Juvenescence | Leah McLaren

Recommended by Leah McLaren

I tell it like it is. My mission in my writing and in my literary media company is to deepen the connections between readers, writers, and each other. I do so, in part, by sharing my own thoughts openly and authentically. You'll get all of that here.

My personal Substack

Wild thoughts

Wild and thoughtful -- buckle up for a trip around Nazaneen's mad and marvellous brain!

- Leah McLaren

In the Writing Burrow

By Margaret Atwood

Whatever comes into my addled, shrinking brain.

It's Margaret Atwood. Writing about writing. Is there anything else to say?

- Leah McLaren

The Book Room

By anna wharton

Books curated by writers for readers

LAURA CALDER: A Place At My Table

By Laura Calder

inspiration to make life inviting, even on a crappy day

Deeply Problematic

By Jonathan Kay

A substack newsletter from Jonathan Kay

SUZANNE SEZ

By Suzanne White

A NEWSLETTER ABOUT MY ZANY LIFE AND YOURS - PLUS ASTROLOGICAL PORTRAITS OF CELEBRITIES YOU NEED TO GET TO KNOW BETTER

Noted

By Jillian Hess

Tips from the world's best note takers

The Unfettered Soul

By Lynn Jericho

Thoughts on Achieving Freedom, Love, and Wisdom

Women of Ill Repute

By Maureen Holloway

Keep in touch by signing up for our newsletter!

These two are brilliant. Feisty, funny, intelligent— great double act!

- Leah McLaren

AMANI

By Amani Hope

life is tragic 🎭 and oh so funny

Sort Yourself Out!

By Kate Spicer

eu·pho·ri·a (yū-fōr'ē-ă), 1. A feeling of well-being. 2. The pleasure state induced by a drug or substance of abuse.

An Eclectic World According to J. F. Newman

All the latest ramblings about my books, areas of interest, and upcoming stories

Hedgie turned novelist, what's not to love?

- Leah McLaren

The Devil's Marker, by Jennifer Pierce

Short stories and essays, coming soon.

Trying with Emma Barnett

Essays, stories and advice from the frontlines of life

Paul Wells

Politics and culture as though they mattered.

Terry Fallis - A Novel Journey

A funny writer shares his strange and wonderful journey through the published land.

The Hyphen by Emma Gannon

The Hyphen is a reader-supported newsletter for curious readers from Sunday Times Bestselling author Emma Gannon. "One of Britain’s most prominent Substack bloggers" — The Times

Miranda’s Meanders

By Miranda R Waterton

Life and poetry

Motherhood In the Margins

By Cathy Shields

A monthly newsletter about the joy and challenges of raising a child with a disability

Substack Reads

Your guide to great writing happening on Substack, plus the home of “The Active Voice,” a podcast by Hamish McKenzie.

Badreads

By Lauren Hough

Essays, bad jokes, rants, and unsolicited advice from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Hough, and a dog named Woody Guthrie.

Poor Man's Feast

By Elissa Altman

The James Beard Award-winning narrative journal about the intersection of sustenance, nature, and the creative spirit (and sometimes, a recipe).

Unshame

By Jowita Bydlowska

Dealing with shame one post at a time

Experimental History

By Adam Mastroianni

1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.

Out of It

By Mary Gaitskill

Notes from outside the consternation machine

Seeing Things

By Liza Donnelly

New and unpublished drawings and thoughts for people who want to see more of life, from a New Yorker cartoonist. Drawings, cartoons, words, live drawing, process, more...

The Art of Freedom

By Mary Poindexter McLaughlin

Inspiring human resilience in service of freedom.

Things Worth Knowing with Farrah Storr

By Farrah @Substack

The secret thoughts, conversations and lives that women keep...by the ex-editor of ELLE and Cosmopolitan. (Plus, access to my invite-only writing group)

Reframeables Podcast and Newsletter

By Reframeables newsletter

A podcast and newsletter from two writer-sisters with soft boundaries. We serve up creative conversations with the best artists and thinkers to make us better. Always looking for fresh perspectives.

Story Club with George Saunders

A place to explore the way the short story works.

