Use this 2022 literary calendar to help support books, reading, and literacy in the coming year. They’re all important in civilized society.<\/p>\n
(Looking for our 2023 Literary Calendar? You’ll find it here<\/a>.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n [novashare_tweet tweet=”Use this 2022 literary calendar to help support books, reading, and literacy in the coming year. They’re all important in civilized society.” hide_hashtags=”true”]<\/p>\n What\u2019s the best way to use these special dates? Here are ideas.<\/p>\n Step 1.<\/strong> Start by reviewing the list below and selecting those that speak to you. For example, do you have a favorite classic author from years gone by? Throw one of them a virtual birthday party! (I might have to do that for Louisa May Alcott on November 29.) Are you a children’s book author or illustrator? You’ve got an entire week in February dedicated to you. Take advantage of it!<\/p>\n Step 2.<\/strong> Add your favorite occasions and dates to your calendar, but also create a reminder a few days in advance so you have time to plan and create what you\u2019ll use to promote the special day.<\/p>\n Step 3.<\/strong>\u00a0Decide how you\u2019ll recognize the occasion. Here are a few ideas:<\/p>\n Step 4:<\/strong>\u00a0Don\u2019t let all of these amazing ways to honor books and reading go to waste. Take action!<\/p>\n Now you\u2019re ready to make things happen. Here\u2019s your month-by-month, 2022 literary calendar.<\/p>\n National Braille Literacy Month<\/p>\n 1 \u2013 Copyright Law Day<\/p>\n 2 \u2013 National Science Fiction Day<\/p>\n 9-15 \u2013 Universal Letter Writing Week<\/p>\n 11 \u2013 Poetry at Work Day<\/p>\n 18 \u2013 Thesaurus Day<\/p>\n 18 \u2013 Winnie the Pooh Day (birthday of author A.A. Milne)<\/p>\n 19 \u2013 Edgar Allan Poe\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 23 \u2013 National Handwriting Day<\/p>\n 25 \u2013 Burns Supper (Robert Burns\u2019s birthday)<\/span><\/p>\n 26 \u2013 Library Shelfie Day<\/p>\n 27 \u2013 Family Literacy Day in Canada<\/p>\n Library Lovers\u2019 Month<\/p>\n 2-8 \u2013 Children\u2019s Authors and Illustrators Week<\/p>\n 2 \u2013 World Read Aloud Day<\/p>\n 5 \u2013 Take Your Child to the Library Day<\/p>\n 7 \u2013 Charles Dickens\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 9 \u2013 Read in the Bathtub Day<\/p>\n 12 \u2013 Judy Blume\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 14 \u2013 International Book Giving Day<\/p>\n 14 \u2013 Library Lover\u2019s Day<\/p>\n 19 \u2013 Amy Tan\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 20-26 \u2013 Freedom to Read Week in Canada<\/p>\n 26 \u2013 Tell a Fairy Tale Day<\/span><\/p>\n 27 \u2013 John Steinbeck\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n National Reading Month<\/p>\n Small Press Month<\/p>\n 2 \u2013 Read Across America Day<\/p>\n 2 \u2013 Dr. Seuss\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 3 \u2013 World Book Day in the UK and Ireland<\/span><\/p>\n 4 \u2013 National Grammar Day<\/span><\/p>\n 6-12 \u2013 Read an E-book Week<\/p>\n 6-12 \u2013 Return Borrowed Books Week<\/p>\n 16 \u2013 Freedom of Information Day<\/p>\n 20 \u2013 World Storytelling Day<\/p>\n 21 \u2013 World Poetry Day<\/p>\n 26 \u2013 Robert Frost\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 30 \u2013 Pencil Day<\/p>\n D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) Month<\/p>\n National Poetry Month<\/p>\n School Library Month<\/p>\n 1 \u2013 Reading is Funny Day<\/p>\n 2 \u2013 International Children\u2019s Book Day<\/p>\n 2 \u2013 National Children\u2019s Picture Book Day<\/p>\n 2 \u2013 Hans Christian Anderson\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 3-9\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 National Library Week<\/span><\/p>\n 4 \u2013 National School Librarian Day<\/p>\n 4 \u2013 Maya Angelou\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 5 \u2013 National Library Worker\u2019s Day<\/p>\n 6 \u2013 National Library Outreach Day (formerly National Bookmobile Day)<\/p>\n 7 \u2013 Take Action for Libraries Day<\/p>\n 9 \u2013 National Unicorn Day<\/p>\n 12 \u2013 Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R.) Day<\/p>\n 12 \u2013 Beverly Cleary\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 13 \u2013 Scrabble Day<\/p>\n 14 \u2013 Celebrate Teen Literature Day<\/span><\/p>\n 15 \u2013 Rubber Eraser Day<\/p>\n 15 \u2013 World Art Day<\/p>\n 16 \u2013 National Librarian Day<\/p>\n 17 \u2013 International Haiku Poetry Day<\/p>\n 18 \u2013 Newspaper Columnists Day<\/p>\n 23 \u2013 Shakespeare\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 23 \u2013 World Book and Copyright Day<\/p>\n 23 \u2013 World Book Night<\/p>\n 24 \u2013 Congress approved the Library of Congress<\/p>\n 27 \u2013 