Letters Of Note: Correspondence Deserving Of A Wider Audience

Letters Of Note: Correspondence Deserving Of A Wider Audience – An updated edition of this haunting collection of the world’s funniest, most inspiring and powerful letters, curated by the founder of the global phenomenon lettersofnote.com

, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant classic upon publication in 2013, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. In this new edition, the collection of the world’s funniest, most inspiring and unusual letters has been updated with fourteen riveting new messages and a new introduction by curator Sean Usher.

Letters Of Note: Correspondence Deserving Of A Wider Audience

From Virginia Woolf’s heartbreaking death letter to Queen Elizabeth II’s scone recipe sent to President Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the phrase “My God” in a letter to Winston Churchill, to Gandhi’s appeal for calm to Hitler; and from Iggy Pop’s beautiful letter of advice to a troubled young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci’s remarkable job application letter,

Letters Of Note: Correspondence Deserving Of A Wider Audience

Is a celebration of the power of written correspondence that captures the humor, seriousness, sadness and brilliance that make up all of our lives.

“This book was brilliant in written form and is even better in audio, with a range of famous voices delivering hilarious, terrifying and moving historical messages… An eclectic treasure trove of letters… The letters are variously life-affirming, devastating, willfully mundane , subtly acidic and sometimes downright creepy”

“Addictive, like dipping into a bag of various tempting candies, knowing the next one will always bring surprise and pleasure”

“The literary equivalent of a box of chocolates – a small bite and pure addictive pleasure… The result is beautifully produced, with photographs and color facsimiles of much of the correspondence. A wonderful Christmas present”

Letters Of Note: Correspondence Deserving Of A Wider Audience By Shaun Usher

Sean Usher is the writer and sole curator of the popular blogs lettersofnote.com and listsofnote.com. He has turned both blogs into bestsellers, crowdfunded by Unbound and co-published by Unbound and . He lives in Wilmslow with his wife Carina and their two sons. He is the bestselling author

Want to hear Olivia Colman read a letter from the Queen to Dwight Eisenhower about her muffins? Of course! And thanks to the audiobook of

Letters Live is a series of events where remarkable letters are read by a diverse range of outstanding performers. On 4 December 2011, an incredible line-up took to the newly opened stage of the Alexandra Palace Theatre: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joely Richardson, Alison Steadman, Louise Brealey, Celia Imrie, Clarke Peters, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jordan Stephens, Simon Callow and Paul Ryan, with musical performances by Tom Odell. The night was in aid of the Christmas crisis, ensuring homeless people across the country have somewhere to go and eat this Christmas. More Notes Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience Compiled by Sean Usher “There’s really no right way to consume this book. Read it front to back, back to front, or just pick letters at random; whichever one you come across will offer you a snapshot of history in a format we can’t afford to die.”

Jane Austen, Richard Burton, Helen Keller, Alan Turing, Albus Dumbledore, Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry James, Sylvia Plath, John Lennon, Gerald Durrell, Janis Joplin, Mozart, Janis Joplin, Hunter S. Thompson, KG Jung, Catherine Mansfield, Marge Simpson, David Bowie, Dorothy Parker, Buckminster Fuller, Beatrix Potter, Che Guevara, Evelyn Waugh, Charlotte Brontë and many more.

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Discover Richard Burton’s farewell note to Elizabeth Taylor, Helen Keller’s letter to the New York Symphony Orchestra about “hearing” their concert through her fingers, the final messages from a doomed Japan Airlines flight in 1985, David Bowie’s response to his first fan letter from America and even Albus Dumbledore writing to a reader applying for the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts.

Is another rich and inspiring collection that reminds us that many of the important things in our lives find a place in our letters.

“Another mailbag full of funny, heartbreaking and passionate letters … engaging, eclectic, eerily and hilariously enthusiastic and laugh-out-loud funny”

“Hilarious, shocking and poignant, More Letters of Note has to be one of the funniest books of the year”

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“From the really funny: Marge Simpson’s duel with First Lady Barbara Bush to the really heartbreaking: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg’s final goodbye to their children before their execution. Usher’s book is unlike anything else you’ve read. After all, where else can you find out why Norman Mailer refused his father money or how Janis Joplin felt before she broke America? exactly”

Sean Usher is the writer and sole curator of the popular blogs lettersofnote.com and listsofnote.com. He has turned both blogs into bestsellers, crowdfunded by Unbound and co-published by Unbound and . He lives in Wilmslow with his wife Carina and their two sons. He is the bestselling author

Inspired Letters Live, a series of live performances celebrating the timeless power of literary correspondence, with fabulous performers reading remarkable letters to a live audience.