Letters of Note: Art
- 5 Mar 2020
- 9781838851460
- £6.99
- 144 pp
- 111×178mm
- 5 Mar 2020
- 9781838851477
- £4.79
- 144 pp
- 5 Mar 2020
- 9781838851842
- £20.99
- 2 hrs 43 min
In a few words
A compulsive collection of the world’s most entertaining, inspiring and powerful letters with art 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 art 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 art at their heart, curated by the founder of the global phenomenon lettersofnote.com
Praise for Letters of Note:
The literary equivalent of a box of chocolates - bite-sized and pure addictive pleasure . . . The result is beautifully produced, with photographs and colour facsimiles of much of the correspondence
Addictive, like dipping into a bag of variously tempting assorted candies, knowing that the next one will always bring surprise and pleasure
Praise for Letters of Note:
The literary equivalent of a box of chocolates - bite-sized and pure addictive pleasure . . . The result is beautifully produced, with photographs and colour facsimiles of much of the correspondence
Addictive, like dipping into a bag of variously tempting assorted candies, knowing that the next one will always bring surprise and pleasure
Praise for Letters of Note:
The literary equivalent of a box of chocolates - bite-sized and pure addictive pleasure . . . The result is beautifully produced, with photographs and colour facsimiles of much of the correspondence
Addictive, like dipping into a bag of variously tempting assorted candies, knowing that the next one will always bring surprise and pleasure
More about
the book
In Letters of Note: Art, Shaun Usher celebrates extraordinary correspondence about art, from missives on the agony of being overlooked, the ecstasy of producing work that excites, to surprising sources of inspiration and rousing manifestos.
Includes letters by:
Michelangelo, Salvador Dali,
Frida Kahlo, Artemisia Gentileschi,
Oscar Howe, Martin Scorsese,
Henri Matisse, Mick Jagger,
Augusta Savage, Vincent van Gogh
& many more
More about
the book
In Letters of Note: Art, Shaun Usher celebrates extraordinary correspondence about art, from missives on the agony of being overlooked, the ecstasy of producing work that excites, to surprising sources of inspiration and rousing manifestos.
Includes letters by:
Michelangelo, Salvador Dali,
Frida Kahlo, Artemisia Gentileschi,
Oscar Howe, Martin Scorsese,
Henri Matisse, Mick Jagger,
Augusta Savage, Vincent van Gogh
& many more
More about
the book
In Letters of Note: Art, Shaun Usher celebrates extraordinary correspondence about art, from missives on the agony of being overlooked, the ecstasy of producing work that excites, to surprising sources of inspiration and rousing manifestos.
A star-studded cast of readers brings the letters to life, with contributions from Sanjeev Bhaskar, Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, Crystal Clarke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Fry, Neil Gaiman, Toby Jones, Ferdinand Kingsley, Jude Law, Helen McCrory, Stephen Mangan, Clarke Peters, Juliet Stevenson, Mark Strong and Meera Syal.
The collection features letters by Michelangelo, Frida Kahlo, Oscar Howe, Martin Scorsese, Henri Matisse, Augusta Savage, Vincent van Gogh and many more.
Letters of Note: Art 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. Enjoy Noel Fielding reading Salvador Dali’s letter to Federico García Lorca at London’s Union Chapel and Ian McKellen reading Kurt Vonnegut’s letter to the students of Xavier High School at the Freemasons’ Hall.
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 gloriously presented compilation
As a guide to letters that deserve a wider readership, Usher's compilation is hard to beat
Quite literally the most enjoyable volume it is possible to imagine. Every page is a marvel
It is hard to see how Letters Of Note could ever be surpassed
Praise for Letters of Note:
A gloriously presented compilation
As a guide to letters that deserve a wider readership, Usher's compilation is hard to beat
Quite literally the most enjoyable volume it is possible to imagine. Every page is a marvel
It is hard to see how Letters Of Note could ever be surpassed
Praise for Letters of Note:
A gloriously presented compilation
As a guide to letters that deserve a wider readership, Usher's compilation is hard to beat
Quite literally the most enjoyable volume it is possible to imagine. Every page is a marvel
It is hard to see how Letters Of Note could ever be surpassed
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
