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February 2024 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of February for writers and readers
African-American History Month (U.S.)
Library Lovers’ Month
- February 1 – Abolition of Slavery Day; Change Your Password Day; Decorating with Candy Day; National Dark Chocolate Day; National Freedom Day (U.S.); Spunky Old Broads Day; World Read Aloud Day
- February 2 – James Joyce’s Birthday
- February 3 – Norman Rockwell’s Birthday; Take Your Child to the Library Day
- February 4-10 – Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week
- February 7 – Charles Dickens’s Birthday; Sinclair Lewis’ Birthday; Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Birthday; World Read Aloud Day
- February 8 – Jules Verne’s Birthday
- February 9 – Read in the Bathtub Day
- February 12 – Judy Blume’s Birthday; Charles Darwin’s Birthday
- February 14 – International Book Giving Day; Library Lover’s Day; Valentine’s Day
- February 15 – Galileo Galilei’s Birthday
- February 18 – Toni Morrison’s Birthday
- February 19 – Amy Tan’s Birthday
- February 20 – Ansel Adams’ Birthday; President’s Day (U.S.); World Day of Social Justice
- February 20-26 – Freedom to Read Week (Canada)
- February 21 – Erma Bombeck’s Birthday; International Mother Language Day
- February 22 – Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Birthday
- February 25 – Pierre Renoir’s Birthday
- February 26 – Tell a Fairy Tale Day
- February 27 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Birthday; John Steinbeck’s Birthday
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September 2023 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of September for writers and readers
Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month
Library Card Sign Up Month
National Literacy Month
Read a New Book Month (also December)
World Alzheimer’s Month
- September 1 – World Letter Writing Day
- September 4 – Richard Wright’s Birthday; Labor Day (U.S.); World Sexual Health Day
- September 5 – International Day of Charity
- September 6 – Fight Procrastination Day; Read a Book Day
- September 7 – Newspaper Carrier 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 15 – Agatha Christie’s Birthday; Marco Polo’s Birthday; International Day of Democracy; National Hispanic Heritage Month
- September 16 – Oktoberfest; International Coastal Cleanup Day; International Day for Preservation of the Ozone
- September 18 – Read an E-book Day
- September 20 – Upton Sinclair’s Birthday
- September 21 – Stephen King’s Birthday; International Day of Peace; World Gratitude Day
- September 22 – Dear Diary Day; Hobbit Day; World Rose Day
- September 24 – F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Birthday; National Punctuation Day; World Rivers Day
- September 25 – National Comic Book Day; World Dream Day
- September 26 – T.S. Eliot’s Birthday
- 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; National Ghost Hunting Day; World Maritime Day
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July 2023 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 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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January 2023 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of January for writers and readers
National Braille Literacy Month
- January 1 – New Year’s Day; Copyright Law Day; J.D. Salinger’s Birthday
- January 2 – National Science Fiction Day; Isaac Asimov’s Birthday
- January 3 – J.R.R. Tolkien’s Birthday
- January 6 – Carl Sandburg’s Birthday
- January 9 – Judith Krantz’s Birthday
- January 9-15 – Universal Letter Writing Week
- January 11 – Poetry at Work Day
- January 12 – Jack London’s Birthday
- January 16 – Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
- January 18 – Thesaurus Day; A.A. Milne’s Birthday
- January 19 – Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday
- January 23 – National Handwriting Day
- January 25 –Robert Burns’ Birthday
- January 26 – Library Shelfie Day
- January 27 – Family Literacy Day in Canada
- January 31 – Zane Grey’s Birthday
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December 2022 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of December for writers and readers
Read a New Book Month (also September)
- December 1 – World AIDS Day
- December 7 – Letter Writing Day
- December 9 – John Milton’s Birthday
- December 10 – Dewey Decimal System Day; Emily Dickinson’s Birthday
- December 14 – Nostradamus’ Birthday
- December 16 – Jane Austen’s Birthday
- December 18 – Hanukah
- December 21 – Crossword Puzzle Day; National Short Story Day; Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere); Summer Solstice (Southern Hemisphere)
- December 24 – Christmas Eve; Jolabokaflod; Stephenie Meyer’s Birthday
- December 25 – Christmas Day
- December 26 – Boxing Day (Canada, U.K.); Kwanzaa
- December 30 – Rudyard Kipling’s Birthday
- December 31 – New Year’s Eve
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Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2022
“When another writer in another house is not free, no writer is free.”
Every year on November 15 PEN International launches its Day of the Imprisoned Writer campaign, highlighting the cases of writers around the globe who are imprisoned or facing prosecution and calling for urgent international action to release and protect them. Free speech and a free press are treasured features of any society, and writers often serve as the link between truth and lies.
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October 2022 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of October for writers and readers
- National Book Month
- National Reading Group Month
- October 1 – International Coffee Day
- October 2 – Name Your Car Day
- October 3 – Techies Day
- October 7 – World Smile Day
- October 6 – Mad Hatter Day
- October 9 – Curious Events Day
- October 10 – Indigenous People’s Day
- October 11 – Myth and Legends Day; National Coming Out Day
- October 12 – Cookbook Launch Day; Moment of Frustration Day
- October 13 – International Skeptic’s Day
- October 15 – Mario Puzo’s Birthday
- October 16 – Noah Webster’s Birthday; Oscar Wilde’s Birthday; Dictionary Day
- October 16-22 – National Friends of Libraries Week
- October 19 – Evaluate Your Life Day
- October 20 – National Day on Writing
- October 21 – Alfred Nobel’s Birthday; Babbling Day
- October 22 – Smart Is Cool Day
- October 25 – Pablo Picasso’s Birthday; Howl at the Moon Night
- October 27 – National Tell a Story Day (Scotland; U.K.)
- October 29 – Hermit Day
- October 31 – Increase Your Psychic Powers Day
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Banned Books Week 2022
I know I’m running late with this, but it’s Banned Books Week, the annual commemoration of free speech and free press. As always, some people feel they have the authority to determine what the rest of us can see and read. They start with the schools and libraries under the familiar guise of protecting the children, but the ultimate goal is to restrict literature and education.
All writers and bloggers should always stand up to any kind of censorship. Remember, no one – absolutely no one – has the right to select what you can and cannot read!
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August 2022 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of August for writers and readers
- Romance Awareness Month
- August 2 – National Coloring Book Day
- August 7 – Purple Heart Day
- August 9 – Book Lover’s Day (also November 6)
- August 18 – Bad Poetry Day
- August 21 – Poet’s Day
- August 31 – We Love Memoirs Day
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