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July 2024 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 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 – International Friendship Day; Paperback Book Day; World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
- July 31 – J.K. Rowling’s Birthday
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Juneteenth 2024
“It took abolitionists, Quakers, all kinds of folks to help and lobby to get the slaves freed. I truly believe we can do so much more together than apart.”
Opal Lee, “Grandmother” of Juneteenth
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Happy Father’s Day 2024!
“If there is any immortality to be had among us human beings, it is certainly only in the love that we leave behind. Fathers like mine don’t ever die.”
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June 2024 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 – Dare Day
- June 2 – American Indian Citizenship Day; Cancer Survivors Day
- June 2-8 – National Week of the Ocean
- June 3 – Love Conquers All Day; National Leave the Office Early Day
- June 4 – Audacity to Hope Day; Hug Your Cat Day; National Cheese Day
- June 5 – Global Running Day; Thank You Day; World Environment Day
- June 7 – World Caring Day
- June 8 – Best Friends Day; International Day of Action for Elephants in Zoos
- June 9 – National No Apologies Period Day; National Sex Day
- June 11 – National Children’s Day; Race Unity Day
- June 12 – Anne Frank’s Birthday; National Red Rose Day; World Day Against Child Labor
- June 14 – Monkey Around Day; Wear Blue Day; World Blood Donor Day
- June 15 – Nature Photography Day; Smile Power Day; World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
- June 16 – Father’s Day (U.S.); International Waterfall Day; World Sea Turtle Day
- June 16-22 – National Forgiveness Week (U.S.)
- June 17 – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
- June 17-23 – Animal Rights Awareness Week (U.S.); Learning Disability Week; Universal Father’s Week
- 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; National Kissing Day; World Rainforest Day
- June 23 – Let It Go Day; National Food Truck 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 28 – Paul Bunyan Day
- June 29 – Fisherman’s Day; International Day of the Tropics
- June 30 – International Asteroid Day; National Safer Workplace Day
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Memorial Day 2024
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Happy Mother’s Day 2024!
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May 2024 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; 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
- May 12 – Limerick Day; Mother’s Day (U.S.)
- 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 25 – Robert Ludlum’s Birthday
- May 27 – Dashiell Hammett’s Birthday; Ian Fleming’s Birthday; Memorial Day (U.S.)
- May 30 – National Creativity Day
- May 31 – Walt Whitman’s Birthday
Earth Day 2024
“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the Earth are never alone or weary of life.”
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Happy Easter 2024
“We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won’t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don’t fire cannons to call attention to their shining – they just shine.”
Chief Writing Wolf 