Dead Letter Club

the slow communication revolution

DEAD LETTER CLUB RETURNS
2022
It’s time and we’ve missed you. After 2 years of collecting dust in the proverbial Dead Letter Office we’re back and ready to write.

Where imagination, mystery, and low commitment pen-pals collide.

Building Creativity and Community via the lost art of letter writing.

Pick up a pen and let the ink flow.


Sep
28
6:30 PM18:30

Dead Letter Club Returns

THE SLOW COMMUNICATION REVOLUTION

Tired of Twitter, txtspeak and emojis?  

A mashup of creative writing, mystery, parlour games and low commitment pen pals.

Creative Writing via the lost art of letter writing.

Pick up a pen and let the ink flow.

"In an age like ours, which is not given to letter-writing, we forget what an important part it used to play in people's lives" - Anatole Broyard

It is now standard to express ourselves through the immediacy of emojis, GIFs, and lols. Communicating in sentences, phone calls and letters is becoming a thing of the past.

We ask, what might be lost because of this? Dead Letter Club is our answer.

“Dead Letter Club was one of the most genuinely creative, powerful and beautiful experiences I've ever taken part in.” Gemma Jones, Craft Victoria

Sending a letter is the next best thing to showing up at someone’s door. Ink from your pen touches the stationary, your fingers touch the paper, your spit seals the envelope. Thoughts revealed through the flourishes and flow of the pen, the texture and lingering scent on the paper.

These evenings are in dedication to the written word through creative letter writing. 

NEVER FEAR! We have hundreds of prompt cards for those awkward moments of writers block!

What better way to write then with the aid of locally made wine. Join us at Melbourne's only people powered urban winery, NOSIY RITUAL for wines and written words.

FACEBOOK DEAD LETTER CLUB - MELBOURNE
INSTAGRAM @dead_letter_club

www.deadletterclub.com
www.hellomelanieknight.com
https://noisyritual.com.au/

*****PLEASE NOTE***** It is important for participants to arrive by start time - 7pm and stay for the course of the correspondence. Don't ditch your pen-pal by leaving early. Doors at 6.30pm. Writing from 7pm - 9pm (ish).

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Worldwide: COVID EDITION
Apr
9
to Jun 15

Worldwide: COVID EDITION

An event where writing, mystery, parlour games and low commitment pen pals collide.

“Dead Letter Club was one of the most genuinely creative, powerful and beautiful experiences I've ever taken part in.” Gemma Jones, Craft Victoria

DLC is a high concept parlour game played by YOU. Assume your nom de plume and through our secret postal service you will correspond with others in the room over the evening remaining unknown to each other.

Until the end that is.

REGISTER HERE

NEVER FEAR! We have hundreds of prompt cards for those awkward moments of writers’ block!

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DLC at Wollongong Writers Festival
Nov
24
1:00 PM13:00

DLC at Wollongong Writers Festival

This year, Wollongong Writers Festival has been built around the theme ‘All lit up’, which is to say: things we do not speak about. Dead Letter Club will be a part of the festivals new series of catered events. This very special DLC invites you to assume your nom de plume and light up something you’ve been keeping in the dark.

This will be a truly decadent afternoon of creativity and fun as you will fed throughout the DLC experience!

DLC is a hilarious, creative, community driven, and hilarious high concept game played by YOU. A response and a call to restore balance to lives being lived through a little screen and a scrolling thumb. Existing in dedication to the written word through creative letter writing. Assume your nom de plume and through our secret postal service you will correspond with others in the room over the evening remaining unknown to each other.

Until the end that is.

NEVER FEAR! We have hundreds of prompt cards for those awkward moments of writers’ block!

“Dead Letter Club is an evening of unbridled imagination and creative wonder convened under the watchful eye of a badass witch babe.” Kat Skull, STREAT

Bookings essential

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Melbourne: Letters Mingle Souls
Oct
8
6:30 PM18:30

Melbourne: Letters Mingle Souls

An evening where writing, mystery, parlour games and low commitment pen pals collide.

“Dead Letter Club was one of the most genuinely creative, powerful and beautiful experiences I've ever taken part in.”   Gemma Jones, Craft Victoria

DLC is a high concept parlour game played by YOU.  Assume your nom de plume and through our secret postal service you will correspond with others in the room over the evening remaining unknown to each other. 

Until the end that is.  

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

NEVER FEAR! We have hundreds of prompt cards for those awkward moments of writers’ block! 

