Events in the month of May for writers and readers
American Cheese Month
Arthritis Awareness Month
Asian American and Pacific Islander Month (U.S.)
Be Kind to Animals Month
Better Sleep Month
Get Caught Reading Month
Indian Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
Labor History Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
Military Appreciation Month
National Allergy and Asthma Awareness Month
National Anxiety Month
National Meditation Month
National Pet Month
Short Story Month
- May 1 – Couple Appreciation Day; Free Comic Book Day (N. America); Global Love Day; May Day (Europe); Mother Goose Day; National Loyalty Day; National Space Day; Phone In Sick Day
- May 2 – International Harry Potter Day
- May 3 – World Laughter Day; World Press Freedom Day
- May 3-9 – Hurricane Preparedness Week (U.S.)
- May 4 – Greenery Day (Japan); National Day of Reason (U.S.)
- May 4-10 – Children’s Book Week; Red Cross Week
- May 5 – Nellie Bly’s Birthday; Cinco de Mayo (México); National Cartoonists Day; National Silence the Shame About Mental Illness Day; Poem on Your Pillow Day
- May 6 – Sigmund Freud’s Birthday
- May 6-12 – National Nurses Week (U.S.)
- May 7 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Birthday; National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day (U.S.)
- May 8 – Peter Benchley’s Birthday
- May 9 – J.M. Barrie’s Birthday; Europe Day; Peter Pan Day
- May 10 – Mother’s Day (U.S.)
- May 11 – Irving Berlin’s Birthday; Martha Graham’s Birthday; Salvador Dali’s Birthday
- May 12 – Limerick Day
- May 16 – Love a Tree Day
- May 18-24 – Dementia Awareness Week
- May 19 – Nora Ephron’s Birthday
- May 22 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Birthday; Sherlock Holmes Day; Take a Road Trip Day
- May 25 – Robert Ludlum’s Birthday; Memorial Day (U.S.)
- May 27 – Ian Fleming’s Birthday; Dashiell Hammett’s Birthday
- May 30 – National Creativity Day
- May 31 – Walt Whitman’s Birthday
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