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2012 - 2013 Calendar of Events

January 2013 25th St Dwynwen’s Day 28th January – 2nd February National Storytelling Week

February 2013 9th National Libraries Day 14th Valentine’s Day 11th – 16th Student Volunteering Week 11th – 17th Eating Disorders Awareness Week 8th February National Doodle Day March 2013 1st St David’s Day 4th National Grammar Day 7th World Book Day 8th International Women’s Day 15th – 24th National Science Week 13th No Smoking Day 17th St Patricks Day 10th Mothers Day 18th – 24th National Wildlife Week 20th Spring begins 21st World Poetry Day 22nd World Water Day 27th World Theatre Day 29th March Good Friday 31st March Easter Sunday April 2013 All month National Poetry Month 1st April Fools Day 2nd International Children’s Book Day 5th – 5th May National Pet Month 7th World Health Day 22nd Earth Day 23rd World Book and Copyright Day 23rd World Book Night 23rd Shakespeares Birthday 23rd St Georges Day 29th – 5th May Save the Children Week

May 2013 All month National Share a Story Month All month Local and Community History Month 1st May Day 2nd Space Day 5th International Day of the Midwife 3rd – 5th Machynlleth Comedy Festival 9th Europe Day 18th – 24th Adult Learners Week 13h – 26th Foster Care Fortnight 15th International Day of Families 18th Silver Surfers Day 21st - 28th Mental Health Awareness Week 23rd – 2nd June Hay Festival 5th – 11th Depression Awareness Week June 2013 All month National Crime Writing Month 1st – 7th Volunteers Week 27th May – 1st June URDD national eisteddfod 14th – 20th Diabetes Awareness Week 14th – 16th Gower Folk Festival 24th – 28th National Bookstart Week 20th – 30th Gregynog Festival 16th Father’s Day 10th – 26th National Carers Week 17th – 23rd Refugee Week 21st Summer Solstice 22nd Summer Reading Challenge begins 24th Midsummers Day 25th – 1st July National Insect Week Tbc Dinefwr Literature Festival - Llandeilo 29th – 1st July Beyond the Border Wales International Storytelling Festival 30th National Reading Groups Day St Donats Vale of Glamorgan 3rd – 14th RNIB Make a Noise in Libraries Fortnight

July 2013 9th – 14th Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod 12th – 14th Wakestock TBC Fishguard International Music Festival 22ND – 25th Royal Welsh Show 28th Beatrix Potters Birthday 29th – 4th August National Parks Week 31st JK Rowlings Birthday

August 2013 7th National Play Day 3rd – 10th National Eisteddfod of Wales 5th – 11th National Allotments Week 9th – 11th Brecon Jazz 12th International Youth Day 13th – 14th Anglesey County Show 25th World Bog Snorkelling Championships TBC Merthyr Rocks Festival 16th – 19th Greenman Festival, Crickhowell

September 2013 7TH Cardiff Mardi Gras 8th International Literacy Day 13th Roald Dahl Day 14th – 17th Wales Rally GB 21ST – 6TH October British Food Fortnight 23rd Autumn Begins 24th National Punctuation Day 26th European Day of Languages 22nd – 28th Banned Books Week

October 2013 All month Breast Cancer Awareness Month 7th – 14th Children’s Book Week 3rd National Poetry Day 10th World Mental Health Day 10th World Arthritis Day 14th Winnie the Pooh first published today in 1926 13th – 19th Teen Read Week 16th World Food Day 20th Osteoporosis Day 21st Everyone Writes Day 27th – 9th November Dylan Thomas Festival 31st Halloween 11th? T Llew Jones Day November 2013 1st National Authors Day 5th Bonfire Night 7th National Stress Awareness Day 9th National Young Readers Day 10th Remembrance Sunday 15th – 21st Enterprise Week 20th Universal Children’s Day 30th St Andrews Day

December 2013 10th Human Rights Day 21st Winter Solstice 25th Christmas Day