
Events in the month of June for writers and readers
Audiobook Appreciation Month
GLBT Book Month
- June 1 – Global Day of Parents; Global Running Day; National Pen Pal Day; National Say Something Nice Day; World Reef Awareness Day
- June 3 – National Egg Day
- June 4 – National Cheese Day; National Hug Your Cat Day
- June 5 – National Cancer Survivor’s Day; National Donut Day; National Gingerbread Day; World Environment Day
- June 8 – National Best Friend’s Day; World Oceans Day
- June 10 – Ball Point Pen Day
- June 11 – Global Wellness Day
- June 12 – Anne Frank’s Birthday
- June 14 – Bourbon Day; World Blood Donor Day
- June 15 – National Photography Day; World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
- June 16 – Bloomsday (celebration of Irish writer James Joyce’s life); National Fudge Day
- June 17 – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
- June 19 – Father’s Day (U.S.)
- June 20 – World Refugee Day
- June 21 – Summer Solstice (Northern Hemisphere); Winter Solstice (Southern Hemisphere)
- June 22 – Octavia Butler’s Birthday; World Rainforest Day
- June 23 – National Hydration Day; Typewriter patent awarded (1868)
- June 25 – Eric Carle’s Birthday
- June 27 – Helen Keller’s Birthday; National PTSD Awareness Day
- June 29 – Hug Holiday; National Camera Day
- June 30 – National Handshake Day; National Work from Home Day; World Social Media Day