Events Diary

Take a look through our Events Diary for key dates and forthcoming promotion ideas.

August

1st – Yorkshire Day
6th - 65th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima
9th - 65th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki
11th – Ramadan
14th – 30th - Edinburgh International Book Festival
21st – V Festival
25th – Sean Connery’s 80th Birthday
27th – 29th – Reading Festival
29th– Notting Hill Carnival
30th – Bank Holiday

September

1st-11th – International VeniceFilm Festival
1st – Roald Dahl day
7th –  70th anniversary of the start of the blitz
10th –  European Union Prize for Literature
10th –  The Bookseller Awards
11th – Last Night of the Proms
18th – The Great North Run
27th –   200th anniversary of the Peninsular Wars in Portugal and Spain

October

1st – 3rd The Ryder Cup
1st-7th – Children’s Book Week
3rd – 14th Commonwealth Games, in India
6th – 10th Frankfurt Book Fair
7th – National Poetry Day
12th – Man Booker Prize Winner announced
21st – Trafalgar Day
23rd – 31st School Half Term
31st – Halloween