If you write a letter, the chances are you will get one back.
That's the idea behind the Lost Art of Letter Writing, Prince George Correspondents' Club, said Nicole Larson, events planner and coordinator for Books & Company.
Every other Monday the group of letter writers will meet beginning Monday at 6:30 p.m. and again on Jan. 23.
Jim Brinkman, owner of Books & Co., brought the idea back from Vernon where he read about a club there.
"I thought is was a great idea," said Larson, who writes a lot of letters. "I've got friends across the country that I know from university and we write a lot of letters back and forth to each other. So I was really happy to have a date and a time set aside devoted to letter writing. I thought we would try it out."
The first one was held in December and there was a dozen people in attendance, which surprised and delighted Larson.
People are asked to bring along stationary they may use or trade with others. Stamps for letters sent to Canadian recipients and coffee will be provided at no cost.
"It's a nice time to be dedicated to writing a letter," said Larson. "It's so much more personal to hand write a letter. You need to have an envelope, you need to know the person's address and a hand written letter - just the way the handwriting is - contains the emotions of the writer.
"There can be doodles and I always tuck into the letter newspaper articles I think would be interesting to my friends. I can never fit everything into the letter. I always forget something, so I write on the back of the envelope, too. It's something that gives you just a little more insight into the personality of the writer that you wouldn't get in an e-mail or a Facebook message."
When about a dozen people showed up at that first meeting in December, Larson said people told her that it was important to make the letter writing an event because it's just not the same at home where there are distractions and they really appreciated it the correspondents' club.
The Lost Art of Letter Writing group will meet the first and third Monday of every month.
This month was a bit odd because the first Monday was so close to new year's so that's why it's been set for Jan. 9 at 6:30 p.m.
