Literacy conferences, advocacy events, celebrations, and other literacy-related special days, around the United States (and sometimes, the world!).
Events below are listed for your convenience; Literacy Texas is not affiliated with all the organizations below and inclusion is not necessarily endorsement. We do our best to keep this page current, but all information should be independently verified.
March 2024
Read Aloud Month/Reading Awareness Month
Women’s History Month
1 & 2 | TALE (Texas Association for Literacy Education) Conference, Waco, TX
2 | Read Across America Day (Dr. Seuss’ birthday)
| Houston Reads Day
| East Texas Literacy Symposium (2023-24 grant year), Longview, TX
4 | National Grammar Day
| 2024 Literacy Texas Annual Award nominations open (close May 17)
4 – 7 | SXSW EDU, Austin, TX
9 | Metroplex Literacy Conference, Dallas, TX
13 – 15 | Nonprofit Technology Conference, Portland, OR
14 | National Write Your Story Day
17 – 20 | COABE National Conference, Nashville, TN
21 | World Poetry Day
21 – 23 | TESOL International Convention & Expo, Tampa, FL
April 2024
Volunteer Appreciation Month
National Financial Literacy Month
Mathematics Awareness Month
National Month of Hope
2 | Children’s Book Day
4 | National School Librarian Day
7 – 13 | National Library Week
10 | National Bookmobile Day
13 | National Scrabble Day
14 | D.E.A.R. – Drop Everything And Read Day (Beverly Cleary’s birthday)
15 | National Librarian Day
17 | National Haiku Poetry Day
22 | Earth Day
23 | UNESCO World Book Day
23 | National Talk Like Shakespeare Day
24 | Literacy Texas birthday (started 1989 as Texas Adult Literacy Laubach, or TALL)
27 | Independent Bookstore Day
28 | National Great Poetry Reading Day
May 2024
Mental Health Awareness Month
1 – 7
9 – 11
19
Children’s Book Week – Spring
Health Literacy Conference (22nd annual)
South Plains Literacy Symposium (2022-23 grant year), Lubbock
June 2024
Immigrant Heritage Month
1
5
15
Texas Center for the Book Literacy Award nominations open (close September 1)
World Environment Day
Laredo Literacy Symposium (2022-23 grant year), Laredo
July 2024
31
Arrival and check-in for Literacy Texas Annual Conference
VIP reception
August 2023
International Peace Month
Gulf Coast Reads book announced
One Houston One Book continues through September
1 | Literacy Texas annual Needs Assessment opens – tell us what you need!
1 | Literacy Texas Annual Conference 2023 – Day 1
2 | Literacy Texas Annual Conference 2023 – Day 2
12 | National Book Festival – Library of Congress (23rd annual)
Texas Great Read books announced for children and adults
September 2023
National Literacy Month
Gulf Coast Reads book announced in September
Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 through October 15)
New symposium and training year begins for Literacy Texas
4 | Labor Day holiday
7 – 9 | LESLLA Annual Symposium
8 | International Literacy Day – theme: ‘Promoting literacy for a world in transition: Building the foundation for sustainable and peaceful societies’
8 – 17 | Welcoming Week
19 | LitTX Online Core Training: Adult Learner Persistence
21 | International Day of Peace
30 | International Translation Day
October 2023
Hispanic Heritage Month (ends October 15)
Health Literacy Month
Dyslexia Awareness Month
National Financial Planning Month
Emotional Wellness Month
Gulf Coast Reads – TX Gulf Coast region
1 | Gulf Coast Reads begins – 2023 book is The Fishermen and the Dragon by K. Wallace Johnson
5 | World Teachers Day
13 | International Plain Language Day
14 | Story Square: Lit With Families, Houston, TX
23 – 25 | Families Learning Conference, Omaha, NE
November 2023
Family Literacy Month
Native American Heritage Month
National Gratitude Month
1 | National Family Literacy Day
3 & 4 | TexTESOL State Conference – in partnership with Literacy Texas (DFW, ESL focus)
5 | Daylight Saving ends
6 – 12 | Children’s Book Week – fall
8 – 10 | CAEL (Council for Adult & Experiential Learning) Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD
11 – 12 | Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX
23 | Thanksgiving
28 | Giving Tuesday
December 2023
International Human Rights Month
January 2024
1 | New Year’s Day
18 | Coffee With Literacy Texas – meet the new Executive Director!
25 & 26 | Far West Literacy Symposium
February 2024
Black History Month
National Library Lovers’ Month
3 | Digital Symposium: The Future of Adult Literacy, presented by Mayor’s Office for Adult Literacy (Houston, TX)
7 | World Read Aloud Day
14 – 17 | TALAE Conference, San Antonio
23 | TESOL Professional Development Day, online
24 | South Texas Literacy Symposium (2023-24 grant year), Edinburg, TX
28 | National Science Day
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To be considered for inclusion, events should:
- Have a literacy focus, and
- Take place in Texas (or have national significance).
Literacy Texas will make the final decision on which events to list in this calendar.
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Page updated 3/14/2024