Substacks recommended by Susanna Forrest

Recommended by Susanna Forrest

a weekly newsletter about how the internet is impacting how we write and publish books, by extremely online author Leigh Stein

Leigh's writing on the book industry (and its internet side) is pithy and deeply knowledgable.

- Susanna Forrest

Elisabeth Luard's Cookstory

Cookstory is a show-and-tell way of looking at how people cook at home all over the world. The images are based on my own watercolour sketches collected over a lifetime of travelling with my paintbox.

Recipes, food history, and watercolours from a writer with many, many stories to tell.

- Susanna Forrest

Mister Slang

By Jonathon GREEN

The world of anglophone slang

Slang gives you the whole picture of a time, a place, and a person.

- Susanna Forrest

Pen Friend

By Hannah Meltzer

A weekly letter from Paris, straight to your virtual doormat

I always read Hannah's chatty, informative letters from Paris so I can pretend it's not so long since I was there in person.

- Susanna Forrest

Lickedspoon with Debora Robertson

By Debora Robertson 🦀

Welcome to my newsletter. This is where I share stories from my seaside village in the South West of France, my trips to the market, weekly recipes, and updates on our house renovation. Most of it’s free, and will always be free.

I live in Sweden. Debora's writing and photos are my chance to "lècher les vitrines" displaying delicious Southern French food.

- Susanna Forrest

Hexagon

By Christopher Mooney

There are six sides to every story. And then some.

Immersive but always readable and intriguing essays on French culture.

- Susanna Forrest

Entering The Lung

By Neko Case

Who are Nature?

Creativity, touring, music, music, music and horse husbands.

- Susanna Forrest

A Writer's Notebook

By Summer Brennan

essays, art, and inspiration from an American writer in Paris

Paris impressionism and an archive epic in the making.

- Susanna Forrest

the process

By Irina Dumitrescu

creative living in a distracted age

I love Irina's essays on the twists and turns of fitting sustainable creativity into your life.

- Susanna Forrest

You Get In Love And Then

By Ella Risbridger

Sometimes I write things for no reason! Sometimes I write things I don’t want to sell to a stranger! Food, books, gossip, poems, home, art, domestic chaos, love. It's fun! You'll like it!

Ella got me writing again when I was feeling depleted after finishing my second book. Here for the observations, the recipes, and the enthusiasm.

- Susanna Forrest

Ancestor Trouble

By Maud Newton

Writing, books, art, and kinship. Advocate for acknowledging tough family histories honestly, open-heartedly, and with imagination.

Genealogy and creativity, eclectic round-ups and intruiguing reading.

- Susanna Forrest