The writers
We are a small circle of writers, scattered across the United Kingdom, working at our own desks, our own pace, and with our own very particular pens. Here’s who we are.
Eleanor trained as a poet and never quite stopped. She writes slowly, in black ink on cream, and is best at the letters that need to say something quietly beautiful. Sunday mornings and strong tea.
James was a GP for twenty years before he came to us. That quiet, plain, honest hand of his is what you want when the letter has to carry difficult news. Condolences, apologies, leaving letters.
Harriet writes the happy letters: weddings, births, naming days, the first letter to a new grandchild. Her hand has a brightness to it. She bakes while the ink dries.
Arthur came to us after thirty years of letter-writing for a literary magazine in London. His hand is older-fashioned, unhurried, and particularly suited to letters that will be kept.
Sorcha is our youngest writer and our bravest. She writes the letters that need feeling in them: first apologies, anniversaries, and the ones you have been putting off for too long.
William writes for our business clients. Warm, careful, short letters with just enough humanity in them. He used to run a small bookshop and still thinks of every customer as a guest.
How we match
When you commission a letter, we read what you’ve sent and pick the writer whose hand and tone feel right for it. You can ask for a particular writer, of course; lots of our clients do.
Condolences, apologies, letters about illness. Usually James or Arthur.
Weddings, births, anniversaries, thank-yous after something lovely. Usually Harriet or Sorcha.
Commissions, poems, letters to be opened years from now. Usually Eleanor or Arthur.
A writer’s job, mostly, is to listen well and then write down what they heard, in better sentences than anyone would have dared hope for.Eleanor M.
Mention their name when you get in touch and we’ll do our best to arrange it.
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