Tag: reading

  • International Book Giving Day

    February 14 isn’t just about chocolates and roses — it’s also about stories finding new homes.Today marks International Book Giving Day, a quietly powerful celebration built on a simple idea: books are meant to be shared. How International Book Giving Day Began International Book Giving Day was founded in 2012 as a grassroots effort to…

  • World Read Aloud Day On February 4

    When Stories Had Voices Before They Had Pages Before books were objects you could shelve, stories were events. They happened in breath and rhythm, around fires and tables, in fields at dusk and rooms lit by a single flame. World Read Aloud Day isn’t just a celebration of literacy—it’s a quiet nod to the oldest…

  • Happy Small Business Saturday

    Support Actually Small Indie Authors — Because Apparently 499 Employees Still Counts as “Small” I woke up this morning to a parade of “Support Small Business!” ads… only to realize half of them were from companies with enough square footage to qualify as their own weather systems. I mean — 300+ employees?Corporate parking lots?A “brand…