Lostintheletters, a creative writing and literacy empowerment nonprofit based in Atlanta, Ga., plans to open a studio and bookstore in Candler Park later this summer. Lostintheletters was founded in 2012 as a quarterly reading and workshop series, and in 2013 launched The Letters Festival.
In an Instagram post announcing the expansion, Lostintheletters wrote that the space will feature a "reading lounge & bookstore (we will only sell books by past LITL readers, which includes many fantastic authors!) during daytime hours; a writers studio in the evenings & select hours on the weekends; and a venue for our writing workshops, live readings, & pop-up creative events."
"We are overjoyed to create a permanent presence for Atlanta's rich writing and reading communities," Scott Daughtridge DeMer, the founder and executive director of Lostintheletters, told RoughDraft Atlanta. "In this space, we will continue presenting accessible programs and resources that inspire people to expand their creative practices. Now is the perfect time to support individuals who want to change the world around them by harnessing their creative potential. The more we invest in that as a community, the more we can realize the vision of Atlanta growing as a beacon for arts and culture on the national and international levels."
The space will also feature rotating visual art exhibitions, curated by co-founder and creative director Stephanie Dowda DeMer, who said, "Our studio and store will be the perfect platform for us to expand on our core values of creating an intersection of art disciplines. To cultivate a visual conversation between writing and art through the exhibition series, we will feature visual artists who explore language, text, and line in their work."