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NEWCASTLE: Dead Letter Club Launches
Apr
9
6:30 PM18:30

NEWCASTLE: Dead Letter Club Launches

DLC is a hilarious, creative, community driven, and hilarious high concept game played by YOU. A response and a call to restore balance to lives being lived through a little screen and a scrolling thumb. Existing in dedication to the written word through creative letter writing. Assume your nom de plume and through our secret postal service you will correspond with others in the room over the evening remaining unknown to each other.

Until the end that is.
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

NEVER FEAR! We have hundreds of prompt cards for those awkward moments of writers’ block!

“Dead Letter Club is an evening of unbridled imagination and creative wonder convened under the watchful eye of a badass witch babe.” Kat Skull, STREAT

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SYDNEY: Dead Letter Club returns
Apr
4
6:30 PM18:30

SYDNEY: Dead Letter Club returns

DLC is a hilarious, creative, community drive, and hilarious high concept game played by YOU. A response and a call to restore balance to lives being lived through a little screen and a scrolling thumb. Existing in dedication to the written word through creative letter writing. Assume your nom de plume and through our secret postal service you will correspond with others in the room over the evening remaining unknown to each other.

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL HERE

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MELB: Dead Letter Club March edition
Mar
28
6:30 PM18:30

MELB: Dead Letter Club March edition

DLC is a high concept game played by YOU.  A response and a call to restore balance to lives being lived through a little screen and a scrolling thumb.  Existing in dedication to the written word through creative letter writing.  Assume your nom de plume and through our secret postal service you will correspond with others in the room over the evening remaining unknown to each other. 

Until the end that is.  

NEVER FEAR! We have hundreds of prompt cards for those awkward moments of writers’ block! 

“Dead Letter Club is an evening of unbridled imagination and creative wonder convened under the watchful eye of a badass witch babe.”  Kat Skull, STREAT

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

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DLC 2019 Launch "Love Letters & Dedications"
Feb
13
6:30 PM18:30

DLC 2019 Launch "Love Letters & Dedications"

  • Noisy Ritual People Powered Urban Winery (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

THIS IS THE SLOW COMMUNICATION REVOLUTION.

Channel your inner Charlie Brown and write to your secret crush.  Better yet, write to Snoopy and lay on the love!  Spruned by a lover, put it in a letter!  You WILL receive a reply, you just won't know who from....

“Dead Letter Club is an evening of unbridled imagination and creative wonder convened under the watchful eye of a badass witch babe.”  Kat Skull, STREAT

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

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Dead Letter Club Melbourne - Film Night!
Nov
21
6:30 PM18:30

Dead Letter Club Melbourne - Film Night!

In this special film themed event we invite you to reprise a character from the movie and rewrites their story though the lost art of letter writing.

Which villian will you write too, or are you the villian?!  Love letters between Batman and Mary Poppins, or correpsondence from Steve Zissou to Royal Tenenbaum?  How bout O-Ren Isii and Vincent Vega put pen to paper?

Bookings essential

“Dead Letter Club was one of the most genuinely creative, powerful and beautiful experiences I've ever taken part in.” Gemma Jones, Craft Victoria

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DLC East Coast tour - Canberra
Nov
1
6:30 PM18:30

DLC East Coast tour - Canberra

You asked, we delivered. The world’s original Creative Letter Writing Movement, Dead Letter Club is embarking on an East Coast tour. In keeping with the mystery of the Dead Letters we invite you to join us at Canberra's hidden Speakeasy, Molly, Thursday 1 November. $17 Bookings essential

A mashup of creative writing, mystery, parlour games and low commitment pen pals.

”Dead Letter Club is an evening of unbridled imagination and creative wonder convened under the watchful eye of a badass witch babe. Take someone you rate with you”

Pick up a pen and let the ink flow.

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DLC East Coast tour - Wollongong
Oct
24
6:30 PM18:30

DLC East Coast tour - Wollongong

You asked, we delivered. The world’s original Creative Letter Writing Movement, Dead Letter Club is embarking on an East Coast tour and lands in Wollongong at The Little Prince this October to share cocktails and correspondence with you.

A mashup of creative writing, mystery, parlour games and low commitment pen pals.

”Dead Letter Club is an evening of unbridled imagination and creative wonder convened under the watchful eye of a badass witch babe. Take someone you rate with you”

Pick up a pen and let the ink flow.

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DLC East Coast tour - Sydney
Oct
17
6:30 PM18:30

DLC East Coast tour - Sydney

You asked, we delivered. The world’s original Creative Letter Writing Movement, Dead Letter Club is embarking on an East Coast tour and we're excited to drink milkshakes and write with you at Daisy's Milk Bar this October.

