Honorary Days For Books & Words In 2017

It’s a brand new year and it’s time to look at the honorary days and special weeks and months that 2017 will see celebrated as it relates to books and related intellectual pursuits.  Perhaps you’ll celebrate these dates:

January

National Braille Literacy Month

Universal Letter Writing Week Jan 8-14

National Bible Week Jan 8-14

Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week Jan 31-Feb 6

National Trivia Day Jan. 4

National Winnie the Pooh Day Jan 18

National Puzzle Day Jan 29

February

Creative Romance Month

National Library Lovers Month

National Tell a Fairy Tale Day Feb. 26

March

National Ghostwriters Week Mar 1-7

National Words Matter Week Mar. 6-12

Read An Ebook Week Mar. 6-12

April

National Poetry Month

National Library Week April 10-15

National School Librarian Day Apr. 4

National Encourage A Young Writer Day Apr. 10

National Library Workers Day Apr. 11

National Bookmobile Day April 2

National Scrabble Day Apr. 13

National Support Teen Literature Day Apr. 13

National Talk Like Shakespeare Day Apr. 23

International Children’s Book Day Apr. 2

World Book and Copyright Day Apr. 23

English Language Day Apr. 23

May

Children’s Book Week (First full week starting Mon)

Reading Is Fun Week (Second Full Week)

World Press Freedom Day May 3

National Limerick Day May 12

National Biographers Day May 16

World Telecommunications and Information Society Day May 17

June

International Children’s Day June 1

National Higher Education Day June 6

National Ballpoint Pen Day June 10

July

National Independent Retailer Month

Freedom Week July 4-10

August

National Book Lovers Day Aug. 9

Banned Books Week (Last Week)

September

Read A Book Day Sept. 6

International Literacy Day Sept. 8

Diary Day Sept. 22

National Comic Book Day Sept. 25

October

National Reading Group Month

Freedom of Speech Week (Third Full Week)

Fun Read Week Oct. 16-22

National Dictionary Day Oct. 16

Black Poetry Day Oct. 17

November

National Life Writing Month

National Family Literacy Month

National Novel Writing Month

National Young Reader’s Week (Second Week)

National Book Awards Week Nov. 14-20

International Bible Week (Sun before Thanksgiving)

National Authors Day Nov. 1

December

Dewey Decimal System Day Dec. 10

Nobel Prize Day Dec. 10

Crossword Puzzle Day Dec. 21

All-New 2017 Book Marketing & PR Toolkit 

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Brian Feinblum’s views, opinions, and ideas expressed in this blog are his alone and not that of his employer. You can follow him on Twitter @theprexpert and email him at brianfeinblum@gmail.com. He feels more important when discussed in the third-person. This is copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog 2017©. Born and raised in Brooklyn, now resides in Westchester. Named one of the best book marketing blogs by Book Baby http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs