Category: Books and Literature

Take Your Child to the Library Day, Ntl.:...

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Take Your Child to the Library Day is a Connecticut-based, grass-roots project created by Nadine Lipman. Lipman is the retired Head of Children's Services at the Waterford (CT) Public Library. This event...

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Freelance Writers Appreciation Week: Febru...

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Freelance writers and journalists are some of the hardest-working people on the planet and are essential to news organizations, businessmen, politicians, and celebrities who need to hire ghostwriters. T...

January

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Library Lovers Month: February

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Library Lover's Month encourages the use of public libraries and the many programs available through them that support the community. Libraries are more than books. They are community centers that feature...

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Prešeren Day (SI)(1849): February 8

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Howdy! We're working on the description for this event. It's one of over two thousand events added to the calendar this year. We have verified it is an authentic event and have included the organization...

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Finns Day (SE)(1796): February 24

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Howdy! We're working on the description for this event. It's one of over two thousand events added to the calendar this year. We have verified it is an authentic event and have included the organization...

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Pinocchio Day (1940): February 23 

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Howdy! We're working on the description for this event. It's one of over two thousand events added to the calendar this year. We have verified it is an authentic event and have included the organization...

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Culture Day (SL)(1849): February 8

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In honor of Slovenian poet France Preseren, this national holiday celebrates all culture on the anniversary of his death, February 8, 1849.

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Ayn Rand Day (1905): February 2

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Howdy! We're working on the description for this event. It's one of over two thousand events added to the calendar this year. We have verified it is an authentic event and have included the organization...

January

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Robinson Crusoe Day (1709): February 1

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Be Adventurous and Self-reliant Day marks the anniversary of February 1, 1709, when Daniel Defoe's epic adventure "The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" was published. The book has been translated...

January

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Spilled Milk Day, Don't Cry Over (1678): F...

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Today is the anniversary of the poem published in 1678 by Jean de la Fontaine, "La Laitière et le Pot au Lait." The poem is the origin of the saying, "Don't Cry over Spilled Milk." Below is the English Tr...

January

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Book Giving Day, Intl.: February 14

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International Book Giving Day seeks to get books into the hands of children worldwide on Valentine's Day each year. This event was first held in 2012 and is active in more than 44 countries. Activities in...

January

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I Love to Read Month (CA): February

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Canada's I Love to Read Month is a nationwide event focused on getting K-12 children interested in reading. This Month is a collaboration between the state and schools. Some schools may have a month-l...

January

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Read Aloud Day, World: February 5 (est)

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A global event that encourages students, teachers, and parents to pick a book and read it aloud, World Read Aloud Day shares the intimacy of storytelling. This event was first held in 2010 and was origina...

January

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Read in the Bathtub Day, Ntl.: February 9

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Christine Rogers created this event some time ago to have an excuse to spend the day reading her favorite novel in the tub. We did a little research and were surprised to find that there are waterproof b...

January

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No Brainer Day: February 27

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National No Brainer Day is an unofficial event in the United States, and in LEEP's opinion, it should be a salute to technical writers and their profession. The best way to celebrate it is to look at how...

January

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Read a Fairy Tale Day: February 26

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Read a Fairy Tale Day seeks to remind us of the delightfully happy endings found in fairy tales. You know, those stories where everything works out? The goblins and witches are banished, the boy always ge...

January

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Black Literacy Day, Ntl.: February 14

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DL Mullen, owner of Chicago's Semicolon Bookstore, launched National Black Literacy Day in 2021 to coincide with the month of Fredrick Douglass' birth and death to encourage more reading amongst black and...

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Clean Out Your Bookcase Day: February 20

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"Celebrating 'Cleaning Out Your Bookcase Day' is an unofficial event dedicated to decluttering and reorganizing one's literary collection; bibliophiles and casual readers embark on a journey to refresh th...

January

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Essay Day, Intl.(1533): : February 28 

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International Essay Day falls on the birthday of Michel de Montaigne, one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance. Montaigne popularized the essay as a literary genre. He was born on Feb...

January

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Haiku Writing Month, Ntl.: February

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National Haiku Writing Month, known as NaHaiWriMo, is a celebration dedicated to writing Haiku poetry. It was established in February 2011 by Michael Dylan Welch, a poet and author from Washington, USA. T...

January

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