“Where liberty dwells there is my country.”
Category Archives: News
Happy Fourth of July 2026!
Filed under News
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
Filed under News
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
Filed under News
Happy Mother’s Day 2026!
“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.”
May 2026 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of May for writers and readers
American Cheese Month
Arthritis Awareness Month
Asian American and Pacific Islander Month (U.S.)
Be Kind to Animals Month
Better Sleep Month
Get Caught Reading Month
Indian Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
Labor History Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
Military Appreciation Month
National Allergy and Asthma Awareness Month
National Anxiety Month
National Meditation Month
National Pet Month
Short Story Month
- May 1 – Couple Appreciation Day; Free Comic Book Day (N. America); Global Love Day; May Day (Europe); Mother Goose Day; National Loyalty Day; National Space Day; Phone In Sick Day
- May 2 – International Harry Potter Day
- May 3 – World Laughter Day; World Press Freedom Day
- May 3-9 – Hurricane Preparedness Week (U.S.)
- May 4 – Greenery Day (Japan); National Day of Reason (U.S.)
- May 4-10 – Children’s Book Week; Red Cross Week
- May 5 – Nellie Bly’s Birthday; Cinco de Mayo (México); National Cartoonists Day; National Silence the Shame About Mental Illness Day; Poem on Your Pillow Day
- May 6 – Sigmund Freud’s Birthday
- May 6-12 – National Nurses Week (U.S.)
- May 7 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Birthday; National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day (U.S.)
- May 8 – Peter Benchley’s Birthday
- May 9 – J.M. Barrie’s Birthday; Europe Day; Peter Pan Day
- May 10 – Mother’s Day (U.S.)
- May 11 – Irving Berlin’s Birthday; Martha Graham’s Birthday; Salvador Dali’s Birthday
- May 12 – Limerick Day
- May 16 – Love a Tree Day
- May 18-24 – Dementia Awareness Week
- May 19 – Nora Ephron’s Birthday
- May 22 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Birthday; Sherlock Holmes Day; Take a Road Trip Day
- May 25 – Robert Ludlum’s Birthday; Memorial Day (U.S.)
- May 27 – Ian Fleming’s Birthday; Dashiell Hammett’s Birthday
- May 30 – National Creativity Day
- May 31 – Walt Whitman’s Birthday
Filed under News
Earth Day 2026
Filed under News
Happy Easter 2026
“Passover and Easter are the only Jewish and Christian holidays that move in sync, like the ice skating pairs we saw during the Winter Olympics.”
Marvin Olasky
April 2026 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of April for writers and readers
Arab-American Heritage Month
Child Abuse Awareness Month
Dog Appreciation Month
Earth Month
Genocide Awareness Month
Global Astronomy Month
International Guitar Month
Mathematics & Statistics Awareness Month
National Alcohol Awareness Month (U.S.)
National Card & Letter Writing Month (U.S.)
National Fair Housing Month (U.S.)
National Humor Month (U.S.)
National Poetry Month (U.S.)
School Library Month (U.S.)
- April 1 – April Fool’s Day; International Fun at Work Day; National Greeting Card Day; Reading Is Funny Day
- April 1-9 – Passover
- April 2 – Hans Christian Anderson’s Birthday; International Children’s Book Day; Nature Day
- April 3 – Jane Goodall’s Birthday; Independent Artist Day
- April 4 – Maya Angelou’s Birthday; National School Librarian Day; National Love Our Children Day
- April 5 – Booker T. Washington’s Birthday; Easter
- April 7 –William Wordsworth’s Birthday
- April 8 – Buddha’s Birthday
- April 9 – Education & Sharing Day; National Unicorn Day
- April 10 – Joseph Pulitzer’s Birthday; Take Action for Libraries Day
- April 12 – Beverly Cleary’s Birthday; Tom Clancy’s Birthday; D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) Day
- April 13 – Scrabble Day
- April 15 – Corrie Ten Boom’s Birthday; Leonardo da Vinci’s Birthday; World Art Day
- April 16 – Celebrate Teen Literature Day
- April 17 – Thornton Wilder’s Birthday; International Haiku Poetry Day
- April 18 – Newspaper Columnists Day
- April 19-25 – National Library Week (U.S.)
- April 21 – Charlotte Bronte’s Birthday
- April 22 – Earth Day
- April 23 – William Shakespeare’s Birthday; World Book Day
- April 25 – Guglielmo Marconi’s Birthday; Independent Bookstore Day; National Day of Puppetry
- April 26 – John James Audubon’s Birthday
- April 27 – National Tell a Story Day
- April 28 – Harper Lee’s Birthday; Great Poetry Reading Day
- April 30 – Honesty Day; National Animal Advocacy Day
Filed under News
Chief Writing Wolf 