Sit down.
Write a real letter.
— from the shop on Main St.
Letter Writing Club · est. 2005
Sit down.
Plate 01 — One line at a time
The typewriter does the talking.
- Roll in
- Ink ribbon
- Strike
- Type
- Carriage return
The Letter Writing Club
Free. First Thursday. Typewriters provided.
Since 2005, the shop has hosted a free Letter Writing Club on the first Thursday of every month. You sit at a typewriter, write a real letter to someone who'd love to get one, and send it on its way. It's the kind of small, analog ritual Main Street is quietly famous for — and it has been running for years.
01
Pull up a typewriter
Machines are set out and ready. No experience needed — just pick one and listen to it warm up under your hands.
02
Write to someone real
A friend, a grandparent, your future self. The club is about the act of writing a letter, slowly, on paper.
03
Send it on its way
Fold it, address it, post it. Somewhere, someone opens their mailbox to a real letter — because you came out on a Thursday.
Free · First Thursday of the month · Typewriters provided · Running since 2005 · 3934 Main St
Between meetings — what's on the shelves
No. 01
Hand-printed cards
Letterpress greeting cards printed in the shop, with the press still pressed into the paper.
No. 02
Journals & notebooks
Hand-bound books for letters, lists and longhand. Made to be written in, not just looked at.
No. 03
Writing paper
Paper, envelopes and small stationery — the stock for the letters the club sends out.
Find us on Main Street
Address
3934 Main St
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
Letter Writing Club
First Thursday · free · typewriters provided · since 2005
Hours
Owner to confirm
Rating
★ 4.7 on 149 reviews
MAP · 3934 MAIN ST