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National Book Days, Weeks, and Months

Details on these days and months — and 18,300 others! — can be found in John Kremer's Celebrate Today Special Events Data Files.

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The following short report is based on a question posed in an email discussion list. The question was as follows: Does anyone know of the existence of a National Book Day or anything of the sort? Below is my response:

January is National Book Month. The third full week in January is National Book Week. Below are a few other book days, weeks, and months — taken from my Celebrate Today database. There are dozens more!

January — National Book Month

January 16 — Book Publishers Day

January — National Book Week (third full week of January)

January — Celebrity Read a Book Week (last full week of January)

February 23 — Printed Book Day

March 28 — Children's Picture Book Day

April 2 — International Children's Book Day

April 16 — Book-of-the-Month Club Birthday

April 22 — Instant Book Day

April 25 — Book Day and Lover's Day (Spain)

April 25 — World Book and Copyright Day (Shakespeare's Birthday)

May — Book Buddy Day (1st Wednesday in May)

May — National Family Reading Week (first week in May)

May — National Feminist Bookstore Week (week of Mother's Day)

June is Audiobook Month

June 11 — Dirty Book Day

June — National Black Bookstore Week (week of June 19th)

June 19 — Mass Market Paperback Book Day

July — National Independent Bookstore Week (week of third and fourth Saturdays in July)

September 17 — Bestselling Books Day

September — Banned Books Week (last Saturday in September to next Saturday)

October 1 — National Book It! Day (first weekday in October)

October 12 — Cookbook Launch Day

November 5 — Book Editors Day

November — Book Lover's Day (first Saturday in November)

November 12 — One Million Books Day

November — National Children's Book Week (third week of November)

November 30 — Steal This Book Day

December is Read a New Book Month

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Celebrate Today Special Events Database — Features 18,290 holidays, special days, weeks, months, and historical anniversaries. Searchable by subject interest. Includes contact info and website in most cases. Great for setting publication dates and doing PR tie-ins. Use these days to help you promote your books in media interviews. Updated for 2008. $30.00.

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