Events in the month of January for writers and readers
National Braille Literacy Month
- January 1 – J.D. Salinger’s Birthday; Copyright Law 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; National Word Day; Poetry at Work Day
- January 14-20 – Universal Letter Writing Week
- January 16 – Martin Luther King, Jr., Day (U.S.); Book Publisher’s Day
- January 12 – Jack London’s Birthday
- January 18 – A.A. Milne’s Birthday; Thesaurus Day
- January 19 – Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday
- January 23 – National Handwriting Day
- January 24 – Library Shelfie Day
- January 25 – Robert Burns’ Birthday
- January 27 – Family Literacy Day (Canada); Nazi Holocaust Remembrance Day
- January 31 – Zane Grey’s Birthday
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