Dork Day is a celebration of all things Dork!

The Dork Diaries series by Rachel Renee Russell is the #1 girl’s brand in Australia and the next book – Dork Diaries 12: Crush Catastrophe – is out on October 19.

To celebrate ahead of the release, bookstores and libraries in Australia and New Zealand are hosting Dork Day celebrations on September 23!

Celebrations will include games, activities and a sneak peek from Dork Diaries 12: Crush Catastrophe ! Squee!

Bookstores and libraries hosting events are:

NSW

• Book Review, St Ives
• Better Read Than Dead
• Dymocks Penrith
• Harry Hartog Miranda
• Harry Hartog Warringah
• Dymocks George Street
• Dymocks Narellan
• Berkelouw Balgowlah
• Book Face Macarthur Square
• Book Face Erina Fair
• Dymocks Charlestown
• Gateway Bookshop Wagga
• Dymocks Castle Towers
• Penrith City Library
• Bayside Council
• Corowa  Library  (multiple branches)
• Yass Local Library
• Woollahra  Libraries
• Nowra Library
• Riverina Regional Library
• Berrigan Shire Library Services  (multiple branches)
• Library Museum
• Moruya Library
• Cootamundra-Gundagai Library
• Gwydir Shire Libraries (multiple branches)

VIC

• Turn the Page, Cowes
• Collins Booksellers Traralgon
• Three Four Knock On the Door, Port Melbourne
• Dymocks Eastland
• Collins Booksellers Sale
• Kingston Libraries
• Haileybury Castlefield Library

QLD

• Book Face Pacific Fair
• Sandy Pages Coolum  
• Mad Hatter’ Bookshop, Manly
• Where The Wild Things Are, Brisbane
• Tablelands Regional Council (multiple branches)
• Burpengary Library
• Injune Library
• North Lakes Library
• Arana Hills Library
• Surat Library
• Burke Shire Council
• Scenic Rim Libraries

SA

• Dillons Books
• Dymocks Adelaide
• Clare Public Library
• Naracoorte Public Library
• Burnside Library

WA

• Dymocks Albany
• Collins Kalgoorlie
• Dymocks Ellenbrook
• Dymocks Joondalup
• Bassendean Memorial Library
• City of Bayswater Libraries (multiple branches)
• Geraldton Regional Library
• Karrinyup Library 
• Kalamunda Library
• Shire of Broome - Public Library
• Mirrabooka Library
• Scarborough Library

ACT

• Dymocks Tuggeranong

New Zealand

• South Waikato District Libraries
• Greerton Library
• Waimate District Library
• Timaru District Libraries
• Taradale Library
• Papamoa library
• Napier Library
• South Taranaki Libraries (multiple branches)
• Southland District Library

Please note: Some libraries may be hosting their celebrations on a different day. Please contact your local library for individual event details.