1. July January February March April May June August September October
27th International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
30th National Story Telling Week
Costa Book Award shortlist is announced
February
4th Harry Potter Book Night
6th National Storytelling Week ends.
12th Darwin Day
Read for my school starts! (Book Trust)
March
1st Self-harm Awareness Day
2nd Dr Sues Day
3rd World Book Day
14th Shakespeare Week
17th St. Patrick’s Day
20th World Storytelling Day
21st World Poetry Day
21st Entries for the Carnegie Children’s Book Award and also, the Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Award are announced
April
2nd International Children’s Book Day
2nd World Autism Awareness Day
7th World Health Day
23rd Shakespeare Day
23rd World Book Night
23rd St. George’s Day
May
4th – 10th National Children’s Book Week
National ‘Share-a-Story’ Month
Local History Month
World Laughter Day – First Sunday of May every year
June
National Book Start Week – first week
12th World Day Against Child Labour
20th World Refugee Day
Carnegie Children’s Book Award and the Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Award Winners are announced.
July
1st Summer Reading Challenge commences!
18th Mandela Day
Last Weekend of July – YALC in London
Althorp Literary Festival (TBC)
August
Summer Reading Challenge continues!
Friendship Day – First Sunday of August
12th International Youth Day
September
8th International Literacy Day
13th Roald Dahl Day
29th World Heart Day
October
Dyslexia Awareness Wee – First week
5th World Teachers' Day
6th International School Library Day
7th National Poetry Day
9th World Post Day
10th World Mental Health Day
15th No Pens Day
31st Children’s Book Week (Book Trust)
Black History Month
Man Booker Prize
Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize
November
3rd National Non-Fiction Day
11th Remembrance Day
13th World Kindness Day
Costa Book Awards Commence
December