Use these 24+ silly, fun June occasions for book promotion

Sandra Beckwith — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 12:00:07 +0000

Link your book to any of these fun June occasions to bring energy, humor, and smiles to your book promotion efforts as summer nears.

It won’t be long before June is busting out all over, so now’s the time to start thinking about how you might use any of the many fun June occasions in ways that will help promote your book.

In the Northern Hemisphere, June brings us the first day of summer, the summer solstice, and the longest day of the year, all on June 21. Juneteenth on June 19, now a federal holiday in the U.S., commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.

June is the third most popular wedding month, and, where I live, high school graduation month. Father’s Day is in June, too. There’s so much to recognize and celebrate!

How to leverage fun June occasions for book promotion

Need a few holiday-book pairing ideas to get you started? Here are just a few to show you how you can have fun with the list of unusual special days below.

Do you write police procedurals? How about using June 2, National Doughtnut Day, to blog about or use social media to explain why police offers are so inextricably linked to doughnuts?
Children’s book authors – especially the authors of the many books with “monkey” in the title – can monkey around with little readers on June 14, Monkey Around Day. Create and promote downloadable coloring pages or activity sheets, curate a list of the best books about monkeys, or shoot a social media video of kids showing how they like to monkey around (with their parents’ permission, or course).
It won’t take a lot of thought for romance writers to leverage June 19, National Kissing Day, to call attention to their books, will it? Host a contest for the best movie kiss or write and distribute a tip sheet on how to make your lips more kissable.

Which of these will work best for you?

Here are some of the whimsical, quirky, and maybe a little foolish, holidays you can add to June’s book promotion calendar. Get the full list on the information-packed Holiday Insights site.

Here are some of the whimsical, quirky, and maybe a little foolish, holidays you can add to June’s book promotion calendar.Click to tweet

June 1 Dare Day
June 2 National Doughnut Day
June 4 Hug Your Cat Day
June 4 National Cheese Day
June 6 National Yo-Yo Day
June 7 VCR Day
June 8 Best Friends Day
June 10 Herbs and Spices Day
June 13 Sewing Machine Day
June 14 Monkey Around Day
June 15 Smile Power Day
June 16 Take a Road Trip Day
June 18 National Splurge Day
June 19 National Kissing Day
June 19 World Sauntering Day
June 21 International Yoga Day
June 23 Let it Go Day
June 23 National Food Truck Day
June 24 International Fairy Day
June 27 Sun Glasses Day
June 28 Paul Bunyan Day
June 29 Hug Holiday
June 29 Waffle Iron Day
June 30 Meteor Day

Be sure to check the 2023 Literary Calendar for writerly June occasions, too.

Which of these holidays can you use next month to help spark conversation and fun?

Jazz up your book promotion with these jazzin’ June holidays

Sandra Beckwith — Wed, 13 May 2020 12:00:49 +0000

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It’s time to have a little fun with your book promotion, isn’t it?

In addition to several literary holidays, June brings a fun selection of quirky, off-beat occasions you can use to call attention to your book online.

Some opportunities on the June calendar will jump right out at you like a grasshopper in new field grass. You might have to look a little harder for others.

Whether your opportunities are obvious or harder to see, looking for them and linking them to your book can be a nice change from what you’ve been dealing with in recent weeks.

How to take advantage of jazzin’ June holidays

Not sure how to go about pairing your book with any of these fun holidays below? Here are a few examples to get you started.

June 2 is National Bubba Day, an occasion you can take advantage of if your book is about best friends, or if you’d like to blog about your bubba and what that person means to you. It’s a perfect match for an early readers book that releases June 1, The Adventures of Bubba Jones.

I can see Kris Bordesa using June 10, Herbs and Spices Day, to call attention to her popular new book, Attainable Sustainable: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living (I just love that cover!).

What about International Panic Day on June 18? There’s nothing like a heart-stopping thriller to generate a little reader panic. It’s also an opportunity for the author of a book on anxiety, including the memoir Little Panic: Dispatches from an Anxious Life.

After you matched your book with the right occasions, create and schedule blog posts, tip sheets, or social media images.

Which can you add to your book promotion calendar?

Here’s a partial list of the quirky June holidays you can add to next month’s book promotion calendar. Get the full list on the Holiday Insights site.

June 1 Dare Day
June 2 National Bubba Day
June 4 Hug Your Cat Day
June 5 National Doughnut Day
June 6 National Gardening Exercise Day
June 7 VCR Day
June 8 Best Friends Day
June 10 Herb and Spices Day
June 12 Red Rose Day
June 13 Sewing Machine Day
June 15 Smile Power Day
June 17 Eat Your Vegetables Day
June 18 International Panic Day
June 19 Take a Road Trip Day
June 18 National Bald Eagle Day
June 18 National Hollerin’ Contest Day
June 21 National Sea Shell Day
June 23 International Widows Day
June 24 International Fairy (or Faery) Day
June 26 Beautician’s Day
June 26 Forgiveness Day
June 27 Sun Glasses Day
June 28 International Body Piercing Day
June 29 Camera Day