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November 2024 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of November for writers and readers
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; Plan Your Epitaph Day
- November 4 – Book Lovers Day
- November 9 – International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism; World Adoption Day; World Freedom Day
- November 10 – World Science Day for Peace and Development
- November 11 – Veterans Day (U.S.)
- November 12 – World Pneumonia Day
- November 13 – World Kindness Day
- November 14 – Young Readers Day
- November 15 – Day of the Imprisoned Writer; I Love to Write Day
- November 16 – International Day for Tolerance; World Philosophy Day
- November 18 – Margaret Atwood’s Birthday; High-Five a Librarian Day
- November 19 – International Men’s Day
- November 21 – Voltaire’s Birthday
- November 25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
- November 28 – Thanksgiving (U.S.)
- November 29 – Louisa May Alcott’s Birthday
- November 30 – International Computer Security Day
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2024
Mayan Prayer of the Seven Directions
From the East, House of Light
May wisdom Dawn in us
So we may see all things in clarity
From the North, House of the Night
May Wisdom Ripen in Us
So we may know all from within
From the West, House of Transformation
May Wisdom be transformed into right action
So we may do what must be done
From the South, House of the Eternal Sun
May right action reap the harvest
So we may enjoy the fruits of Planetary being
From the Centre, Galactic Source
Which is everywhere at once
May everything be known
As the light of mutual love
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October 2024 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of October for writers and readers
National Book Month
National Reading Group Month
- October 1 – International Coffee Day; International Day of Older Persons; International Music Day
- October 2 – Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday; International Day of Non-Violence
- October 3 – National Poetry Day (U.K.)
- October 4 – World Animal Day; World Smile Day
- October 4-10 – World Space Week
- October 5 – Robert Hutchings Goddard’s Birthday; World Teachers Day
- October 6 – Thor Heyerdahl’s Birthday; Mad Hatter Day
- October 7 – Desmond Tutu’s Birthday
- October 10 – World Against the Death Penalty; World Homeless Day; World Mental Health Day
- October 11 – Myth and Legends Day
- October 12 – World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
- October 13 – International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
- October 14 – E.E. Cummings’ Birthday; Indigenous Peoples’ Day
- October 15 – Mario Puzo’s Birthday
- October 15 – International Day of Rural Women
- October 16 – Noah Webster’s Birthday; Dictionary Day; World Food Day
- October 17 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Day; World Trauma Day
- October 20 – National Day on Writing
- October 20-26 – National Friends of Libraries Week
- October 21 – Alfred Nobel’s Birthday
- October 23 – Michael Crichton’s Birthday
- October 25 – Anne Tyler’s Birthday; International Artist Day; World Opera Day
- October 27 – Dylan Thomas’ Birthday
- October 28 – International Animation Day
- October 29 – First Internet Message (1969); World Stroke Day
- October 30 – Ezra Pound’s Birthday
- October 31 – John Keats’ Birthday
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Banned Books Week 2024 – September 22-28
“They’re banning books in their schools. We are banishing hunger in ours!”
Today is the start of “Banned Books Week 2024” – the annual fight against literary censorship. Writers, media types and all who support us know full well we’ll never win this war. But we can win battles across the national spectrum. The fight has become more intense in recent years, as social conservatives march into libraries and demand certain items be removed because they’re offended. Remember, there will always be people who think they know what’s best for everyone else. As writers and readers, we simply can’t let that happen.
Keep writing and keep fighting!
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In Memoriam – James Earl Jones, 1931-2024
“When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language.”
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In Remembrance: September 11, 2001
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Happy Labor Day 2024!
“It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.”
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September 2024 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 2 – Labor Day (U.S.)
- 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 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 14 – National First Amendment Summit (U.S.)
- September 15 – Agatha Christie’s Birthday; Marco Polo’s Birthday; International Day of Democracy
- September 16 – International Day for Preservation of the Ozone
- September 17 – National Voter Registration Day (U.S.)
- September 18 – Read an E-book Day
- September 20 – Upton Sinclair’s Birthday
- September 21 – Stephen King’s Birthday; International Coastal Cleanup Day; International Day of Peace; World Gratitude Day
- September 21-October 6 – Oktoberfest
- September 22 – Dear Diary Day; International Hobbit Day; World Car-Free Day; World Rivers Day; World Rose Day
- September 24 – F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Birthday; National Punctuation Day
- September 25 – National Comic Book Day; World Dream Day
- September 26 – T.S. Eliot’s Birthday; World Maritime Day
- September 28 – National Ghost Hunting 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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August 2024 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 – International Beer Day
- August 4 – Percy Blythe Shelley’s Birthday; Psychic Day (U.S.)
- August 4-10 – International Dog Assistance Week
- August 5 – Blogger Day
- August 5-11 – National Simplify Your Life Week (U.S.)
- August 6 – Farmworker Appreciation Day
- August 7 – Purple Heart Day (U.S.)
- August 9 – Book Lover’s Day
- August 10 – Vlogging Day; World Lion Day
- August 12 – International Youth Day; Mountain 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 Calligraphy Day; World Lizard Day
- August 15 – Chant at the Moon Day
- August 17 – 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 24-25 – International Bat Night
- August 26 – International Dog Day
- 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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