Bookish dates for your calendar

We've been looking ahead to some of the book-related and themed dates you might want to support in your schools and libraries - from National Doodle Day to Non-fiction November!

Here is a reminder of some of the dates you might want to mark in your calendars! Dates 2017 - 2018: 6 Sept - National Read a Book Day 8 Sept - International Literacy Day 19 Sept - International Talk Like a Pirate Day! 21 Sept - International Day of Peace / World Alzheimer's Day 22 Sept - National Doodle Day / World Car Free Day 28 Sept - National Poetry Day (Themed 'Freedom') 1 Oct - Black History Month / International School Library Month / The Big Draw 2017 2 Oct - World Habitat Day / Dyslexia Awareness Week 4 Oct - World Animal Week / World Space Week 5 Oct - World Teacher's Day 9 - 14 Oct - National Libraries Week / National Braille Week / Earth Science Week 16 Oct - World Food Day 18 Oct - Anti Slavery Day 31 Oct - Halloween 1 November - Novel Writing Month / Non Fiction November 5 November - Guy Fawkes Night 13 November - Children's Book Week / World Nursery Rhyme Week 13 November - World Kindness Day / Anti Bullying Week 20 November - Universal Children's Day / Road Safety Week 27 November - Book Week Scotland 2 December - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 3 December - Tree Dressing Day 10 December - Human Rights Day / International Animal Rights Day January - ReadingZone Picture Book Competition launches 27th January - 3rd February 2018 - National Storytelling Week February 2018 - Harry Potter Night 14th February 2018 - International Book Giving Day Thursday 1st March 2018 - World Book Day 12th 18th March 2018 - Shakespeare Week 2nd April 2018 - International Childrens Book Day May 2018 - National Share-a-Story Month