A writing project for a disconnected world…
Started in 2023, The Sunday Letter Project is an invitiation to slow down, and recallibrate. To take a moment for reflection, and to put pen-to-paper and bring you back to yourself. Every Sunday, take a portion of the day for yourself, and for your loved ones, and write.
How does it work?
If you are interested in signing up, you just need to write an โintroductory letterโ, along with your name or pseudonym. If you would like a local penpal, hand your letter in to the shop and we will keep it in our Introductory basket. People will read your introduction, and some may decide to respond – a penpal in Manchester!
If you wanted to reach further afield, put our address on your envelope, and post it to one of the other Letter Keeper addresses on the SLP website – have a look at where you can reach here. Our postal address is:
House of Books & Friends
81 King Street
Manchester
M2 4AH
It may take a couple of weeks, but eventually folks from other towns and cities will respond to your letter – you can collect them from us in-store. House of Books & Friends are official Letter Keepers, meaning you can drop off and receive letters through our store. Think of us as a PO Box. You can send as many as you like; we just need to know you’re expecting letters so we can make sure the right responses get to you.
If you have taken the pledge and written an introduction letter, let us know by emailingย bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.comย with the subject Sunday Letter Project. We can let you know when you receive responses this way.
What do I write about?
The Sunday Letter Project has an official pledge that you can sign up for, and from this mailing list they will send prompts of what you can write every week. If you need inspiration for now, they haveย a short, non-exhaustive list of ideas:
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From Me to You Letters, a charity that facilitates the sending of letters to those going through cancer treatment
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A stranger โ if you wish to write to a stranger, you can send them to our shop where we will create a basket of letters free to collect by our shop customers. Feel free to narrow this down if relevant, e.g. โa letter to a new motherโ
- Your future self; treat the letters as a diary for you in a month, a year, or a decade.