Skip to content
1804 - George Sand

1804 - George Sand

1804 - George Sand
author

1804 - George Sand

In July 1804, Paris, a great French novelist was born. Known as Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, Baronne Dudevant: she was Aurore… before George. READ MORE

Read more
3 Reasons to Wear Perfume in the Times of Social Distancing
author

3 Reasons to Wear Perfume in the Times of Social Distancing

What a curious, what a marvelous sensation – to inhale, to breathe in, to seep in the micro perfumes of the day at last, to smell. For the days have been long for all of us confined, forced to wat...

Read more
1828 - Jules Verne
author

1828 - Jules Verne

Dubbed the literary father of science fiction, Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828 in Nantes, France. It was there in Nantes, a port city, that Jules first became fascinated with travel, adve...

Read more
Celebrating #NationalAuthorsDay on November 1
author

Celebrating #NationalAuthorsDay on November 1

Every November 1, we celebrate #NationalAuthorsDay. In 1928, Nellie Verne Burt McPherson, president of the Bement, Illinois Women’s Club, developed the idea to celebrate American authors. READ MORE

Read more