Women Writing Letters
Inspired by Women of Letters events in Australia, Gailey Road curated a literary performance series called Women Writing Letters in Toronto. Women Writing Letters featured both established and up-and-coming women artists reviving the art of letter writing. Our fourth season ended in April 2015 with writers reading out letters to their 18-year old selves.
Over the four seasons of Women Writing Letters (2011-2015) sixty-seven letters by sixty-one writers were written, performed and published. Congratulations to all our letter writers!
Season 1 -2011/2012
Editor Tara Goldstein and Letter writer Beverley Cooper.
Fourteen letters from Women Writing Letters Season 1 were published in the spring of 2013.
Themes in this anthology include:
- A Letter to the Night I’d Rather Forget
- A Letter to My ______ Birthday Ever
- A Letter to the Things I Never Told My Mother
- A Letter to My Nemesis
Photo: Tara Goldstein and Beverley Cooper
Photo Credit: Margot Huycke
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Season 2 -2012/2013
Themes in this anthology, published in spring 2014, include:
- A Letter to God
- A Letter to My 12-Year Old Self
- A Letter to My First Boss
- A Letter to The Best Present I Ever Received
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Season 3 & 4 -2013/2015
Themes in this anthology, published in spring 2015, include:
Season 3
- A Letter to the Teacher I’ll Never Forget
- A Letter to My Hometown
- A Letter to My First-Year University Self
- A Letter to My 16-Year-Old Self
- A Letter to My Queer Family
Season 4
- A Letter to the Road I Didn’t Travel
- A Letter to My Grandmother
- A Letter to My 18-Year-Old Self
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Photo credit: Margot Huycke