National Tell A Story Day<\/p>\n 28 \u2013 Harper Lee\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 28 \u2013 Great Poetry Reading Day<\/p>\n 30 \u2013 Independent Bookstore Day<\/p>\n Get Caught Reading Month<\/span><\/p>\n Short Story Month<\/p>\n 1 \u2013 Mother Goose Day<\/p>\n 2 \u2013 International Harry Potter Day<\/span><\/p>\n 2-8 \u2013 Children\u2019s Book Week<\/p>\n 3 \u2013 World Press Freedom Day<\/p>\n 5 \u2013 National Cartoonists Day<\/p>\n 7 \u2013 Free Comic Book Day<\/p>\n 9 \u2013 Peter Pan Day<\/p>\n 12 \u2013 Limerick Day<\/p>\n 16 \u2013 Love a Tree Day<\/p>\n 20 \u2013 Eliza Doolittle Day<\/p>\n 22 \u2013 Sherlock Holmes Day<\/p>\n 31 \u2013 Walt Whitman\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n Audiobook Appreciation Month<\/p>\n GLBT Book Month<\/p>\n 10 \u2013 Ball Point Pen Day<\/p>\n 12 \u2013 Anne Frank\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 16 \u2013 Bloomsday (celebration of Irish writer James Joyce\u2019s life)<\/p>\n 22 \u2013 Octavia Butler\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 23 \u2013 Typewriter patent awarded<\/p>\n 25 \u2013 Eric Carle’s birthday<\/p>\n National Anti-Boredom Month<\/p>\n Read an Almanac Month<\/p>\n 11 \u2013 E.B. White\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 17 \u2013 World Emoji Day<\/p>\n 21 \u2013 Ernest Hemingway\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 30 \u2013 Paperback Book Day<\/p>\n 31 \u2013 J.K. Rowling\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n Romance Awareness Month<\/p>\n 2 \u2013 National Coloring Book Day<\/p>\n 9 \u2013 Book Lover\u2019s Day (also November 6)<\/p>\n 18 \u2013 Bad Poetry Day<\/p>\n 21 \u2013 Poet\u2019s Day<\/p>\n 31 \u2013 We Love Memoirs Day<\/p>\n Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month<\/span><\/p>\n Library Card Sign Up Month<\/p>\n National Literacy Month<\/p>\n Read a New Book Month (also December)<\/p>\n 4 \u2013 Richard Wright\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 4 \u2013 Newspaper Carrier Day<\/p>\n 6 \u2013 Read a Book Day<\/p>\n 8 \u2013 International Literacy Day<\/p>\n 18 \u2013 Read an E-book Day<\/p>\n 18-24 \u2013 National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week<\/p>\n 22 \u2013 Hobbit Day<\/p>\n 22 \u2013 Dear Diary Day<\/p>\n 24 \u2013 National Punctuation Day<\/p>\n 24 \u2013 F. Scott Fitzgerald\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 25 \u2013 National Comic Book Day<\/p>\n 25-October 1 \u2013 Banned Books Week<\/p>\n 29 \u2013 National Coffee Day in the U.S.<\/p>\n National Book Month<\/p>\n National Reading Group Month<\/p>\n 1 \u2013 International Coffee Day<\/p>\n 6 \u2013 Mad Hatter Day<\/p>\n 11 \u2013 Myth and Legends Day<\/p>\n 16 \u2013 Dictionary Day<\/p>\n 16-22 \u2013 National Friends of Libraries Week<\/p>\n 20 \u2013 National Day on Writing<\/p>\n 27 \u2013 National Tell a Story Day in Scotland and the U.K.<\/p>\n National Family Literacy Month<\/p>\n National Memoir Writing Month<\/p>\n National Novel Writing Month<\/span><\/p>\n Picture Book Month<\/span><\/p>\n 1 \u2013 National Family Literacy Day<\/p>\n 1 \u2013 Author\u2019s Day<\/p>\n 3 \u2013 National Non-Fiction Day in the UK<\/p>\n 6 \u2013 Book Lovers Day (also August 9)<\/span><\/p>\n 8 \u2013 Young Readers Day<\/p>\n 15 \u2013 I Love to Write Day<\/p>\n 18 \u2013 High-Five a Librarian Day<\/p>\n 29 \u2013 Louisa May Alcott\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n Read a New Book Month (also September)<\/p>\n 7 \u2013 Letter Writing Day<\/p>\n 10 \u2013 Dewey Decimal System Day<\/p>\n 16 \u2013 Jane Austen\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 21 \u2013 Crossword Puzzle Day<\/p>\n 21 \u2013 National Short Story Day<\/p>\n 24 \u2013 Jolabokaflod, Iceland\u2019s Yule Book Flood<\/p>\n Please note that there\u2019s conflicting information online about some of these dates, but we\u2019ve tried our best to verify and validate everything. Please let us know if you have a correction or clarification.<\/p>\n Have we missed anything?<\/em>\u00a0If you know of a holiday or occasion that should be on this calendar but isn\u2019t, tell us in a comment. We\u2019ll continually update this as needed. Thanks!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The new year brings so many special days, weeks, and months for celebrating books and reading that you need a year-long literary calendar to keep track of all of them.<\/p>\n Whether you want to\u00a0celebrate the importance of grammar<\/a>, support indie bookstores<\/a>, or\u00a0dig into the dictionary<\/a>, there\u2019s an occasion you can you can celebrate and enjoy.<\/p>\n Use this 2022 literary calendar to help support books, reading, and literacy in the coming year. 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