World Letter Writing Day was founded by Australian author, artist, and photographer Richard Simpkin in 2014. During the late 1990s, Richard used to write to those he considered to be an Australian legend and also received . In 2005, he penned down his experience of writing letters in a “Australian Legends”.
To further honour letters, he created a day dedicated to writing letters. Letter Writing Day is marked to pay tribute and celebrate the age-old form of . It gives an opportunity to with people with whom you have lost touch over time. World Letter Writing Day is annually marked in September.
