Literatur Kalender

January

National Braille Literacy Month

16 - Ehrentag des Drachens 

18 – Thesaurus Day

18 – Winnie the Pooh Day (the birthday of author A.A. Milne)

19 – Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday

25 – Burns Supper (celebrates the work of poet Robert Burns)

27 - Tag Des Bücherregals (Shelfies posten) 

February

Love your Library Month

1 – Read Aloud Day, Robinson-Crusoe-Day - Abenteuerromane stehen im Mittelpunkt.

2 – Take Your Child to the Library Day

3-9 – Children’s Authors & Illustrator Week

9- In-der-Badewanne-lesen-Tag

14 – Library Lover’s Day & Verschenk Bücher Tag 

20 - Putze-dein-Bücherregal-Tag (USA)

26 – Tell a Fairy Tale Day - Erzähl ein Märchen - Tag 

March

2 – Read Across America Day

2 – Dr. Seuss Day

3-9 – Return Borrowed Books Week

3-9 – Read an E-book Week

4 – National Grammar Day, Welt Buchtag in Irland & Großbritannien 

5 – World Book Day

16 – Freedom of Information Day

20 - Tag der Bibliomanie 

21 - Indie Book Day , Welttag der Poesie 

April

Camp NaNoWriMo

Indie April 

April feiert Indieautoren auf der ganzen Welt. 

National Poetry Month

Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) Month

2 – International Children’s Book Day

2 – Hans Christian Anderson’s birthday

4 – School Librarian Day

7 – 13 – Library Week

10 - Ermutige-Kinder-zu-Schreiben-Tag 

11 – National Library Worker’s Day

12 – Beverly Cleary’s birthday

13 – Scrabble Day

15 – Rubber Eraser Day

16 – National Librarian Day

16 – National Bookmobile Day

18 – Celebrate Teen Literature Day

18 – Newspaper Columnists Day

21 - Tag der langen Wörter und Begriffe

23 – Shakespeare’s birthday

23 – World Book Day & Tag des Urheberrechts 

24 – On this day in 1800, the U.S. Congress approved purchasing books to start the Library of Congress.

27 – Independent Bookstore Day

27 – Tell a Story Day

28 – Great Poetry Reading Day

29-May 5 – Children’s Book Week

30 – Children’s Book Day

May

May is Shortstory Month 

Shortstory Month ist für Shortstory Writer (mich ;) ) das Projekt jeden Tag eine Kurzgeschichte fertig zu stellen. bzw. sich auf Kurzgeschichten zu konzentrieren. 

Kindlestoryteller 

Jedes Jahr von 1. Mai - 31. Juli (Fristende) 

Audio Book Appreciation Month

Get Caught Reading Month

2 – Harry Potter Day

4 – Free Comic Book Day – first Saturday in May

5 - Poesie auf deinem Kissen Tag 

9 – Peter Pan Day

12 -18 – Reading is Fun Week

12 – Limerick Day

16 - Tag der Biografien 

22 - Sherlock Holems Day & Tag der Krimis 

June

LGBT Book Month

10 – Ball Point Pen Day

12 – Anne Frank’s birthday (she received her diary on her birthday) 

        Tag des Tagebuchs 

16 – Bloomsday (Leopold Bloom is the fictional protagonist and hero of James Joyce’s Ulysses )

17 - 1000 Words of Summer (17. - 30. Juni Writer challenge 1000 words / day) 

22 – Octavia Butler’s birthday

23 – National Columnists Day

23 – The first typewriter patent was awarded in 1868

July

Camp NaNoWriMo 

Read an Almanac Month

3/4/5/6 – National Tom Sawyer Days

13 – Isaac Babel’s birthday

18 – 23 Hemingway Days

30 – Paperback Book Day (they were first introduced on this day in 1935)

    (Taschenbuchtag) 

31 - Harry Potter's Geburtstag 

August

2 – National Coloring Book Day

9 – Book Lover’s Day

10 – Love Your Bookshop Day

18 – Bad Poetry Day

21 – Poet’s Day

31 – We Love Memoirs Day

September

Library Card Sign Up Month

Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month

4 – Newspaper Carrier Day

6 – Read a Book Day

7 - Kauf ein Buch Tag 

8 – International Literacy Day

18 - Internationaler Lies ein E-book Tag 

22 – Hobbit Day

22 – Dear Diary Day

22-28 – Banned Books Week

25 – National Comic Book Day

October

National Book Month

1 – International Coffee Day (because, you know, so many great authors are fueled by coffee)

6 – Mad Hatter Day

8 - Tag der Buchhandlungen 

11 – Myth and Legends Day

13-19 – Teen Read Week

16 – Dictionary Day

20 – National Day of Writing

24- Tag der Bibliotheken in Deutschland 

20-26 – Friends of Libraries Week

27 – National Tell a Story Day in Scotland and the U.K.

31 - Halloween ( nicht gesondert ein Tag für Autoren, aber auch heuer versuche ich ein Lesespecial für diesen Monat auf meinen Night Owl Post zu posten!) 

November

National Novel Writing Month

Nationaler Tag der Schriftsteller in den USA 

National Memoir Writing Month

Picture Book Month

National Family Literacy Month

1 – National Family Literacy

1 – Author’s Day

2 – Book Lovers Day

6 – National Nonfiction Day

15 – I Love to Write Day

18 – High-Five a Librarian Day

20 - Bundesweiter Vorlese Tag in Deutschland

December

Read a New book Month

1 – Sherlock Holmes Day

10 – Dewey Decimal System Day

15 - Tag des Weihnachtsbaums aus Büchern 

16 – Jane Austen’s birthday

21 – Crossword Puzzle Day

21 – Celebrate Short Fiction Day

24 – Jolabokaflod, Iceland’s Yule Book Flood