Literary Holidays | A Lookback Over the Past Year!

June 12, 2025G. E. Gallas

Since June 2024, we’ve been posting a list of Literary Holidays once a month, along with some memorable quotes and book recommendations. We thought this month would be a great opportunity to look back on some of our favorite Literary Holidays.

George Orwell’s Birthday | June 25th, 1903

Alexandre Dumas’s Birthday | July 24th, 1802

Mary Shelley’s Birthday | August 30th, 1797

Banned Book Week | September 22nd through 28th, 2024

Oscar Wilde’s Birthday | October 16th, 1854

Robert Louis Stevenson’s Birthday | November 13th, 1850

Jolabokaflod | Icelandic Yule Book Flood | December 24th

Pride and Prejudice Publication Day | January 28th, 1813

Charles Dickens’s Birthday | February 7th, 1812

Read Across America Day | March 2nd

Independent Bookstore Day | April 26th

Arthur Conan Doyle’s Birthday | May 22nd, 1859

Upcoming Events: Summer/Fall/Winter 2025

May 30, 2025G. E. Gallas

Here at Open Book Chocolates, we’re busy preparing for our upcoming in-person events!

We’re scheduled to be at the following eight events this summer/fall/winter:

Friday, August 8th through Sunday, August 10th: Key City Steampunk Convention in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Saturday, September 27th: My Big Finds: Open Book Chocolates Pop-Up in Kentlands, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Thursday, October 9th through Saturday, October 11th: Jane Austen Society of North America, Annual General Meeting, Austen at 250 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Saturday, October 18th: Berlin Book Festival in Berlin, Maryland.
Sunday, October 19th: Meet the Makers 2025 by Union Kitchen in Washington, D. C.
Saturday, November 8th: My Big Finds: Open Book Chocolates Pop-Up in Kentlands, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Saturday, November 15th through Sunday, November 16th: DMV Chocolate and Coffee Festival in Chantilly, Virginia.
Friday, November 28th through Sunday, November 30th: Maryland Christmas Show in Frederick, Maryland.

If you’re a Maryland/Virginia/Washington, D.C. local, we hope to see you there!

Please visit our events page for more details: openbookchocolates.com/events.

Book-ish | Frederick County Public Libraries, Walkersville Branch Library

May 19, 2025G. E. Gallas

Sunday, May 18th, 2025