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THE BOOKSELLING YEAR 2017
New Year’s Day5th - 9th Spring FairThe Sunday Times EFG Short StoryAward longlist announced
Harry Potter Book Night
Library Lovers Month
BA Regional Meeting - RossiterBooks, Monmouth
Ash Wednesday, St. David’s Day1st - 5th St Anza - Scotland'sInternational Poetry Festival
April Fool’s Day
International Children's Book Day
3rd - 6th Bologna Children’s BookFair
Early May Bank HolidayMay Day
International Children's Day
7th - 17th Ways With Words Festival
Book Lovers Day
12th - 28th Edinburgh InternationalBook Festival
6th - 15th Cheltenham LiteratureFestival
5th - 8th Althorp Literary Festival
Bookshop Day
World Mental Health Day
11th - 15th Frankfurt Book Fair
Caboodle's birthday
Oscar Wilde's birthday
Diwali
17th - 19th Christian ResourcesExhibition, Surrey
End of British Summer Time (clocks go back)
Guy Fawkes Night
9th - 14th Libraries Week 9th - 13th Southwold Book Festival
3rd - 4th Chelsea Antiquarian BookFair
Remembrance Sunday
Robert Louis Stevenson's birthday
National Book Tokens’ birthday
Armistice Day
Christmas Day
Christmas Eve
Winter Solstice
Jane Austen's birthday
Boxing Day, Bank HolidayLast day for Batch authorisations
Rudyard Kipling’s birthday
New Year’s Eve
Halloween
St. Andrew’s Day
C. S. Lewis' birthday
10th - 11th BA Conference & GardnersTrade Show 10th - 11th Remainder & PromotionalBook Fair, 10th - 12th Top Drawer
International Literacy Day
Roald Dahl Day13th - 14th Christian Retailers &Suppliers Retreat
F. Scott Fitzgerald's birthday
29th - 8th October Bath Children’sLiterature Festival
13th - 16th Latitude Festival
20th - 23rd Theakston Old PeculierCrime Writing Festival
27th - 30th Port Eliot Festival
Beatrix Potter's birthday
J. K. Rowling's birthday
1st - 3rd London InternationalAntiquarian Book Fair
2nd - 4th Stoke Newington LiteraryFestival
Baileys Prize winner announced
15th - 18th Borders Book Festival
Bloomsday
Father's Day
CILIP Carnegie and GreenawayAwards winners announcement
International Dublin Literary Awardwinner announced Summer Solstice
22nd - 25th Hay Festival, Ireland
24th - 1st July IndependentBookshop Week
Harry Potter and the Philosopher'sStone 20th anniversary
30th - 9th July Ledbury PoetryFestival
8th - 14th Mental Health AwarenessWeek
11th - 14th Book World Prague
16th - 19th Christian ResourcesExhibition London
18th - 19th Academic Book TradeConference18th - 21st CrimeFest
19th - 28th The Bath Festival
28th - 11th June Rare Books London
Spring Bank Holiday
31st - 2nd June Book Expo (New York)
7th - 9th The Laugharne Weekend 7th - 9th FCBG Conference
Palm Sunday
International Dublin Literary Awardshortlist announced
Good FridayBank Holiday
Record Store Day
Easter MondayBank Holiday
18th - 23rd Cambridge LiteraryFestival
Queen’s birthday
Charlotte Bronte's birthday
World Book Night, Shakespeare Day,St George's Day, 23rd - 30thStratford-Upon-Avon Literary Festival
26th - 1st May Books by the BeachFestival, The Sunday Times EFG ShortStory Award shortlist readings 27th - 30th Chipping Norton LiteraryFestival, The Sunday Times EFG ShortStory Award winner announced
Independent Bookstore Day (US)29th - 6th May Wrexham Carnival of Words
International Women’s Day
The Sunday Times EFG Short StoryAward shortlist announced
13th - 20th London Book & ScreenWeek
10th - 12th King’s Lynn LiteratureFestival
14th - 16th London Book FairBA's AGM at London Book Fair
16th - 30th York Literature FestivalCILIP Carnegie and GreenawayAwards shortlist announced
20th - 30th Rare Books Edinburgh 20th - 26th Shakespeare WeekWorld Storytelling Day, Spring Equinox
St Patrick's Day
World Poetry Day
Last day for Batch authorisations
Tolkien Reading Day25th - 2nd April Oxford LiteraryFestivalMother's DayStart of British Summer Time(clocks go forward)
24th - 25th ABA Edinburgh Book Fair24th - 26th Alderney LiteraryFestival
World Book Day, Blue Peter BookAwards, 2nd - 5th The AldeburghLiterary Festival
4th - 13th Words by the WaterFestival
Irish Book Trade Conference
Valentine’s DayInternational Book Giving Day
16th - 25th Purbeck Literary Festival CILIP Carnegie and GreenawayAwards longlist announced
BAFTA Film Awards
Random Acts of Kindness Day
20th - 25th LSE Space for ThoughtLiterary Festival
Scottish Book Trade Conference
BA's Introduction to Bookselling CourseLast day for Batch authorisations
25th - 5th March Jewish Book Week
Shrove Tuesday
National Science Fiction DayBank Holiday
Costa Book Awards categorywinners announced
15th - 17th Top Drawer15th - 16th Remainder &Promotional Book Fair
Burns Night
26th - 30th ABA's Winter Institute, MinneapolisLast day for Batch authorisations
Costa Book of the Year winnerannounced
23rd - 28th Academic Book Week
8th - 11th Harrogate Christmas &Gift Fair
Orwell Prize 2017 closes for entries
T.S. Eliot Prize winner announced
The Booksellers Network launch
Winnie the Pooh Day
Last day for Batch authorisations
Last day for Batch authorisations25th - 4th June Hay Festival, Wales
Last day for Batch authorisations
Last day for Batch authorisations
Last day for Batch authorisationsSummer Bank Holiday
Last day for Batch authorisationsT. S. Eliot's birthday
Last day for Batch authorisations
Last day for Batch authorisations
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Lewis Carroll's birthday
Chinese New Year28th - 4th February NationalStorytelling Week
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