Start here to see how it all works

Welcome. I’m Kate, I live in Sicily and I have lived in Italy for nearly fifteen years. I love the culture; the food, the language, the old architecture and the beautiful countryside that breeds a different type of Italian. These are people who are resilient, creative, and most of all, hospitable.

Letters from Sicily™ is a monthly snail mail subscription. Real post. Real stories. Written on the island and sent to you worldwide.

This is Sicily as it is lived. Bewitching, beguiling, breathtakingly beautiful in places, and downright ugly sometimes. Honest, always.

Start here first, read a real subscriber letter for free

If you are wondering whether this is “your kind of thing”, start here.

This is not a fluffy sample written for marketing. It is a complete PDF copy of a real letter that was posted from Sicily to my subscribers in August.

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If you do not see the email, please check your spam or promotions folder. (I know. I wish this was not necessary.)

What you will read about

Every letter, usually 3-4 pages, begins with something that genuinely happened here. It might be a place I visited, a conversation with a neighbour, an incident on our farm, a local tradition, or an ordinary moment that revealed something about Sicilian life.

One month it might be a neighbour dropping off a bucket of sheep’s milk. Another might bring a funeral procession that stopped the traffic, or a power cut that turned into an unplanned dinner by candlelight.

This is Sicily as it is lived, not Sicily as it appears in a holiday brochure.

This isn’t a mass-produced box. It’s a personal correspondence that is written, printed, packed, and posted from Sicily.

What some of our subscribers say

How it works

• Prepared in Sicily. Every letter subscription is put together here on the island.
• Posted worldwide. Postage is included in the price.
• Cancel any time. No hard feelings.

Letters are posted on the first Monday of the following month. Subscribe by the 23rd.

Delivery realities and our promise

International post can be unpredictable, and tracking is not available on standard letter mail.

Here is what I do if a letter goes astray.

• If your letter goes astray, we pause your subscription for the following month.
• If it does not arrive within 6 weeks of posting, we resend another letter out tracked.
• We restart your subscription once it arrives.

If you ever have a delivery problem, email me through our contact page and I will help you.

Choose your subscription

If you already know what you want, you can go straight to the subscriptions page here:

If you are not sure, this quick guide helps.

The Postscript

For those who love photography and receiving postcards from faraway places.

Just the Letter

For readers who want the stories, people, traditions, and everyday life of Sicily, without the extras.

A Taste of Sicily

For readers who would also enjoy a Sicilian recipe, a themed sticker, and a small mystery gift each month.

The Collector’s Post

For people who love recipes, postcards, stickers, and beautiful paper keepsakes worth collecting.

A quick note about payment

Letters from Sicily is a registered Italian business and we use Stripe as a payment gateway. No credit cards details are stored on this website.

If you are in the right place

You will probably love Letters from Sicily if you want:

• Sicily told truthfully, not prettified
• a slow ritual in a fast world
• something meaningful to open that is not a bill

If you are not

This may not be for you if you want:

• glossy travel tips and perfect Sicily only
• guaranteed delivery dates
• mass-produced subscription boxes

Ready?

Start with the free letter, then decide.