This week I have received a charmingly enveloped postcard from another devoted postcrosser and supporter, Luís Teira, who dedicated some encouraging words and also gave me a book recommendation: Letters of Note (2013) by Shaun Usher.
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| Beautiful handwriting! Pity the wax seal got smashed |
The book blurb of Letters of Note indicates that it is a "collection of 125 of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and unusual letters, many of which are reproduced in a facsimile in a carefully crafted, book-shaped museum that will grip and fling you from one emotion to the next. A celebration of the power of written correspondence which captures the humour, seriousness, sadness and brilliance that make up all of our lives."
Shaun Usher also has a blog with the same name which is an online museum of notable letters, as he puts it, it is "an attempt to gather and sort fascinating letters,
postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos".
I was pleased to discover that there is another website, Letters Live, a star-studded live show in which these letters are brought to life on stage.
I have ordered the book and will be publishing a review here as soon as I receive it and get down to reading it.
it s great to see communication still happening via post cards :)
ReplyDeleteI agree! Thanks for your comment :)
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