George Orwell
Literary Holidays | June 2024
Celebrate this month’s literary holidays with Open Book Chocolates!
Rainbow Book Month
“Rainbow Book Month is a nationwide celebration of the authors and writings that reflect the lives and experiences of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, genderqueer, queer, intersex, agender, and asexual community.”
Open Book Chocolates is celebrating Rainbow Book Month with The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and our corresponding chocolate bar.
Audiobook Appreciation Month
“The goal of Audiobook Appreciation Month is to increase awareness of and engagement in this format.“
“Listening to audiobooks is not only a legitimate way of reading but also makes it more accessible and a lot of fun.”
Open Book Chocolates is celebrating Audiobook Appreciation Month by LISTENING to our favorite classic novels, like Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, while savoring our matching chocolate bar.
Anne Frank’s Birthday | June 12th, 1929
“It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.” —Anne Frank
Purchase The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank while supporting independent bookstores.
National Typewriter Day | June 23rd
“In 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes got a patent for his typewriter invention. This event set the stage for how we communicate in writing.”
Learn about typewriters while supporting independent bookstores.
George Orwell’s Birthday | June 25th, 1903
“He discovered that while he sat helplessly musing he had also been writing, as though by automatic action. And it was no longer the same cramped, awkward handwriting as before. His pen had slid voluptuously over the smooth paper, printing in large neat capitals — DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER...“ —1984 by George Orwell