With a new year approaching, W.E. Bookstore & Publisher is rolling out our 2023 Calendar. Here is what you can anticipate:

January

National Mentoring Month

• W.E. Bookstore & Publisher begins taking the manuscript submissions for the year – 1/9
• National Hot Toddy Day – 1/11
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day – 1/17
• National Gourmet Coffee Day- 1/18

February

Black History Month, Kindness Month, Library Lovers Month

• Children Author and Illustrator Week – first week
• Random Act of Kindness Week – third week
• Valentine’s Day – 2/14
• Single’s Awareness Day – 2/15
• Tell A Fairy Tale Day – 2/26

March

Women’s History Month

• National Read Across America Day – 3/2
• World Book Day – 3/3
• National Grammer Day – 3/4
• International Women’s Day – 3/8
• Read an eBook Week – 3/5 to 3/11

April

National Poetry Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month

• National Library week – the first week
• International Children’s Book Day – 4/2
• National Bookmobile Day – 4/6
• Haiku Poetry Day – 4/17
• Earth Day – 4/22

May

Latino Books Month, Foster Care Month

• Children’s Book Week – May 2 to May 8
• Reading is Fun Week – the second full week
• National Mother Goose Day- 5/1
• Teacher Appreciation Day – 5/3
• Make a Book Day – 5/5
• Winn Publications CEO Arilia Winn’s birthday – 5/29

June

Audiobook Month, PTSD Awareness Month

• Juneteenth – 6/19
• Typewriter Day – 6/23

July

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

• National Yellow Pig Day – 7/17
• Paperback Book Day – 7/23

August

National Family Fun Month

• Last day to submit a manuscript for possible 2023 book publishing – 8/1
• Love Your Bookshop Day – 8/14
• We Love Memoirs Day – 8/30

September

Hispanic Heritage Month, National Self-Care Awareness Month, National Suicide Prevention Month

• Banned Books Week – 9/26 to 10/2
• National Suicide Prevention Week – 9/5 to 9/11
• National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week – 9/7 to 9/10
• Buy a Book Day – 9/7
• Read an eBook Day – 9/18
• National Comic Book Day – 9/25

October

Black Speculative Fiction Month, National Book Month, National Cookbook Month , Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

• National Poetry Day – 10/1
• Bookshop Day – 10/7
• Frankenstein Friday – 10/27
• Books For Treats Day – 10/31

November

National Family Literacy Month, National Novel Writing Month

• National Author’s Day – 11/1
• National Book Award week – 11/7
• National Young Readers week – 11/13
• National Book Week – 11/20

December

Spiritual Literacy Month

Publishing “offices” are closed this entire month, see you next year!