Writing and book holidays observed in April, as spring blooms. Every literary celebration, author day, and reading observance falling in April, each marked with an essay.
AprilJune 14, 2026
Shakespeare wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets and shaped English more than anyone, and he never worked for me on the page, only live on stage. A look at why the plays demand performance to come alive.
AprilJune 14, 2026
National Library Week has celebrated libraries and librarians since 1958. I have a soft spot for it, because libraries are where both readers and writers are quietly made. A look at what we owe them.
AprilJune 14, 2026
Easter is a moveable spring Sunday. A childhood story about a pet rabbit, a hard rural lesson, and why the unsentimental truth makes the best writing.
AprilJune 14, 2026
Drop Everything and Read Day is April 12. Why uninterrupted reading has become hard, and why stopping to read for pleasure matters more now than ever.
AprilJune 14, 2026
National Librarian Day is April 16. How a librarian's small kindness opened a child's world, and why librarians matter more than most people realize.
AprilJune 14, 2026
Hate Week comes from Orwell's 1984. Why the novel stays relevant decade after decade, and what writers can learn from fiction that became a permanent warning.
AprilJune 14, 2026
World Book and Copyright Day is April 23. It celebrates books and the copyright that protects them. What every author should know about the rights they own.
AprilJune 14, 2026
National Poetry Month is April. Why writing a single poem, even badly, makes you a sharper prose writer. A non-poet's case for trying the form.
AprilJune 14, 2026
National Haiku Poetry Day is April 17. An honest look at haiku from a writer who doesn't get it, what its fans see, and the one lesson any writer can use.
AprilJune 14, 2026
International Children's Book Day is April 2. Why children's books are so hard to write, how young adult differs, and how one writer got his start.
AprilJune 14, 2026
Independent Bookstore Day is the last Saturday in April. Why indie and used bookstores matter, why they are fading, and why one writer still seeks them out.
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