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Published Letters

There are inane slogans in the Forest City!
(The London Free Press)

Stop with the lists already!
(National Post)

Re: 'proactive'
(Globe & Mail)

The Year 2000
(Globe & Mail)

 

Letters of Annoyance/Approval

From time-to-time, we are confronted with the reality that some people are annoying.

As a public service, the Emily Chesley Reading Circle is committed to hunting down society's irritations through our Letters of Annoyance. Occasionally we find ourselves in the odd position of agreement, hence the Letters of Approval. Old letters can be found in our archive below.

Featured Letter (of Annoyance):

March 30, 2006

Tir Nan Og Irish Pub
200 Ontario Street
Kingston, Ontario
Canada · K7L 4Y9

Dear Sir/Madam/Leprechaun:

I and my esteemed colleagues in the Emily Chesley Reading Circle write to commend you on your openness to showcasing alternative music. Alternatively, we are writing to congratulate you on hiring mentally challenged entertainers. We are not sure which.

This past March 18, we happened into your fine and authentic establishment in search of a cozy Irish atmosphere and perhaps some nice traditional music. Imagine our surprise and delight to find instead that the stage was occupied by several kilted wonders performing for the assembled throng. Or perhaps the bar had been rented that night for “Irish Idol” auditions. We are not sure which

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Old Letters Archive:

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The Emily Chesley Reading Circle was established to further the study of Emily Chesley, a long-overlooked Canadian speculative fiction writer of the late-Victorian period, who lived for some time in the London, Ontario region.

Letters of Annoyance and Letters of Approval are produced by the Circle as a service to the public.

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