The Sunday Letter Project

Pocket Libraries is now an official Letter-Keeper for The Sunday Letter Project - a worldwide network helping people rediscover handwritten letters and connect with pen-pals without sharing their home addresses. We’re the first keepers in Africa!

For us, we're especially excited about the local side of things too: readers connecting with readers, neighbours writing to neighbours, and unexpected conversations beginning through a few words on a page.

Think of us as a tiny community postbox.

How it works

Browse or write a letter
Visit the library and read introductory letters from people looking for a pen-pal - locally and around the world. Or write your own.

Choose someone to reply to
Write to someone nearby or further afield.

Use Pocket Libraries as your return address
We'll safely receive letters for you, so there's no need to share your personal address.

Post and wait
This is intentionally slow. Letters take time.

Local Letters

Alongside the wider Sunday Letter network, we'll also be creating a Local Letters Basket.

No stamps. No long-distance post. Just local conversations.

Maybe you'll write to:

  • A fellow book lover

  • A neighbour

  • Someone from another generation

  • Someone whose path you might otherwise never cross

Where to send letters

Drop letters off at either Pocket Libraries location, or if you're writing from elsewhere use:

Pocket Libraries Foundation
PO Box 2007–00606
Nairobi
Kenya

Postal delivery in Kenya works a little differently, so letters from outside Nairobi should use our PO Box.

A few gentle guidelines

  • First names, initials and pseudonyms are welcome

  • Please don't share personal contact details

  • Keep letters kind

  • The public pen-pal network is intended for adults (18+)

    If you’d like to learn more about The Sunday Letter Project, have a look at their website - https://www.thesundayletterproject.com