Mark Your Calendar

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August

2 -  National Coloring Book Day

9 - National Book Lovers Day

18 - Bad Poetry Day

21 - Poet’s Day

30 - Frankenstein Day (author Mary Shelley‘s birthday)

31 - We Love Memoirs Day

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September
Sept 6 - National Read a Book Day
Sept 6 – Literacy Day UNESCO
Sept 7 - Buy a Book Day
Sept 8 - International Literacy Day |
Sept 8 - National Ampersand Day
Sept 11 - Libraries Remember Day
Sept 13 - Roald Dahl Day
Sept 18 - Read an Ebook Day
Sept 18-24 - National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week
Sept 22 - Hobbit Day |
Sept 22 - Dear Diary Day
Sept 24 - National Punctuation Day
Sept 25 - National Comic Book Day
Sept 25-30 - Banned Books Week (Last week of September)
 

​See the full list to follow links with fun ways to commemorate the day.   

SMB Literary Dates with links 

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