This month-by-month literary holiday calendar will ensure you never miss an important date in the world of literature.
January
18: Winnie the Pooh Day
19: Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday
25: Burns Supper (Robert Burns’s Birthday)
National Braille Literacy Month
February
1-7: Children’s Authors and Illustrator Week
2: Take Your Child to the Library Day (first Saturday of February)
14: Library Lovers Day
Love Your Library Month
March
2: National Read Across America Day, or Dr. Seuss Day
2-8: Read an eBook Week
4: National Grammar Day
15: The Ides of March
16: Freedom of Information Day
April
2: Children’s Book Day (Hans Christian Anderson’s Birthday)
5-11: Library Week
11: National Library Workers’ Day
12: D.E.A.R. Day (Beverly Cleary’s birthday)
16: National Bookmobile Day
16: Celebrate Teen Literature Day
18: National Columnists Day (in memory of Ernie Pyle)
via wikipedia.org
23: World Book Day
23: Shakespeare’s birthday
27: Tell a Story Day
28: Great Poetry Reading Day
30: Children’s Book Day/El Dia de los Ninos
National Poetry Month
May
1-7: Children’s Book Week
9: Peter Pan Day (James M. Barrie’s birthday)
20: Eliza Doolittle Day
25: Towel Day (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Day)
June
12: Anne Frank’s birthday (on which she received her diary)
via wikipedia.org
16: Bloomsday
19: National Garfield the Cat Day (strip is first published, 1978)
27: National Columnists’ Day
Audiobook Appreciation Month
LGBT Book Month
July
4, 5, and 6: National Tom Sawyer Days
16 to 21: Hemingway Days
Read an Almanac Month
August
9: Book Lovers Day
14: Color Book Day
21: Poet’s Day
30: Frankenstein Day
31: We Love Memoirs Day
September
8: International Literacy Day
22: Hobbit Day
22: Dear Diary Day
25: National Comic Book Day
Last week of Sept.: Banned Books Week
Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month
Library Card Sign-Up Month
October
6: Mad Hatter Day
11: Myth and Legends Day
16: Dictionary Day
November
1: National Family Literacy Day
18: High-Five a Librarian Day
National Novel Writing Month
December
1: Sherlock Holmes Day
10: Dewey Decimal System Day
16: Jane Austen’s birthday
Read a New Book Month
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