July 6 – International Kissing Day
- July 7 – Global Forgiveness Day; Tell the Truth Day; World Chocolate Day
- July 8 – International Paramedics Day
- July 11 – E.B. White’s Birthday; International Essential Oils Day; World Population Day
- July 14 – Bastille Day (France)
- July 17 – World Day for International Justice; World Emoji Day
- July 18 – Nelson Mandela International Day; World Listening Day
- July 20 – International Chess Day; Space Exploration Day (U.S.)
- July 21 – Ernest Hemingway’s Birthday
- July 22 – World Brain Day
- July 24 – International Self-Care Day
- July 25 – National Wine & Cheese Day (U.S.)
- July 29 – International Tiger Day
- July 30 – Paperback Book Day; World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
- July 31 – J.K. Rowling’s Birthday
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June 2026 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of June for writers and readers
Audiobook Appreciation Month
Celibacy Awareness Month
Children’s Awareness Month
National Adopt a Cat Month
National Foster a Pet Month
National Men’s Health Month
National Oceans Month
Rainbow Book Month
- June 2 – American Indian Citizenship Day; National Leave the Office Early Day
- June 3 – Love Conquers All Day; Global Running Day
- June 4 – Audacity to Hope Day; Hug Your Cat Day; National Cheese Day
- June 5 – World Environment Day
- June 7 – Cancer Survivors Day; World Caring Day
- June 8 – Best Friends Day; Race Unity Day; World Ocean Day
- June 9 – National No Apologies Period Day; World Sex Day
- June 12 – Anne Frank’s Birthday; National Red Rose Day; World Day Against Child Labor
- June 14 – Monkey Around Day; National Children’s Day; World Blood Donor Day
- June 15 – Nature Photography Day; World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
- June 15-21 – Animal Rights Awareness Week (U.S.); Learning Disability Week; Universal Father’s Week
- June 16 – International Waterfall Day; World Sea Turtle Day
- June 17 – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
- June 18 – National Splurge Day
- June 19 – Juneteenth (U.S.); National Watch Day; World Sauntering Day
- June 21 – Father’s Day (U.S.)
- June 21 – Andean New Year; Indigenous People’s Day (Canada); International Yoga Day; Summer Solstice (Northern Hemisphere); Winter Solstice (Southern Hemisphere); World Giraffe Day; World Humanist Day; World Music Day
- June 21-27 – National Forgiveness Week (U.S.)
- June 22 – Octavia Butler’s Birthday; World Rainforest Day
- June 23 – Let It Go Day; National Pink Day; National Typewriter Day
- June 24 – International Fairy Day
- June 25 – Eric Carle’s Birthday
- June 26 – International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking; National Food Truck Day (U.S.); National Safer Workplace Day (Canada; U.S.)
- June 28 – International Day of Action for Elephants in Zoos; Paul Bunyan Day (U.S.)
- June 29 – International Day of the Tropics; International Fisherman Day
- June 30 – International Asteroid Day
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