Our Reading Events Calendar 2024-2025 is below:
| September 6th – National Read a Book Day1 3th – Roald Dahl Day Year 7 library Inductions KS3 library lessons (Banned Books) | October 1st – 31st – Black History Month 1st – 31st – Horror Genre Month ( including KS3 library lessons theme of creatures and monsters)3rd – National Poetry Day 10th – World Mental Health Day 17th – Harry Potter Book Day | November 31st Oct – 1st Nov – Diwali 1st – 30th – National Non-Fiction November 5th – Bonfire Night 11th – Remembrance Day 18th – High Five a Librarian Day! KS3 library lessons (War Genre) | December 1st – 31st – Festivities Month (including Christmas) Bookbuzz – free book gift for Year 7Jólabókaflóð – the Christmas book flood KS3 library lessons (Christmas Genre with The Grinch theme) |
| January 22nd – Library Shelfie Day (selfies with your favourite book event) 27th – Holocaust Memorial Day KS3 library lessons (Classics Genre) | February 1st – 9th Feb – National Storytelling Week 3rd – 9th – Children’s Mental Health Week 5th – World Read Aloud Day 10th – 16th – Chinese New Year 14th – Library Lovers Day (Blind date a book event). KS3 library lessons (Storytelling and World Book Day) | March 3rd – 8th – National Careers Week 6th – World Book Day 8th – International Women’s Day 21st – Comic Relief (Red Nose Day) Easter – Crack open a book event. KS3 library lessons (World Book Day and Humour genre) | April 12th – Drop Everything and Read Day (DEAR) 22nd – Earth Day 23rd – Shakespeare Day 23rd – World Book Night KS3 library lessons (Humour genre) |
| May 22nd – Sherlock Holmes Day KS3 library lessons (Dystopian Genre) | June 1st-30th – Pride Month 6th – National Empathy Day 16th – 22nd – Refugee Week 25th – National Writing Day KS3 library lessons (Travel/Different Countries) | July Year 6 Transition 17th – World Emoji DayScholastic Book Fair KS3 library lessons (Summer Reads) | August Summer Reading Challenge |