A mashup of creative writing, mystery, parlour games and low commitment pen pals.

”Dead Letter Club is an evening of unbridled imagination and creative wonder convened under the watchful eye of a badass witch babe. Take someone you rate with you”

Pick up a pen and let the ink flow.

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Dead Letter Club - Melbourne (1st birthday!)
Oct
10
6:30 PM18:30

Dead Letter Club - Melbourne (1st birthday!)

ONE WHOLE YEAR!  DEAD LETTER CLUB is connecting people and inspiring creativity with everyone it touches.  You're support has been astounding and incredible.  So much so that Dead Letter Club is now spreading across the world.

Dead Letter Club, the world’s original Creative Letter Writing movement returns after a sell-out Melbourne Writers Festival session with an evening of creative writing, mystery, parlour games and low commitment pen pals.

”Dead Letter Club is an evening of unbridled imagination and creative wonder convened under the watchful eye of a badass witch babe. Take someone you rate with you “

Pick up a pen and let the ink flow.

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Dead Letter Club: Convict Edition Museum of Brisbane
Sep
14
5:30 PM17:30

Dead Letter Club: Convict Edition Museum of Brisbane

THE SLOW COMMUNICATION REVOLUTION ARRIVES IN BRISBANE

Tired of Twitter, txtspeak and emojis? 

Dead Letter Club, the world’s original creative letter writing movement joins with the Museum of Brisbane to celebrate their LIFE IN IRONS exhibition with an evening of creative writing, mystery, parlour games and low commitment pen pals.

Pick up a pen and let the ink flow.

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SOLD OUT - Melbourne Writers Festival presents Dead Letter Club - literary edition
Aug
29
6:00 PM18:00

SOLD OUT - Melbourne Writers Festival presents Dead Letter Club - literary edition

THE SLOW COMMUNICATION REVOLUTION

Tired of Twitter, txtspeak and emojis?  

A mashup of creative writing, mystery, parlour games and low commitment pen pals.

Dead Letter Club, the world’s original creative letter writing movement joins Melbourne Writers Festival with an evening of creative writing, mystery, parlour games and low commitment pen pals.

"In an age like ours, which is not given to letter-writing, we forget what an important part it used to play in people's lives" - Anatole Broyard

In this special MWF event we invite you to reprise a character from your most loved, hated, celebrated or inconsequential novel and rewrite their story though the lost art of letter writing.


FACEBOOK DEAD LETTER CLUB - MELBOURNE
INSTAGRAM @dead_letter_club

www.deadletterclub.com
www.hellomelanieknight.com

*****PLEASE NOTE***** It is important for participants to arrive by start time - 7pm and stay for the course of the correspondence. Don't ditch your pen-pal by leaving early. Doors at 6.30pm. Writing from 7pm - 9pm (ish).

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Dead Letter Club July edition SOLD OUT
Jul
19
6:00 PM18:00

Dead Letter Club July edition SOLD OUT

Pick up a pen and let the ink flow.

Tired of Twitter, textspeak, emojis, tinder, like buttons and canned responses?

A mashup of creative writing, mystery, parlour games and low commitment pen pals.

“Dead Letter Club was one of the most genuinely creative, powerful and beautiful experiences I've ever taken part in.” Gemma Jones, Craft Victoria

These evenings are in dedication to the written word through creative letter writing. 

Come along, write letters. Through our special delivery service you will correspond with unknown people in the room!

This is the creative communication revolution!

NEVER FEAR! We have hundreds of prompt cards for those awkward moments of writers block!

After our last Meet full of huge bowls of fries, half price wine and beer and loads of sticky chicken wings we do it all again, right in the middle of winter!  

We have the upstairs of The Gem Bar in Collingwood all to ourselves for a night of food and writing.

** Please note that DLC is based on correspondance, please don't leave the Club (and hence your mystery pen-pal) early **

Come early - 6pm - for dinner and drink specials
DLC starts at 7pm SHARP

www.facebook.com/deadletterclubmelbourne
www.hellomelanieknight.com
www.deadletterclub.com
 

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Dead Letter Club & Wine April edition SOLD OUT
Apr
11
6:30 PM18:30

Dead Letter Club & Wine April edition SOLD OUT

THE SLOW COMMUNICATION REVOLUTION

Tired of Twitter, txtspeak and emojis?  

A mashup of creative writing, mystery, parlour games and low commitment pen pals.

Creative Writing via the lost art of letter writing.

Pick up a pen and let the ink flow.

