International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day Takes place annually on 23 April. It was founded by author Jo Walton in response to remarks made by Howard V. Hendrix who objected to Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, who post their creations on the net for free” stating that “webscabs” are “converting the noble calling of Writer into the life of Pixel-stained Technopeasant Wretch.”
Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that has been called the “literature of ideas”. It typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, time travel, parallel universes, fictional worlds, space exploration, and extraterrestrial life. Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific innovations
The purpose of International Pixel Stained Technopeasant day, according to Walton, was to encourage writers to post “professional quality” works for free on the internet. The first International Pixel Stained Technopeasant day was held on April 23 2007, anD Many notable authors contributed to International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day 2007, including Chaz Brenchley, Steven Brust, Emma Bull, Debra Doyle, Diane Duane, Naomi Kritzer, Jay Lake, David Langford, Sharon Lee, Beth Meacham, Steve Miller, Andrew Plotkin, Robert Reed, Will Shetterly, Sherwood Smith, Ryk Spoor, Charles Stross, Catherynne M. Valente, Jo Walton, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Martha Wells and Sean Williams.
World book day📕📗📘📙
The original, global World Book day takes place annually on 23 April, however in certain countries this clashes with St.George’s day, and the Easter School holidays, so to get round this the United Kingdom launched an alternative World Book Day which is held annually on the first Thursday in March. It was launched in 1995 and is sponsored by UNESCO. The purpose of World Book Day is to promote reading, publishing and copyright. It is the local manifestation of World Book and Copyright Day (also known as International Day of the Book or World Book Days).
During World Book Day, every child in full-time education in the UK is given a voucher to be spent on books. The Day was first celebrated in 1995 in the United Kingdom at the Globe Theatre in London, when Several million schoolchildren in Great Britain were given a GB£1 special World Book Day Book Token (€1.50 in Ireland) which could be redeemed against any book in any UK bookshop. A specially created WBD anthology priced at £1 (€1.50 in Ireland) was also published. All World Book Day point of sale and the £1 book carried the special World Book Day logo to help unify the initiative through all outlets. These include online retailer Amazon previously celebrated World Book Day 2019 with nine free ebooks, from their Read the World page, including books written in Mexico, the Netherlands and Israel which were available to download for free.
Every World Book Day since has followed a similar pattern, gradually growing each year to encompass more initiatives, such as Spread The Word, Quick Reads Initiative and Books for Hospitals. Every year, the number of children receiving a World Book Day Book Token has increased. In 2000, instead of a single £1 special anthology, four separate £1 books were published, covering a wider age-range. Since then, each year has seen a new set of special £1 books published.
In 2006, World Book Day began its support of and association with the Quick Reads initiative for adult emergent readers. In 2007, World Book Day celebrated its 10th anniversary with the publication of 10 £1 books. Since then every child in full-time education in the UK and Ireland is entitled to receive a £1 World Book day Book token every year. They can swap their WBD token for one of specially-produced £1 WBD books or they can get £1 off a full-price book or audio book. In 2007, the Spread the Word promotion was revamped into an on-line book group featuring a number of adult books suitable for book Groups. A short list of 10 titles was announced on 1 February 2008, and the winning book, was Boy A by Jonathan Trigell. World Book Day 2008 was declared by The Bookseller magazine to be more successful than any previous World Book Day. World Book Day has been billed as The Biggest Book Show on Earth and is celebrated with a variety of events in schools and libraries, including a festival hosted by Tony Robinson, presenter and author of the Weird World of Wonders series, who gave advice on how to start writing.
UN Spanish Language Day (Día del Idioma Español en las Naciones Unidas) 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸
This event takes place annually on 23 April and was established by the UN’s Department of Public Information in 2010, in order “to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six of its official working languages throughout the organization”. The day was first observed on 12 October to celebrate the Día de la Hispanidad in some Spanish-speaking countries for the discovery of American continent. Later, the day was changed to 23 April, to pay tribute to Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, who died on 22 April 1616.
International and National Holidays and Events happening on April 23
- Talk Like Shakespeare Day
- English Language Day
- Impossible Astronaut Day
- International Marconi Day
- International Nose Picking Day
- Lover’s Day
- National Cherry Cheesecake Day
- National Lost Dog Awareness Day
- National Picnic Day
- National Zucchini Bread Day
- Saint George’s Day
- Take a Chance Day
- World Book and Copyright Day
- World Book Night
- World Laboratory Day
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