Whether it’s Library Lovers Day in February or National Book Month in October, there are plenty of wonderful book holidays in 2023 that give us an opportunity to celebrate all things books and reading.<\/p>\n
You might decide to encourage your network to join you for World Storytelling Day<\/a>. Maybe you’ll call attention to National Library Week<\/a> in your community. Perhaps you’ll host a contest for National Bad Poetry Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n No matter how you want to support books and reading, you’ll find plenty of popular literary dates plus special days, weeks, and months that focus on books, reading, writing, and literacy in the 2023 literary calendar below.<\/p>\n [novashare_tweet tweet=”You\u2019ll find plenty of popular literary dates plus special days, weeks, and months that focus on books, reading, writing, and literacy in the 2023 literary calendar.” 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 in the 2023 literary calendar below and selecting those that speak to you. For example, did you write a memoir? Gather a few of your favorite memoirists together for a conversation about writing your life story on We Love Memoirs Day in August or during November, National Memoirs Month.<\/p>\n 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, then set a reminder a few days in advance so you have time to plan and create what you\u2019ll use to promote the special day. (I use my smartphone’s “Reminders” app for this.)<\/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 2023 literary calendar.<\/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.)<\/em><\/p>\n National Braille Literacy Month<\/p>\n 1 \u2013 Copyright Law Day<\/p>\n 2 \u2013 National Science Fiction Day<\/p>\n 8-14 \u2013 Universal Letter Writing Week<\/p>\n 10 \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 25 \u2013 Library Shelfie Day<\/p>\n 27 \u2013 Family Literacy Day in Canada<\/p>\n 29-February 5 \u2013 National Storytelling Week<\/p>\n Library Lovers\u2019 Month<\/p>\n 1 \u2013 World Read Aloud Day<\/p>\n 4 \u2013 Take Your Child to the Library Day<\/p>\n 5-11 \u2013 Children\u2019s Authors and Illustrators Week<\/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 19-25 \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 1 \u2013 International Hug a Librarian Day<\/p>\n 2 \u2013 Read Across America Day<\/p>\n 2 \u2013 Dr. Seuss\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n 2 \u2013 World Book Day in the UK and Ireland<\/span><\/p>\n 4 \u2013 National Grammar Day<\/span><\/p>\n 5-11 \u2013 Read an E-book Week<\/p>\n 5-11 \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 4 \u2013 National School Librarian Day<\/p>\n 4 \u2013 Maya Angelou\u2019s birthday<\/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 13 \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 23-29 <\/span>\u2013 National Library Week<\/span><\/p>\n 24 \u2013 Congress approved the Library of Congress<\/p>\n 25 \u2013 National Library Workers Day<\/p>\n 26 \u2013 National Library Outreach Day (formerly National Bookmobile Day)<\/p>\n 27 \u2013 Take Action for Libraries Day<\/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 29 \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 6 \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 Rainbow 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 4)<\/p>\n 18 \u2013 National 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 6 \u2013 Read a Book Day<\/p>\n 7 \u2013 Newspaper Carrier Day<\/p>\n 8 \u2013 International Literacy Day<\/p>\n 18 \u2013 Read an E-book Day<\/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 29 \u2013 National Coffee Day in the U.S.<\/p>\n National Book Month<\/p>\n National Reading Group Month<\/p>\n 1-7 \u2013 Banned Books Week<\/p>\n 1 \u2013 International Coffee Day<\/p>\n 5 \u2013 National Poetry Day in the UK<\/p>\n 6 \u2013 Mad Hatter Day<\/p>\n 11 \u2013 Myth and Legends Day<\/p>\n 15-21 \u2013 National Friends of Libraries Week<\/p>\n 16 \u2013 Dictionary Day<\/p>\n 20 \u2013 National Day on Writing<\/p>\n 27 \u2013 National Tell a Story Day in Scotland and the UK<\/p>\n National Family Literacy Month<\/p>\n National Memoir Writing Month<\/p>\n National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)<\/span><\/p>\n Picture Book Month<\/span><\/p>\n 1 \u2013 National Family Literacy Day<\/p>\n 1 \u2013 Author\u2019s Day<\/p>\n 2 \u2013 National Non-Fiction Day in the UK<\/p>\n 4 \u2013 Book Lovers Day (also August 9)<\/span><\/p>\n 13-17 \u2013 National Young Readers Week<\/p>\n 14 \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 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Whether it’s Library Lovers Day in February or National Book Month in October, there are plenty of wonderful book holidays in 2023 that give us an opportunity to celebrate all things books and reading.<\/p>\n You might decide to encourage your network to join you for World Storytelling Day<\/a>. Maybe you’ll call attention to National Library Week<\/a> in your community. 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