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Events in the month of January for writers and readers

National Braille Literacy Month

• January 1 – J.D. Salinger’s Birthday; Copyright Law Day; Global Family Day; New Year’s Day
• January 2 – Isaac Asimov’s Birthday; National Science Fiction Day
• January 3 – J.R.R. Tolkien’s Birthday
• January 6 – Carl Sandburg’s Birthday
• January 9 – Judith Krantz’s Birthday
• January 12 – Jack London’s Birthday
• January 12-18 – Universal Letter Writing Week
• January 14 – Poetry at Work Day
• January 16 – Book Publisher’s Day
• January 18 – A.A. Milne’s Birthday; Thesaurus Day
• January 19 – Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday
• January 20 – Martin Luther King, Jr., Day (U.S.)
• January 22 – Library Shelfie Day
• January 23 – National Handwriting Day
• January 25 – Robert Burns’ Birthday
• January 27 – Family Literacy Day (Canada); Nazi Holocaust Remembrance Day
• January 31 – Zane Grey’s Birthday

Famous January Birthdays

Other January Events