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Recommended by Jeffrey Streeter

The arts, books, movies, a course: Write it!, The Writing Life, (Re)Making Love: a memoir (fully up now), Who by Fire: a novel (snippets), Cooking With Mary, Watercolors and story in Letters to My Granddaughter.

A home for wonderful writing and erudite discussion

- Jeffrey Streeter

DADA issues

By Roman Muradov

Comics, animations, essays, and other things from Roman Muradov, artist/author of moderate renown. Half free, half paywalled.

Odd, irreverent and very, very funny.

- Jeffrey Streeter

Everything is Personal

By Laurie Stone

The story is not about what happened, it's about what the narrator makes of what happened.

Simply great writing. Always a joy to read.

- Jeffrey Streeter

Dandelion Seeds: Illustrated Essays

By Candace Rose Rardon

Once a week, I share a short illustrated essay, hand-painted and hand-lettered, from my desk to yours. Like wishing on a dandelion, I hope it’ll bring a moment of beauty and wonder to your day.

Beautifully illustrated, compellingly narrated stories

- Jeffrey Streeter

Peak Notions with Laura Kennedy

Peak Notions is the ideologically exhausted person’s guide to untangling ideas, identity, and the chaos we live in

Elegant, thoughtful essays.

- Jeffrey Streeter

Goatfury Writes

By Andrew Smith

I want to give you something interesting to think about every single day.

Energising, educational and excitingly eclectic.

- Jeffrey Streeter

Beyond Bloomsbury

By Victoria K. Walker

A bestselling newsletter that celebrates the lives and work of historical artists and writers.

Fascinating reflections on our cultural history and literature. Also, visually impressive posts.

- Jeffrey Streeter

Writer, interrupted

By Mary Roblyn

Life happens. We get interrupted. When my husband died, grief opened my heart. Writing, like grieving, is an act of love. I got interrupted, but I didn't give up. Join me! A Substack Featured Publication.

This is writing which has soul, depth and quiet passion.

- Jeffrey Streeter

Heart Leap

By Suzy Walker

Building a simple, happy, creative life that makes your heart leap. Join our Heart Leap writing community

This is a place of insightful writing and inclusive inspiration.

- Jeffrey Streeter

Maybe Baby

By Haley Nahman

Chipping away at the inscrutability of modern life, popular culture, and how we feel about both.

Tokyo Calling

By Gianni Simone

About all things Japanese. Society, culture in all its forms, travel, and urban exploration. 3,000 subscribers and followers.

Every time I go to Gianni's Substack learn something new about Japan! If you want to get some great insights into the country, this the place for you.

- Jeffrey Streeter

The Austen Connection

By Plain Jane

How Jane Austen's stories connect to us today, and connect us to each other.

The Sadbook Collections

By Sara Barkat

the (mostly) daily comic strip of a stick-figure human

A Delicate Bloom of Learning

By Lynn Childress

An account of being an Oxford University graduate student.

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature and life

By Terry Freedman

Reflections on literature * Musings on everyday life * Book reviews * Experiments in creative nonfiction writing * Humour

Gardentopia

By Jan Johnsen

Sharing garden ideas, planting inspiration and outdoor how-tos by Jan Johnsen

Sparkle on Substack

By Claire Venus ✨

Master Substack, write, build your DREAM business with joy! Global Top 10 Publication. Twice monthly space holding (co-working, workshops). Weekly chats, podcasts. Bespoke membership to help you stay creative, build & grow in business & on Substack! 💫

Full of great advice for newer Substackers and Clare has created a real warmth in her community. If you want to sparkle on Substack, where else would you go?

- Jeffrey Streeter

The Clearing by Katherine May

A newsletter and community for wild minds, winterers and enchantment-seekers with internationally bestselling author Katherine May.

Always so full of great insights

- Jeffrey Streeter

Animated

By Jon

Here at Animated, I write thoughtful pieces on the stories behind the cartoons that shaped us.

A place to find those cartoons you loved as a child, beautifuly described

- Jeffrey Streeter

The Matterhorn: truth in fiction

By Kathleen Clare Waller

Writing on the Margins of Fiction and Life

Erudite, fascinating and incredibly rich in its range

- Jeffrey Streeter

THE NOVELLA ZONE

By Ben Woestenburg ...STORIES

Read my novellas, & novelettes for FREE; or, Up-Grade and read my serial novels; or listen as I read Classic poetry to you. Sign up to have it delivered to your in-box. Grab a MEMBERSHIP and join me in THE PORTAL CLUB, for readings, chats, and videos.

Ben's a great storyteller!

- Jeffrey Streeter

With Love from Washington

By Alicia Kenworthy

Behind the scenes dispatches and desperate pleas from The Capital of the Free World.™ Brought to you by a third-generation Washingtonian.

JAPAN ORDINARY -photos-

By Japan Ordinary

I photograph ordinary moments in Japan. Streets, light, silence, and small details of everyday life. Nothing special — and that is exactly what I want to share.

The Literary Obsessive

By Eleanor Anstruther

People, books, me; The Literary Obsessive charts that which catches my eye.

Open Water

By Wendy

Writings from Wendy Robinson

No Girl is an Island

By Lani

Memoir, meaning, and misadventures from a writer learning how to be at home in the world.

Lani's writing, perceptions and perspective are a constant delight to me.