"In an age like ours, which is not given to letter-writing, we forget what an important part it used to play in people's lives" - Anatole Broyard

It is now standard to express ourselves through the immediacy of emojis, GIFs, and lols. Communicating in sentences, phone calls and letters is becoming a thing of the past.

We ask, what might be lost because of this? Dead Letter Club is our answer.

“Dead Letter Club was one of the most genuinely creative, powerful and beautiful experiences I've ever taken part in.” Gemma Jones, Craft Victoria

Sending a letter is the next best thing to showing up at someone’s door. Ink from your pen touches the stationary, your fingers touch the paper, your spit seals the envelope. Thoughts revealed through the flourishes and flow of the pen, the texture and lingering scent on the paper.

These evenings are in dedication to the written word through creative letter writing. 

NEVER FEAR! We have hundreds of prompt cards for those awkward moments of writers block!

What better way to write then with the aid of locally made wine. Join us at Melbourne's only people powered urban winery, NOSIY RITUAL for wines and written words.

FACEBOOK DEAD LETTER CLUB - MELBOURNE
INSTAGRAM @dead_letter_club

www.deadletterclub.com
www.hellomelanieknight.com
https://noisyritual.com.au/

*****PLEASE NOTE***** It is important for participants to arrive by start time - 7pm and stay for the course of the correspondence. Don't ditch your pen-pal by leaving early. Doors at 6.30pm. Writing from 7pm - 9pm (ish).

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Dead Letter Club & Wine March edition SOLD OUT
Mar
7
6:30 PM18:30

Dead Letter Club & Wine March edition SOLD OUT

THE SLOW COMMUNICATION REVOLUTION

Tired of Twitter, txtspeak and emojis?  

A mashup of creative writing, mystery, parlour games and low commitment pen pals.

Creative Writing via the lost art of letter writing.

Pick up a pen and let the ink flow.

"In an age like ours, which is not given to letter-writing, we forget what an important part it used to play in people's lives" - Anatole Broyard

It is now standard to express ourselves through the immediacy of emojis, GIFs, and lols. Communicating in sentences, phone calls and letters is becoming a thing of the past.

We ask, what might be lost because of this? Dead Letter Club is our answer.

“Dead Letter Club was one of the most genuinely creative, powerful and beautiful experiences I've ever taken part in.” Gemma Jones, Craft Victoria

Sending a letter is the next best thing to showing up at someone’s door. Ink from your pen touches the stationary, your fingers touch the paper, your spit seals the envelope. Thoughts revealed through the flourishes and flow of the pen, the texture and lingering scent on the paper.

These evenings are in dedication to the written word through creative letter writing. 

NEVER FEAR! We have hundreds of prompt cards for those awkward moments of writers block!

What better way to write then with the aid of locally made wine. Join us at Melbourne's only people powered urban winery, NOSIY RITUAL for wines and written words.

FACEBOOK DEAD LETTER CLUB - MELBOURNE
INSTAGRAM @dead_letter_club

www.deadletterclub.com
www.hellomelanieknight.com
https://noisyritual.com.au/

*****PLEASE NOTE***** It is important for participants to arrive by start time - 7pm and stay for the course of the correspondence. Don't ditch your pen-pal by leaving early. Doors at 6.30pm. Writing from 7pm - 9pm (ish).

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Dead Letter & Wine January edition
Jan
24
6:30 PM18:30

Dead Letter & Wine January edition

  • Noisy Ritual People Powered Urban Winery (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

SOLD OUT - next meet Thursday March 7

Celebrating the art of letter writing. 

A backlash against Twitter, textspeak, emojis, tinder, like buttons and canned responses.

A mashup of creative writing, mystery, parlour games and low commitment pen pals.

“Dead Letter Club was one of the most genuinely creative, powerful and beautiful experiences I've ever taken part in.” Gemma Jones, Craft Victoria

These evenings are in dedication to the written word through creative letter writing. 

Come along, write letters. Through our special delivery service you will correspond with unknown people in the room!

The correspondence continues throughout the evening with the aid of our own special delivery service. 

This is the creative communication revolution!

NEVER FEAR! We have hundreds of prompt cards for those awkward moments of writers block!

What better way to write then with the aid of locally made wine. Join us at Melbourne's only people powered urban winery, NOSIY RITUAL for wines and written words.

** Please note that DLC is based on correspondance, please don't leave the Club (and hence your mystery pen-pal) early **
 

www.facebook.com/deadletterclubmelbourne
www.hellomelanieknight.com
https://noisyritual.com.au/

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