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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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Happy Fourth of July 2024!
“Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down.”
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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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