looking for ways to celebrate your love for books? here are some national holidays to celebrate your next purchase, selecting your next read or use for your bookstagram or booktok!


january

national book blitz month

4th wednesday: library shelfie day

2: national science fiction day

16: book publishers day

29: national bible day

30: national storytelling week

february

black history month

national african american read-in month

national library lovers month

1st week: children’s authors & illustrators week

2nd week: freelance writers appreciation week

3: take your child to the library day

7: world read aloud day

9: read in the bathtub day

14: international book giving day; library lovers day; read to your child day

20: clean out your bookcase day

march

women’s history month

gardening, nature, ecology books month

national march into literacy month

national reading month

read and e-book month

1st full week: read an ebook week; return borrowed books week

1: national ghostwriters week

2: read across america week

4: international scrapbooking day

14: write your own story day

19: international read to me day

21: shakespeare week

april

celebrate diversity month

national literature month

school library month

2nd week: national library week

wed of this week: national bookmobile day

last saturday: independent bookstore day

1: library snap shot day; reading is funny day

2: international children’s book day

10: encourage a young writer day

12: drop everything and read (d.e.a.r.) day

14: donate a book day

15: canada book week

16: national librarian day

18: celebrate teen lit day

23: world book day & night

may

asian american & pacific islander heritage month

mental health awareness month

get caught reading month

national share a story month

2: children’s book week

6: national scrapbook day

11: make a book day

16: national biographer’s day