Letters of Note: Love
- 5 Mar 2020
- 9781786895325
- £6.99
- 144 pp
- 110×190mm
- 5 Mar 2020
- 9781786895332
- £4.79
- 144 pp
- 5 Mar 2020
- 9781838850050
- £20.99
- 2 hrs 57 min
In a few words
A compulsive collection of the world’s most entertaining, inspiring and powerful letters with love at their heart, curated by the founder of the global phenomenon lettersofnote.com
In a few words
A compulsive collection of the world’s most entertaining, inspiring and powerful letters with love at their heart, curated by the founder of the global phenomenon lettersofnote.com
In a few words
A compulsive collection of the world’s most entertaining, inspiring and powerful letters with love at their heart, curated by the founder of the global phenomenon lettersofnote.com
Praise for Letters of Note:
Quite literally the most enjoyable volume it is possible to imagine. Every page is a marvel
It is inspiring, and often sad, funny, and occasionally quite surreal
Praise for Letters of Note:
Quite literally the most enjoyable volume it is possible to imagine. Every page is a marvel
It is inspiring, and often sad, funny, and occasionally quite surreal
Praise for Letters of Note:
Quite literally the most enjoyable volume it is possible to imagine. Every page is a marvel
It is inspiring, and often sad, funny, and occasionally quite surreal
More about
the book
In Letters of Note: Love, Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful messages about love ever composed, whether inspired by love’s first blush or the recriminations at its ending, the regrets of unrequited feelings and the joys of passions known.
Includes letters by:
Simone de Beauvoir, Frida Kahlo
Georgia O’Keeffe, Zora Neale Hurston
Evelyn Waugh, Vita Sackville-West
Nelson Mandela, John Steinbeck
& many more
More about
the book
In Letters of Note: Love, Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful messages about love ever composed, whether inspired by love’s first blush or the recriminations at its ending, the regrets of unrequited feelings and the joys of passions known.
Includes letters by:
Simone de Beauvoir, Frida Kahlo
Georgia O’Keeffe, Zora Neale Hurston
Evelyn Waugh, Vita Sackville-West
Nelson Mandela, John Steinbeck
& many more
More about
the book
In this moving collection, Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful letters about love ever written. Whether inspired by love’s first blush or the recriminations at its ending, the regrets of unrequited feelings and the joys of passions known, Letters of Note: Love is essential listening for anyone with a heart.
A star-studded cast of readers brings the letters to life, with contributions from Sanjeev Bhaskar, Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, Crystal Clarke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Danny Huston, Toby Jones, Jude Law, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Mangan, Miriam Margolyes, Clarke Peters, Juliet Stevenson, Mark Strong and Meera Syal.
The collection features letters by Simone de Beauvoir, Vladimir Nabokov, Zora Neale Hurston, Nelson Mandela, Maud Gonne, Johnny Cash and many more.
Letters of Note: Love also includes audio exclusive bonus content drawn from recordings made at performances of Letters Live, the live events series produced by Canongate in partnership with SunnyMarch and Shaun Usher. Hear Benedict Cumberbatch and Louise Brealey read Chris Barker’s letter to Bessie Moore at the Royal Albert Hall, Tom Hiddleston reading Gerald Durrell’s letter to his wife at the Freemasons’ Hall and Nick Cave perform his song, Love Letter, at the Union Chapel.
A donation will be made to The National Literacy Trust – one of the regular partner charities for Letters Live – for each audiobook sold.
Praise for Letters of Note:
A truly extraordinary reading experience
Witty, tragic, educational, inspirational
Addictive, like dipping into a bag of variously tempting assorted candies, knowing that the next one will always bring surprise and pleasure
A gloriously presented compilation
Praise for Letters of Note:
A truly extraordinary reading experience
Witty, tragic, educational, inspirational
Addictive, like dipping into a bag of variously tempting assorted candies, knowing that the next one will always bring surprise and pleasure
A gloriously presented compilation
Praise for Letters of Note:
A truly extraordinary reading experience
Witty, tragic, educational, inspirational
Addictive, like dipping into a bag of variously tempting assorted candies, knowing that the next one will always bring surprise and pleasure
A gloriously presented compilation
Shaun Usher
View profileShaun Usher is a writer and sole custodian of the popular blogs lettersofnote.com and listsofnote.com. He has transformed both blogs into bestselling books, crowd-funded by Unbound and jointly published by Unbound and Canongate. He lives in Wilmslow with his wife Karina and their two sons. He is the author of the bestselling Letters of Note, More Letters of Note, Lists of Note and Speeches of Note. Along with Simon Garfield’s To the Letter, Letters of Note inspired Letters Live, a series of live performances celebrating the enduring power of literary correspondence, with great performers reading remarkable letters to a live audience.
lettersofnote.com | shaunusher.com | letterslive.com | @LettersOfNote
Shaun Usher
View profileShaun Usher is a writer and sole custodian of the popular blogs lettersofnote.com and listsofnote.com. He has transformed both blogs into bestselling books, crowd-funded by Unbound and jointly published by Unbound and Canongate. He lives in Wilmslow with his wife Karina and their two sons. He is the author of the bestselling Letters of Note, More Letters of Note, Lists of Note and Speeches of Note. Along with Simon Garfield’s To the Letter, Letters of Note inspired Letters Live, a series of live performances celebrating the enduring power of literary correspondence, with great performers reading remarkable letters to a live audience.
lettersofnote.com | shaunusher.com | letterslive.com | @LettersOfNote
Shaun Usher
View profileShaun Usher is a writer and sole custodian of the popular blogs lettersofnote.com and listsofnote.com. He has transformed both blogs into bestselling books, crowd-funded by Unbound and jointly published by Unbound and Canongate. He lives in Wilmslow with his wife Karina and their two sons. He is the author of the bestselling Letters of Note, More Letters of Note, Lists of Note and Speeches of Note. Along with Simon Garfield’s To the Letter, Letters of Note inspired Letters Live, a series of live performances celebrating the enduring power of literary correspondence, with great performers reading remarkable letters to a live audience.
lettersofnote.com | shaunusher.com | letterslive.com | @LettersOfNote
