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Category: Books and Literature
Events, awareness days, holidays, and promotions celebrating books, authors, libraries, and related topics
The books and literature category includes events related to books, writing, authorship, and the literary world. This includes famous authors, works of literature, textbooks, papers, theses, and libraries
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Take Your Poet to School Week: April 7-11
Weekly
Take Your Poet to School Week is a fun educational diversion in which children cut out pictures of their favorite poet, paste these on a popsicle stick, and leave them in surprising places around the scho...
January
Library Workers Day, Ntl: April 8
Daily
The American Library Association, Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA) is the organization for advancing library employees. It annually sponsors National Library Workers Day, which falls on the Tuesd...
January
Library Outreach Day, Ntl.: April 9
Daily
The Wednesday of National Library Week in the US is National Library Outreach Day (originally National Bookmobile Day). Bookmobiles bring libraries to rural and poor communities that do not have librari...
January
Take Action for Libraries Day, Ntl.: April...
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The Thursday of National Library Week in the United States is Take Action for Libraries Day (previously Support Teen Literature Day). Initiated by the American Library Association (ALA), this day promot...
January
Teen Literature Day, Support: April 10
Daily
Thursday of National Library Week in the United States is the Support Teen Literature Day. This day, initiated by the American Library Association (ALA), promotes the importance of teen literature as a...
January
Poet in a Cupcake Day: April 11
Daily
Poet in a Cupcake Day is a simple end to Take a Poet to School Week. Just cut out your poems, color them, and put them on popsicle sticks. Insert into your favorite cupcake! Of course, you should read a l...
January
DEAR Day, Ntl. (1916): April 12
Daily
DEAR Day marks the anniversary of the birthday of scholastic author Beverly Cleary on April 12, 1916. She was the first person to write about the concept of DEAR, that is, Drop Everything And Read, in her...
January
Health Information Professionals Week (HIP...
Weekly
Health information professionals serve patients and providers. They protect, interpret, and transmit critical patient information, keeping it safe and ensuring it is only seen by those who need to see it....
January
Haiku Poetry Day, Int.: April 17
Daily
Created in 2012, International Haiku Poetry Day occurs during National Poetry Month. Haiku is an ancient form of Japanese poetry that is short and appears on one line in Japanese and three in English. It...
January
Bulldogs Are Beautiful Day, Ntl.: April 21
Daily
Created in 2007, Bulldogs are Beautiful Day is one of a handful of events created by book authors after the release of their books. This particular event derives from the book "Stinky the Bulldog" by Jack...
January
Book and Copyright Day, World (1616): Apri...
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On April 23, 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare, and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega died. It is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors, such as Maurice Druon, Haldor K. Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov,...
January
Lover's Day, Ntl.(ES)(1616): April 23
Daily
Lover's Day or National Book and Lover's Day has been a holiday in Spain since 1714. The tradition is for a woman to buy her love a book and for a man to buy his love roses—like Valentine's Day with a cer...
January
Talk Like Shakespeare Day (1564): April 23
Daily
Talk Like Shakespeare Day marks the anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birth on April 23, 1564. His birthday is marked by the United Nation’s English Language Day. Whether you celebrate English or enj...
January
Alien Day (2016): April 26
Daily
Alien Day first ran in 2009 and was a single-day event for the re-release of the Aliens comic strip on May 25 by Dark Horse Comics on the 30th anniversary of the 1979 release of the film Alien. 20th Cent...
January
Independent Bookstore Day: April 26
Daily
From the promoter: "Independent Bookstore Day is a one-day national party at indie bookstores across the country on the last Saturday in April. Every store is unique and independent, and every party is d...
January
Intellectual Property Day, World (1970): A...
Daily
World Intellectual Property Day marks the anniversary of the WIPO Convention coming into force on April 26, 1970. This landmark international convention protects creators of intellectual property acros...
January
Tell a Story Day (1897): April 27
Daily
Honoring the publication of "How to Tell a Story and Other Essays" by Mark Twain on April 27, 1897, "Tell a Story Day" marks this anniversary. The book celebrates storytelling and urges writers, aspiring...
January
Poetry Reading Day: April 28
Daily
National Poetry Reading Day is a day for appreciating the different forms of poetry, including the sonnet, shi, villanelle, tanka, haiku, ode, and ghazal. It is also a chance to immerse yourself in variou...
January
Dia de los Libros (US) (1925): April 30
Daily
Public and school libraries celebrate Día de los Libros. Children's Day/Book Day, also known as El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Día). It is an annual observance on April 30 and a year-round comm...
January
Read-a-Romance Month: August
Monthly
Read-a-Romance Month was launched in 2013 by freelance writer Bobbi Dumas to celebrate and focus on the genre of romance novels. Each day features a collection of different authors. August is the summer...
January
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