“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.”
April 2024 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of April for writers and readers
Arab-American Heritage Month
Child Abuse Awareness Month
D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) Month
Defeat Diabetes Month
Dog Appreciation Month
Earth Month
Genocide Awareness Month
Global Astronomy Month
International Guitar Month
Mathematics & Statistics Awareness Month
National Alcohol Awareness Month
National Card & Letter Writing Month
National Humor Month
National Poetry Month
School Library Month
- April 1 – April Fool’s Day; Education & Sharing Day; International Fun at Work Day; National Greeting Card Day; National Love Our Children Day; National Loyal Day; Reading Is Funny Day
- April 2 – Hans Christian Anderson’s Birthday; International Children’s Book Day; National Reconciliation Day; Nature Day
- April 3 – Jane Goodall’s Birthday; Independent Artist Day
- April 4 – Maya Angelou’s Birthday; National School Librarian Day
- April 5 – Booker T. Washington’s Birthday
- April 7 – William Wordsworth’s Birthday
- April 7-13 – National Library Week (U.S.)
- April 8 – Buddha’s Birthday
- April 9 – National Library Workers Day (U.S.); National Unicorn Day
- April 10 – Joseph Pulitzer’s Birthday; National Library Outreach Day (U.S.)
- April 11 – Take Action for Libraries Day
- April 12 – Beverly Cleary’s Birthday; Tom Clancy’s Birthday
- April 13 – Scrabble Day
- April 15 – Corrie Ten Boom’s Birthday; Leonardo da Vinci’s Birthday; Rubber Eraser Day; Sign Language Day (U.S.); World Art Day
- April 16 – National Librarian Day
- April 17 – Thornton Wilder’s Birthday; International Haiku Poetry Day
- April 18 – Celebrate Teen Literature Day; Newspaper Columnists Day
- April 21 – Charlotte Bronte’s Birthday
- April 22 – Earth Day; Passover
- April 23 – William Shakespeare’s Birthday; World Book and Copyright Day
- April 25 – Guglielmo Marconi’s Birthday
- April 26 – John James Audubon’s Birthday
- April 27 – Independent Bookstore Day; National Day of Puppetry; National Tell a Story Day
- April 28 – Harper Lee’s Birthday; Great Poetry Reading Day
- April 30 – Honesty Day; National Animal Advocacy Day
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Charles Ray – Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations to fellow writer and blogger Charles Ray!
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