On a Literary Date

You must have heard of World Book Day, Teachers Day, Internet Day, Translation Day and a few other special days in celebration of books, languages, authors, characters and even stationery. Don’t be surprised…days like Pencil Day, Ballpoint Pen Day and World Bookmark Day exist too.

As book lovers, we are definitely not complaining. You know what they say-
more the merrier!

Take a look at this Literary Calendar full of fascinating celebrations the world over. Certain Days are universally recognized while some are only national, regional or local and may not be known in other countries. Some Days may also be celebrated on different dates in different regions of the world. Certain are very recent while others have been on the calendar for years. Nevertheless, they all have something in common.

January

1st- Copyright law day
2nd- Science fiction day
4th- Trivia Day and World Braille Day
18th-Thesaurus day
23rd- Handwriting Day

February

14th- International Book Giving Day (what better Valentine gift)
21st- International Mother Tongue Day
25th- World Bookmark Day

March

3rd- Writers’ Day
4th- Grammar Day
8th- Proofreading Day
20th (on or near equinox) – World Storytelling Day
21st- World Poetry Day
30th- Pencil Day

April

2nd- International Children’s Book Day
11th- Library Workers’ Day
13th- Scrabble Day
17th- International Haiku Poetry Day
18th- Columnists’ Day
20th- UN Chinese language Day
23rd- World Book Day, Copyright Day, UN English language Day, Talk like Shakespeare Day (Shakespeare’s birthday)

May

12th- Limerick Day
16th- Biographers’ Day
18th- Notebook Day
22nd- Sherlock Holmes Day
26th- Dracula Day

June

6th- UN Russian language Day
10th- Ballpoint Pen Day
15th- Magna Carta Day

July

1st- International Joke Day
30th- Paperback book Day

August

1st- World Wide Web Day
9th- Book Lovers’ Day
21st- Poets’ Day

September

1st- World Letter Writing Day
8th- International Literacy Day
13th- Roald Dahl Day
22nd- Hobbit Day
24th- Punctuation Day
25th- World Comic Book Day
30th- International Translation Day

October

5th- World Teachers’ Day
6th- Mad Hatter Day
14th- World Doodle Day
15th- World Maths Day and World Students’ Day
16th- World Dictionary Day
22nd- International Illustrator Appreciation Day