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In Kensington, Maryland, the International Day of the Book is celebrated with a street festival on the Sunday closest to 26 April. In 2020, the 15th Annual Kensington Day of the Book Festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. India. World Book Day is also celebrated in India on 23 April every year.
Frequency. annual. Banned Books Week is an annual awareness campaign promoted by the American Library Association and Amnesty International, that celebrates the freedom to read, [1] draws attention to banned and challenged books, [2] and highlights persecuted individuals. Held in late September or early October since 1982, the United States ...
International Children's Book Day ( ICBD) is a yearly event sponsored by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), an international non-profit organization. Founded in 1967, the day is observed on or around Hans Christian Andersen 's birthday, April 2. Activities include writing competitions, announcements of book awards and ...
On National Read a Book Day, Kasey Meehan of PEN America’s Freedom to Read initiative continues to be alarmed at the number of books being taken off of America’s school library shelves. "We ...
April 23 is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 252 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
April 22: Earth Day, National Jelly Bean Day. April 23: World Book Day, National Picnic Day, Shakespeare Day. April 24: ... USA TODAY. 71-year-old competing in Miss Texas USA pageant.
The National Secretaries Association's name was changed to Professional Secretaries International in 1981 and to the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) in 1998. Administrative Professionals Day is a registered trademark with registration number 2475334 (serial number 75/898930). The registrant is IAAP.
The 2009 play Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth takes place on St. George's Day, 23 April, also the day of death and estimated birth day of William Shakespeare. Lee Sheridan's debut novella St George's Day, set in Maynooth on 23 April 2020, examines the day in the life of a part-time supermarket worker.