Category: Literary Celebrations

• 5 Fabulous Books About Bookshops

  

  10 August is Love Your Bookshop Day in Australia. What have you got planned? I’ve waxed lyrical about the magic of bookshops and shared 5 fab books set in bookshops.

  Ali Stegert

  August 9, 2019

  Literary Celebrations, Poetry, Reviews & Recommendations

  #LTBD19, 84 Charing Cross Road, Bookshop love, Debbie Smith Author, Emma Middleton Illustrator, Harry Hartog Booksellers, Liminality, Love Your Bookshop Day, poetry, The Little Paris Bookshop, The Shadow of the Wind, The Thirteenth Tale

• Book Fairy for a Day

  

  18 September was Hide a Book Day, giving book lovers around the world the opportunity to unselfishly spread the joy of reading by hiding a book in a public spot.

  Ali Stegert

  September 21, 2017

  Literary Celebrations

  Aussie authors, Goodreads, Hide A Book Day, middle grade historical fiction, Pamela Rushby, The Book Fairies, The Book Fairies Australia, the plague in Queensland, The Ratcatcher’s Daughter

• The Nerdy Pleasure of Punctuation

  It’s National Punctuation Day, time to celebrate the humble period and the much-maligned comma. Ready for some nerdy fun?

  Ali Stegert

  September 24, 2016

  Literary Celebrations

  andorsand, apostophe, interobang, Literary Celebrations, National Punctuation Day, punctuation, semicolon

• 4 Ways Snail Mail Will Change Your Life

  

  Dust off your letter paper and find a stamp, because this week is National Stationery Week! #NatStatWeek

  Ali Stegert

  April 24, 2016

  Literary Celebrations

  #NatStatWeek, benefits of handwriting, letter paper, letter writing, mail, snail mail, World Stationery Day, you’ve got mail

• The Enigmatic Hans Christian Andersen

  

  The 2nd of April is the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen and International Children’s Book Day. Read on to discover more about this puzzling man.

  Ali Stegert

  April 1, 2016

  Literary Celebrations

  Hans Christian Andersen, IBBY, ICBD, International Children’s Book Day 2016, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Snow Queen, The Ugly Ducking, Thumbelina

• Celebrating 150 Years in Wonderland

  

  Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland turns 150 on the 4th of July! Celebrate with Spilling Ink. We’ve got all the dirt on Alice…

  Ali Stegert

  July 4, 2015

  Literary Celebrations

  150 years of Wonderland, AIWS, Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, Alice Liddell, Charles Dodgson, Cheshire Cat, Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll ADHD, Lewis Carroll Autism, Macmillan publishers, Quotes from Alice in Wonderland, Sir John Tenniel Illustrator, Todd’s Syndrome