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September 2023 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of September for writers and readers
Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month
Library Card Sign Up Month
National Literacy Month
Read a New Book Month (also December)
World Alzheimer’s Month
- September 1 – World Letter Writing Day
- September 4 – Richard Wright’s Birthday; Labor Day (U.S.); World Sexual Health Day
- September 5 – International Day of Charity
- September 6 – Fight Procrastination Day; Read a Book Day
- September 7 – Newspaper Carrier Day
- 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; International Chocolate Day
- September 15 – Agatha Christie’s Birthday; Marco Polo’s Birthday; International Day of Democracy; National Hispanic Heritage Month
- September 16 – Oktoberfest; International Coastal Cleanup Day; International Day for Preservation of the Ozone
- September 18 – Read an E-book Day
- September 20 – Upton Sinclair’s Birthday
- September 21 – Stephen King’s Birthday; International Day of Peace; World Gratitude Day
- September 22 – Dear Diary Day; Hobbit Day; World Rose Day
- September 24 – F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Birthday; National Punctuation Day; World Rivers Day
- September 25 – National Comic Book Day; World Dream Day
- September 26 – T.S. Eliot’s Birthday
- 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; National Ghost Hunting Day; World Maritime Day
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August 2023 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 – National Coloring Book Day (U.S.)
- August 4 – Percy Blythe Shelley’s Birthday; International Beer Day
- August 5 – Blogger Day
- August 6 – Farmworker Appreciation Day; Psychic Day (U.S.)
- August 6-12 – International Dog Assistance Week
- August 7 – Professional Speakers Day (U.S.); Purple Heart Day (U.S.)
- August 7-13 – National Simplify Your Life Week (U.S.)
- August 9 – Book Lover’s Day (also November 4)
- August 10 – Vlogging Day; World Lion Day
- August 11 – Mountain Day
- August 12 – International Youth 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 – World Calligraphy Day
- August 18 – National Bad Poetry Day; World Breast Cancer Research Day
- August 19 – International Homeless Animals Day; World Honey Bee Day; World Humanitarian Day; World Photo Day
- August 21 – Poet’s 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-September 1 – World Water Week
- August 24 – Paulo Coelho’s Birthday; International Strange Music Day
- August 26 – International Bat Night
- August 28 – Leo Tolstoy’s Birthday
- 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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In Memoriam – Tony Bennett, 1926-2023
“To me, life is a gift, and it’s a blessing just to be alive. And each person should learn what a gift it is to be alive no matter how tough things get.”
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In Memoriam – Milan Kundera, 1929-2023
“The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.”
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Happy Fourth of July 2023!
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A New Deal for the American Indian
In light of this week’s decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court that seem to undercut the value of the “Great American Experiment”, here’s a great piece about one of the most progressive presidents of the 20th century – Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In the final paragraph of the address he delivered at the Democratic National Convention on July 2, 1932, Democratic presidential candidate, Franklin Delano Roosevelt concluded his speech with the words: “I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.” That promise of a “new deal” was taken up by his campaign, the press, the public, and later historians of the era to describe the wide scope of economic experiments, reforms, and alphabet-soup programs prescribed by FDR as remedies for the Great Depression. The federal government’s relations with Indian tribes would also undergo a radical departure from policies and practices that could be traced back to the earliest years of European colonization and the foundation of the American Republic. Although far from perfect and predictably paternalistic, the Roosevelt Administration’s dealings with the aboriginal peoples living on reservations in the United States most definitively constituted a “New…
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July 2023 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
Read an Almanac Month
Social Wellness Month
South Asian Heritage Month
Wild About Wildlife Month
- July 1 – American Zoo Day; 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 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 – International Friendship Day; Paperback Book Day; World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
- July 31 – J.K. Rowling’s Birthday
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Juneteenth 2023
“Juneteenth was never about commemorating a delayed proclamation, but about celebrating a people’s enduring spirit.”
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Happy Father’s Day 2023!
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