- Jeffrey Streeter

Holly Starley's Rolling Desk

My living room is the world. Pull up a chair.

Glorious writing that hits you in the heart and takes you to amazing places you thought you'd never visit.

- Jeffrey Streeter

The Journey of an Immigrant's Dream

By Yi Xue

A lifelong negotiation between assimilation and heritage, and a reckoning between following a script and finding my true self.

A great newsletter, full of insight and pathos. Yi Xue writes wonderfully about her family history.

- Jeffrey Streeter

The Wandering Writer

By Michelle Richmond

Essays on wandering, notes on writing at home and abroad from New York Times bestselling author Michelle Richmond

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette

By Jeannine

For people who do language. Writing saved my life—so I teach writing as if it can save yours.

Some of the best writing on Substack.

- Jeffrey Streeter

Versailles Century

By David Gemeinhardt

The court of Versailles and French high society through the words of those who were there between 1682 and 1789.

Although the people who feature here were at the centre of European politics in their time, reading the Versailles Century is like entering a haven of civility and good writing.

- Jeffrey Streeter

Jenna Repeats History

By Jenna Vandenberg

Books to read, places to explore, lessons to teach

If I was studying history, Jenna would be the perfect teacher. As it is, I love history and Jenna is the perfect guide.

- Jeffrey Streeter

Spark

By Elizabeth Marro

Come for the book recs, essays, nosy questions, awkward confessions. Stay for the conversation.

Amazement Seeker by Rona Maynard

Celebrating discovery in art, writing and the moment as it flies

Rona writes beautifully, with so much grace and insight.

- Jeffrey Streeter

Anne of Green Places

By Anne Thomas

I write my way through the nooks and crannies of the natural+human world - recently left the French Alps to be an ecology professor in Utah. Place, history, ecology, art.

Anne's Substack is a delight. I learn a lot from her, and I just love the photos she takes.

- Jeffrey Streeter

A hill and I

By Susie Mawhinney

Field conversations and blurry photography from a hill in SW France, wrapped in self sufficient chaos, memoir obscurities and armfuls of love!

Beautiful writing and stunning photography.

- Jeffrey Streeter

The Curious Platypus

By Michael Edward

The curious musings of a curious creature.

This curiosity-driven newsletter features insightful, provocative observations and some great writing.

- Jeffrey Streeter

From Life with Victoria Olsen

Excerpts and writing guidance from my family memoir about my father Earle Olsen's art career, especially in 1950s New York City. Plus other thoughts and tips on life, writing, life-writing, and the writing life....

Full of fascinating memoir and glimpses into the art world

- Jeffrey Streeter

A Narrative Of Their Own

By Kate Jones

Essays on the lives and literature of women.

Wonderful content, superbly assembled and written with flair.

- Jeffrey Streeter

Words and Pictures by Pamela Leavey

Hello Readers! I am a Creative Writer & Photographer. I post my Poetry, Personal and Photo Essays, Daily Affirmations, Quotes of the Day and more, all to Inspire and Enlighten my readers. My posts are digital collages encompassing the world around me.

Pamela's newsletter is a place of beauty and generosity

- Jeffrey Streeter

Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

Fiction, literature, book reviews, politics, travel writing, sobriety, culture, ideology. No teams.

Writes with style and from the heart

- Jeffrey Streeter

Create Me Free

By Kathryn Vercillo

Exploring how health and circumstance impact creativity and all of the resilience and adaptations people can and do make in order to keep on creating in the best way possible!

A site of generosity, beauty and openness

- Jeffrey Streeter

Be Less Careful

By Nancy Reddy

unpacking the bad ideas that steal our joy // creative work & midlife reinvention

[B]OLD AGE with Debbie Weil

In my best-selling newsletter, I share the bittersweetness of old age, from the blessings to the bullshit. I write about the strange contradiction of growing old: it’s wonderful… and it also sucks.

This really is BOLD writing and a place of energy and wit.

- Jeffrey Streeter

Laura Thompson’s Substack

By laura thompson

Writing on writers - Nancy, Agatha, various Elizabeths and more. And on other things, from classical ballet to classic murder trials. Whatever interests me, and I hope you also.

Witty, informative and highly researched essay. Not to be missed!

- Jeffrey Streeter

Cambridge Ladies' Dining Society

By Ann Kennedy Smith

Exploring pioneering Cambridge women’s stories and reading some excellent books

Lost in the Archives brings something unique I can't get (can't find) anywhere else on Substack. The deft way Ann handles her material and the novel perspectives that she opens up from her time in the archives are very precious.

- Jeffrey Streeter

Normal Island News

The UK's second most reliable news source after Gbeebies. Parody/satire x

Very funny. Alarmingly close to the mark.

- Jeffrey Streeter

David Roberts || Sparks From Culture

Weekly personal essays on wealth, status, and family from someone with generational wealth, writing with transparency.

Sane, wise, just the kind of writing you want to read, right here on Substack.

- Jeffrey Streeter

The Publishing Spectrum

By Amanda N. Bray

For Substack writers ready to stop treating their newsletter like a place to post and start tending it as a living publication — with editorial perspective, reader-aware frameworks, data tools and a craft-forward community for building work that lasts.

The best place to go for advice about your writing and Substack publishing.

- Jeffrey Streeter

oldoldoldoldnew

By Philip Traylen

Extrications and ecstasies.

Intense, brilliant writing.

- Jeffrey Streeter