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June 2025 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of June for writers and readers
Audiobook Appreciation Month
Black Lives Matter 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 1 – Cancer Survivors Day
- June 2 – American Indian Citizenship Day; National Leave the Office Early Day
- June 2-8 – National Week of the Ocean
- June 3 – Love Conquers All Day
- June 4 – Audacity to Hope Day; Hug Your Cat Day; Global Running Day; National Cheese Day
- June 5 – World Environment Day
- June 7 – World Caring Day
- June 8 – Best Friends Day; International Day of Action for Elephants in Zoos; National Children’s Day; Race Unity Day
- June 9 – National No Apologies Period Day; National Sex Day
- June 11 – Thank You Day; Wear Blue Day
- June 12 – Anne Frank’s Birthday; National Red Rose Day; World Day Against Child Labor
- June 14 – Monkey Around Day; World Blood Donor Day
- June 15 – Father’s Day (U.S.); Nature Photography Day; World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
- June 15-21 – National Forgiveness Week (U.S.)
- June 16 – International Waterfall Day; World Sea Turtle Day
- June 16-22 – Animal Rights Awareness Week (U.S.); Learning Disability Week; Universal Father’s Week
- 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 – 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 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
- June 27 – National Food Truck Day; National Safer Workplace Day (Canada; U.S.)
- June 28 – Paul Bunyan Day (U.S.)
- June 29 – International Day of the Tropics; International Fisherman’s Day
- June 30 – International Asteroid Day
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Memorial Day 2025
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Happy Mother’s Day 2025!
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May 2025 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; Global Love Day; May Day; Mother Goose Day; National Loyalty Day; Phone In Sick Day
- May 2 – International Harry Potter Day
- May 3 – National Space Day; World Press Freedom Day
- May 4 – Free Comic Book Day (N. America); Greenery Day (Japan); National Day of Reason (U.S.)
- May 4-10 – Red Cross Week
- May 5 – Nellie Bly’s Birthday; Cinco de Mayo (México); National Cartoonists Day; National Silence the Shame About Mental Illness) Day; World Laughter Day
- May 5-11 – Hurricane Preparedness Week (U.S.); National Pet Week (U.S.)
- May 6 – Sigmund Freud’s Birthday
- May 6-12 – Children’s Book Week; National Nurses Week (U.S.)
- May 7 – Tchaikovsky’s Birthday; Poem on Your Pillow Day
- May 8 – Peter Benchley’s Birthday
- May 9 – J.M. Barrie’s Birthday; Europe Day; National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day (U.S.); Peter Pan Day
- May 11 – Irving Berlin’s Birthday; Martha Graham’s Birthday; Salvador Dali’s Birthday; Mother’s Day (U.S.)
- May 12 – Limerick Day
- May 13-19 – Dementia Awareness Week (U.K.)
- May 16 – Love a Tree Day
- May 19 – Nora Ephron’s Birthday
- May 20 – Flower Day
- May 22 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Birthday; Sherlock Holmes Day
- May 24 – Take a Road Trip Day
- May 25 – Robert Ludlum’s Birthday
- May 26 – Memorial Day (U.S.)
- May 27 – Dashiell Hammett’s Birthday; Ian Fleming’s Birthday
- May 30 – National Creativity Day
- May 31 – Walt Whitman’s Birthday
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Earth Day 2025
“Nature is always hinting at us. It hints over and over again. And suddenly we take the hint.”
In Memoriam – Mario Vargas Llosa, 1936-2025
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Antarctica tells Trump what to do with his tariffs
From Munguin’s New Republic, the truth must be spoken!
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Rapid Response Fund
As National Library Week 2025 comes to an end here in the U.S., I want to highlight Every Library’s “Rapid Response Fund”, a political action group for libraries. As I’ve noted before, censorship is in full swing in a country that enshrined the concept of free speech into its constitution. This could only happen with a right-wing autocrat like Donald Trump in the White House. As writers and bloggers, we can’t afford to let this madness continue. Please consider donating and as always – keep writing and keep fighting!
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