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Come in, and I'll tell
you a story.
Welcome to the Between or as we say in Irish An Caol Ait. I give you a warm welcome, and if I met you in real life, I'd welcome you across the threshold, give you a drink and a bite to eat whilst telling you a story. You see, the people of Ireland have a natural gift for storytelling; we will make any mundane everyday task into a gripping tale or a funny anecdote.
My love of storytelling continues our tradition through the stories of old from our land, created by hand, at a table in Co. Down. Letters from the Between is my way of sharing Ireland's oldest stories, the slow way, the way they were always meant to be told. Not a book you finish in a weekend, and not another thing on a screen. Genuine letters, sealed in wax, that arrive one at a time and draw you a little deeper each month into our unique world.
The Keeper
What is it?
Not a book. Not a screen.
A real letter
Written by me and sealed in wax, made to be held and kept, not scrolled past.
A true myth
Drawn from Ireland's oldest stories, told in the voices of the ones who lived them.
A slow unfolding
One letter a month, for 6 months in voices of long ago, each voice telling the tale, until the story is whole.
Inside the envelope
Every month, something
more falls out of the story.
Each letter comes folded by hand and sealed in wax. Inside, there is always more than a letter waiting for you.
Ephemera included each month, something different that helps reveal the story.
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A story letter of fiction written by me, warm and close, as though it were meant for you alone
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A little treasure or two, a torn proclamation, a diary page, a map, an extra letter
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A collectible stamp and a botanical card, small keepsakes from the world of the tale
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A companion playlist, chosen to sit alongside that month's letter
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A short film, filmed somewhere off the beaten path in Ireland, a place worth knowing beyond the story
The letters and the ephemera build the story together, each piece a fragment you're meant to hold and read into. The playlist sits alongside that world, and the film takes you further out, into the real Ireland the stories come from.
How it works
A story that keeps its own
gentle time.
Join after the twentieth, and your first letter simply waits for the turn of the month.
Subscribe
Choose your season and join before the twentieth of the month.
The welcome pack arrives
Your welcome pack comes first, then on the first of the month, your opening letter is sealed and sent.
One each month
A new letter finds your door, never hurried, never all at once.
The tale is told
Across six letters and six months, a whole myth unfolds in your hands.
“She asked me to teach her the knife, and somewhere between the sparks and the steel, I stopped being careful.”
Diarmuid, Season one
Season One
Diarmuid
and Gráinne
One of Ireland's oldest love stories
A young woman promised to an ageing warrior. A soldier torn between loyalty and love. You will read it in their own letters, passed between the ones they trusted, and never meant to reach you. There is warmth here, and tenderness, and something quietly waiting underneath.
By now the whole of Tara knows I am gone.
Gráinne, the first letter
7 bits of mail • 6 months • An Irish Fiction Myth
For you, or someone you love
For anyone who still loves
post that isn't a bill.
When you were a kid, getting an envelope was a magical experience, something just for you, arriving at your door.
For readers who adore Ireland's stories, who like to read or want to get back into reading, and who would rather wait for something good than have it all at once.
Keep a season for yourself, or give six months of wonder to someone dear.
Irish Created and made
Made by one pair of hands.
Every letter is written, printed, folded and sealed by hand here in Co. Down. Not a factory, not a franchise. Just me, and stories I love far too much to keep to myself.