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August 28, 2023 · 6:23 PM

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

Famous September Birthdays

Other September Events

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July 29, 2023 · 12:57 AM

August 2023 Literary Calendar

Events in the month of August for writers and readers

Family Fun Month

Happiness Happens Month

Romance Awareness Month

August 1 – Herman Melville’s Birthday; World Wide Web Day
August 1-7 – International Clown Week;
August 2 – National Coloring Book Day (U.S.)
August 4 – Percy Blythe Shelley’s Birthday; International Beer Day
August 5 – Blogger Day
August 6 – Farmworker Appreciation Day; Psychic Day (U.S.)
August 6-12 – International Dog Assistance Week
August 7 – Professional Speakers Day (U.S.); Purple Heart Day (U.S.)
August 7-13 – National Simplify Your Life Week (U.S.)
August 9 – Book Lover’s Day (also November 4)
August 10 – Vlogging Day; World Lion Day
August 11 – Mountain Day
August 12 – International Youth Day; World Elephant Day
August 13 – International Lefthanders Day; Women’s and Family Day
August 14 – Danielle Steele’s Birthday; Love Your Bookshop Day; World Lizard Day
August 15 – Chant at the Moon Day
August 16 – World Calligraphy Day
August 18 – National Bad Poetry Day; World Breast Cancer Research Day
August 19 – International Homeless Animals Day; World Honey Bee Day; World Humanitarian Day; World Photo Day
August 21 – Poet’s Day
August 22 – International Day Commemorating Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
August 23 – European Day for Remembrance of Victims of Stalinism and Nazism; International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
August 23-September 1 – World Water Week
August 24 – Paulo Coelho’s Birthday; International Strange Music Day
August 26 – International Bat Night
August 28 – Leo Tolstoy’s Birthday
August 30 – Mary Shelley’s Birthday; International Day for Victims of Enforced Disappearances
August 31 – International Day for People of African Descent; International Overdose Awareness Day; We Love Memoirs Day; World Distance Learning Day

Famous August Birthdays

Other August Events

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June 30, 2023 · 6:33 AM

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

Famous July Birthdays

Other July Events

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May 29, 2023 · 12:08 AM

June 2023 Literary Calendar

Events in the month of June for writers and readers

Audiobook Appreciation Month

Black Lives Matter Month

Celibacy Awareness Month

Children’s Awareness Month

National Adopt a Cat Month

National Candy Month

National Foster a Pet Month

National Men’s Health Month

National Oceans Month

Rainbow Book Month

June 1 – Dare Day
June 2 – American Indian Citizenship Day; National Doughnut Day; National Leave the Office Early Day
June 3 – Love Conquers All Day
June 4 – Audacity to Hope Day; Hug Your Cat Day; National Cancer Survivors Day; National Cheese Day
June 4-10 – National Week of the Ocean; Pet Appreciation Week
June 5 – Thank You Day; World Environment Day
June 6 – National Yo-Yo Day
June 7 – Global Running Day; VCR Day; World Caring Day
June 8 – Best Friends Day; International Day of Action for Elephants in Zoos
June 9 – National No Apologies Period Day; National Sex Day
June 10 – Abolition Day; Ball Point Pen Day; Herbs and Spices Day; National Iced Tea Day
June 11 – National Children’s Day; Race Unity Day
June 12 – Anne Frank’s Birthday; Democracy Day; National Red Rose Day; Peace Day; World Day Against Child Labor
June 13 – Sewing Machine Day
June 14 – Monkey Around Day; World Blood Donor Day
June 15 – Nature Photography Day; Smile Power Day; World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
June 16 – International Waterfall Day; Take a Road Trip Day; World Sea Turtle Day
June 17 – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 18 – Father’s Day (U.S.); National Splurge Day; Wear Blue Day
June 18-24 – National Forgiveness Week (U.S.)
June 19 – Juneteenth (U.S.); National Watch Day; World Sauntering Day
June 19-25 – Animal Rights Awareness Week (U.S.); Learning Disability Week; Universal Father’s Week
June 21 – Andean New Year; Indigenous People’s Day (Canada); International Yoga Day; Summer Solstice (Northern Hemisphere); Winter Solstice (Southern Hemisphere); World Giraffe Day; World Humanist Day; World Music Day
June 22 – Octavia Butler’s Birthday; National Kissing Day; World Rainforest Day
June 23 – Let It Go Day; National Food Truck Day; National Pink Day; National Typewriter Day
June 24 – Farmer Day; International Fairy Day
June 25 – Eric Carle’s Birthday
June 26 – International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 27 – Sun Glasses Day
June 28 – Paul Bunyan Day
June 29 – Fisherman’s Day; Hug Holiday; International Day of the Tropics; Waffle Iron Day
June 30 – International Asteroid Day; National Safer Workplace Day

