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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