Every Literary Holiday You Can Celebrate This Year
Updated with 2020 dates and even more literary holidays you can celebrate this year!
Mark your calendars! I have tracked down so many honorary days and awareness weeks that you can celebrate throughout the year when it comes to reading, writing and our favorite authors.
January
National Braille Literacy Month
January 2 – National Science Fiction Day
January 4 – World Braille Day
January 14 – Poetry at Work Day
January 18 – National Thesaurus Day
January 22 – Library Shelfie Day
January 23 – National Handwriting Day
January 25 – Burns Supper
February
National Library Lovers Month
First week – Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week
February 1 – Take Your Child to the Library Day
February 5 – World Read Aloud Day
Second week – Freelance Writers Appreciation Week
February 14 – Library Lovers Day
February 26 – Tell a Fairy Tale Day
March
First week – Read an Ebook Week
First week – Return Borrowed Books Week
March 2 – National Read Across America Day
March 4 – National Grammar Day
March 5 – World Book Day
March 8 – National Proofreading Day
March 14 – National Write Your Story Day
March 16 – National Freedom of Information Day
March 20 – World Storytelling Day
March 21 – World Poetry Day
March 25 – National Tolkien Reading Day
April
National Poetry Month
April 2 – International Children’s Book Day
April 4 – National School Librarian Day
April 5 – National Read A Road Map Day
April 10 – National Encourage a Young Writer Day
April 12 – D.E.A.R. Drop Everything And Read Day
April 13 – National Scrabble Day
April 16 – Celebrate Teen Literature Day
April 17 – National Haiku Poetry Day
April 18 – National Columnists’ Day
Fourth week – National Library Week
April 22 – National Bookmobile Day
April 23 – English Language Day
April 23 – National Talk Like Shakespeare Day
April 23 – World Book and Copyright Day
April 25 – Independent Bookstore Day
April 27 – National Tell a Story Day
April 28 – National Great Poetry Reading Day
May
National Get Caught Reading Month
May 2 – National Comic Book Day
May 5 – National Cartoonists Day
May 12 – Poem on Your Pillow Day
May 12 – National Limerick Day
May 22 – Sherlock Holmes Day
May 31 – National Speak in Complete Sentences Day
June
Audiobook Appreciation Month
GLBT Book Month
June 10 – National Ballpoint Pen Day
June 16 – Bloomsday
June 19 – National Garfield The Cat Day
July
July 10 – Clerihew Day
July 15 – Take Your Poet to Work Day
July 30 – Paperback Book Day
August
August 2 – Color Book Day
August 8 – Love Your Bookshop Day
August 9 – National Book Lovers Day
August 17 – National #2 Pencil Day
August 18 – National Bad Poetry Day
August 21 – Poet’s Day
August 28 – International Read Comics in Public Day
August 30 – Frankenstein Day
August 31 – We Love Memoirs Day
September
Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month
National Library Card Signup Month
September 4 – National Newspaper Carrier Day
September 6 – National Read a Book Day
September 8 – International Literacy Day
September 8 – National Ampersand Day
September 13 – Roald Dahl Day
September 16 – Anne Bradstreet Day
September 18 – International Read an eBook Day
September 22 – Dear Diary Day
September 22 – Hobbit Day
September 24 – National Punctuation Day
Last Week – Banned Books Week
October
National Book Month
National Reading Group Month
Children’s Magazine Month
National Cookbook Month
Medical Librarian Month
First week – Mystery Series Week
October 1 – National BOOK It! Day
October 3 – National Poetry Day
October 6 – Mad Hatter Day
October 7 – Random Acts of Poetry Day
Second week – National Newspaper Week
October 11 – Myth and Legends Day
October 12 – Cookbook Launch Day
October 16 – Learn a Word Day
October 16 – Dictionary Day
October 17 – Black Poetry Day
October 20 – National Day on Writing
Third week – National Friends of Libraries Week
October 30 – National Frankenstein Day
October 31 – Books for Treats Day
November
National Family Literacy Month
Picture Book Month
November 1 – National Author’s Day
November 1 – National Family Literacy Day
November 10 – National Young Readers Day
November 12 – National Chicken Soup for the Soul Day
November 15 – Day of the Imprisoned Writer
November 15 – I Love To Write Day
Third week – World Nursery Rhyme Week
November 18 – High Five a Librarian Day
December
Read a New Book Month
December 7 – Letter Writing Day
December 10 – Dewey Decimal System Day
December 21 – National Short Story Day
December 21 – Crossword Puzzle Day
December 21 – Celebrate Short Fiction Day
December 25 – A’phabet Day or No “L” Day (Pun Day)
Did I miss one? What literary holidays do you like to celebrate throughout the year? Share in the comments section below.
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