Emma Straub's Newsletter

Bestselling novelist and bookstore owner Emma Straub has a lot to say, and this is where to read it.

No, Srsly?

By Liz Hodgson

High culture in low times.

This newsletter is written by my old friend Liz, one of the rudest, funniest women I know. Also one of the world's great cooks... though oddly she doesn't write about food. No matter.

- Leah McLaren

Diary of a Serial Hostess

By Victoria de la Maza

A diary-style column about the ins and outs of entertaining at home and witty anecdotes of life in the stylish lane with recipes, ideas, and opinions. Lots of opinions.

Wharton’s Words

By Anna Wharton

Sharing what I know about writing and reading fiction, memoir, and general life musings

Leah Eichler's Esoterica

By Esoterica Magazine

Fiction. Nonfiction. Memoir. Brain clutter.

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

Human Stuff from Lisa Olivera

A reader-supported weekly newsletter that explores and examines the wildness and wonder of being human.

Arts & Letters Daily

The best literary and arts writing on the internet

Unschool for Writers

By Alison Acheson

Playing and working with words: finding your own way to fiction and nonfiction, poetry, and writing for young people

Sour Milk

By Peter Maguire

Peter Maguire's analysis of international, diplomatic, and cultural affairs.

Austin Kleon

Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers.

A Writer's Notebook

By Summer Brennan

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

The Late Magician

By Cabot O'Callaghan

Divining reality through our fog of madness via essays, fiction, poetry, and memoir. Sometimes all at once.

Dinner: A Love Story

By Jenny

A newsletter devoted to the family meal, however you define "family" and however you define “meal.” Written by the NY Times bestselling author of the Dinner: A Love Story book series including, most recently "The Weekday Vegetarians."

Letters from Suzanne

By Suzanne Moore

The whole shebang. Writings, personal and political .

Cheryl Strayed's Dear Sugar

This is the home of two newsletters by Cheryl Strayed. Paid subscribers receive Cheryl's Dear Sugar Letter once a month (both audio & written), and her regular newsletter several times a year. Free subscribers get her regular newsletter only. Thanks!

The Colour | Newsletter | Lab | Community

By Toronto Ink Company

Foraged colour, found pigments and natural markings from Jason Logan the author of Make Ink.

The Line

By Line Editor

Commentary for Canadians.

Emily’s Walking Book Club

By Emily Rhodes

Everything you need to read along with Emily's Walking Book Club - discover more about our books, find details of our online & in-person events, and join the discussion.

Letters of Note

By Shaun Usher

Nothing but history's most interesting letters.

The Bluestocking

By Helen Lewis

I read the internet, so you don’t have to.

Subtle Maneuvers

By Mason Currey

A fortnightly newsletter on routines, rituals, and wriggling through a creative life, from the author of Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

Ask Polly

By Heather Havrilesky

Advice and wisdom from Heather Havrilesky, published since 2012 (formerly at The Awl and NY Magazine). Paid subscribers receive twice weekly posts on how to navigate our broken world with compassion, realism, and an open heart.

Brand🚀Centric

By Miro Cernetig

The world is powered by brands. For for insights on how they work, influence our lives and tips on how to build one of your own.

Journalist-turned-entrepreneur Miro Cernetig interprets the weird and wonderful world of branding.

- Leah McLaren

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Notes from a Small Press

By Anne Trubek

Think of these as signatures, unbound. Thoughts, explanations, and screeds about the publishing industry by Anne Trubek, founder of Belt Publishing. For the bound version, pick up "So You Want To Publish A Book?" Belt Publishing, July 2020.

INDIGNITY

By HMM DAILY

Essays, inquiries, arguments, advice, and archaic sandwiches for hungry readers.

SHuSH, by Kenneth Whyte

By ken whyte

The world of non-fiction from Sutherland House (and beyond)

Memoir Land

By Memoir Monday

Three verticals: Memoir Monday: A collaboration among Granta, Guernica, Narratively, The Rumpus, Orion Magazine, The Walrus, Electric Literature, Literary Hub, Oldster Magazine; First Person Singular original essays; The Lit Lab interviews + craft essays.