§On the other side of the pageA brief introduction
Elin Cardew / Sloemere, England
Hello.
I’m Elin.
I write essays, keep untidy notebooks, and live in a small town close enough to the sea to hear it on a quiet night.
Margin began as a letter to twelve friends in 2023. It is still a letter to friends; there are just a few more of you now. I send it every other Sunday, around nine in the morning.
I am interested in the texture of ordinary life. The names we give places. The things we repair. The people who make a town feel like a town.
Most weeks the first draft is handwritten, then typed up on a machine that sticks on the letter e. I have decided to keep it.
You can write back
§How a letter is madeThree steps
- Notebook on Thursday
- Typed on Saturday, the e sticks
- Sent Sunday at nine
- Frequency
- Every other Sunday
- Sent at
- Around nine a.m.
- Readers
- 2,640 and counting
- Started
- 2023, to twelve friends
§Who writes MarginA guest letter every season
Writes MarginElin CardewSloemere, England
Guest letterMaud TrevanionHarrowby Marsh
Guest letterOsric DunstoneMerehaven
Margin is written by one person for now. Guest letters will be listed here.
Read it, then write back.
The letters are free to read, and a reply always finds its way to me.