Famous June Birthdays

Other June Events

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February 26, 2023 · 6:48 PM

March 2023 Literary Calendar

Events in the month of March for writers and readers

National Reading Month

Small Press Month

March 1 – Fredric Chopin’s Birthday; Plan a Solo Vacation Day; World Compliment Day
March 2 – Theodore Seuss Geisel’s (Dr. Seuss) Birthday; Read Across America Day
March 3 – Alexander Graham Bell’s Birthday; I Want You to be Happy Day; If Pets Had Thumbs Day; World Book Day (Ireland and UK)
March 4 – National Grammar Day
March 6-12 – Read an E-Book Week; Return Borrowed Books Week
March 7 – National Cereal Day
March 8 – Be Nasty Day
March 9 – Amerigo Vespucci’s Birthday; Get Over It Day; Popcorn Lover’s Day
March 10 – Everything You Do Is Right Day; International Day of Awesomeness
March 11 – Worship of Tools Day
March 14 – Albert Einstein’s Birthday; Johann Strauss’ Birthday; Learn About Butterflies Day
March 15 – Everything You Think Is Wrong Day; Ides of March
March 16 – Everything You Do Is Right Day; Freedom of Information Day
March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day
March 19 – Let’s Laugh Day
March 20 – First Day of Spring(Northern Hemisphere); First Day of Fall (Southern Hemisphere);(Northern Hemisphere); First Day of Fall (Southern Hemisphere);’.; Extraterrestrial Abductions Day; International Day of Happiness; World Storytelling Day
March 21 – World Poetry Day
March 22 – As Young as You Feel Day
March 24 – Harry Houdini’s Birthday
March 26 – Robert Frost’s Birthday; Tennessee Williams’ Birthday
March 29 – Smoke and Mirrors Day
March 30 – I Am in Control Day; Pencil Day; Vincent van Gogh’s Birthday
March 31 – Johann Sebastian Bach’s Birthday; René Descartes’ Birthday

Famous March Birthdays

Other March Events

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January 29, 2023 · 1:34 AM

February 2023 Literary Calendar

Events in the month of February for writers and readers

African-American History Month

Creative Romance Month

International Friendship Month

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 – Ayn Rand’s birthday; James Joyce’s birthday
February 2-8 – Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week
February 3 – Norman Rockwell’s birthday
February 5 – Take Your Child to the Library Day
February 7 – Charles Dickens’s birthday; Sinclair Lewis’ birthday; Laura Ingalls Wilder’s birthday
February 8 – Jules Verne’s birthday
February 9 – Read in the Bathtub Day
February 12 – Charles Darwin’s birthday; Judy Blume’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.)
February 20-26 – Freedom to Read Week (Canada)
February 21 – Erma Bombeck’s birthday
February 22 – Edna St. Vincent Millay’s birthday; Ash Wednesday
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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Other February Events

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December 31, 2022 · 12:20 AM

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

Famous January Birthdays

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November 30, 2022 · 7:08 AM

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