Category: Books and Literature

Freedom to Read Week (CA): February 23-29

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Freedom to Read Week is organized by Canada’s Book and Periodical Council’s Freedom of Expression Committee, a group committed to promoting intellectual freedom in Canada. Since 1978, the Freedom of Exp...

January

Robinson Crusoe Day (1709): February 1

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Be adventurous and self-reliant, on February 1, 1709 Daniel Defoe's epic adventure The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe was published. The book has been translated or imitated over 1,700 times sin...

January

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.

January

Read in the Bathtub Day, Ntl.: February 9

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This event was created by Christine Rogers sometime ago to have an excuse to spend the day in the tub reading her favorite novel. We did a little research and we were surprised to find that there are wat...

January

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

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Today is the anniversary of the publishing of the poem written in 1678 by Jean de la Fontaine - 'La Laitière et le Pot au Lait'. It is the origin of the saying “Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk”. Below is...

January

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 now active in more than 44 countries. Activit...

January

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...

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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, should be a salute to technical writers and their profession. Perhaps the best way to celebrate it is to look a...

January

Author's Day, Ntl: November 1

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Created by the General Federation of Women's Clubs in 1929, National Author's Day became a part of the official US Department of Commerce's annual observation days in 1949. It is a celebration of the auth...

January

Family Stories Month: November

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Family stories are oral histories about people, places, and events related to the members of our immediate family or their ancestors. Family stories casually chatted about at the dinner table, or regaled...

January

Memoir Writing Month: November

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Memoirs aren't just for the rich and famous, they also serve to safeguard family history. November is the perfect time to start your memoire. The next four months are cold and dark. Free memoir writing cl...

January

Novel Writing Month, Ntl.: November

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National Novel Writing Month focuses on the creative way to keep on writing. On the first day of the month, participants write a 50,000-word novel that should be passed to the organizers by 11:59PM of l...

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Picture Book Month, Intl: November

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Will Rogers Day, (1879): November 4

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William Penn Adair Rogers was an American writer, actor and humorist who first came to fame on the Vaudeville circuits. Later he would become a well-known character actor in the early years of film. Roger...

January

Games Week, Intl.: November 7-13

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All over the world in multiple countries, libraries and volunteers are interacting with their communities for International Games Week. It is an opportunity for libraries to showcase the educational, recr...

January

Children's Book Week: November 8-14*

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Shakespeare Authorship Mystery Day (1623):...

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How did an illiterate performer who couldn't write become the world's most famous playwright? How could a common man have such inside knowledge of foreign nations and courts, the hierarchy of aristocracy...

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Tongue Twister Day, Intl.: November 8

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International Tongue Twisted Day is the day when tongue twisters are honored. Perhaps the most famous in the English language is: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers...

January

Young Readers Week, Ntl.: November 8-12

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Since 1989, National Young Readers Week has been an annual event held during the second week of November to raise awareness around the importance of reading. The event was co-founded by Pizza Hut and the...

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Chicken Soup for the Soul Day: November 12

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Chicken Soup for the Soul Day marks the anniversary of the first release by Health Communications, Inc. in 1993 of the most successful paperback book series in the world: Chicken Soup for the Soul. The se...

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