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to celebrate all kinds of hidden gem culture recommendations, but am completely new to discovering other writers, so am really looking forward to your suggestions here... Thanks for getting it going Substack team!
Kia ora tātou, I am a Māori writer from New Zealand and I’m keen to connect with other First Nations/indigenous writers. I write about climate change through the prism of colonisation, social justice and equity, with a specific New Zealand vibe (so could appeal to my indig-brothers and sisters grappling with same-same but different issues in their own lands). I use my Substack to publish the work that tends to ‘not belong’ in other places, which is to say, holistic for me, genre-bending for trad publishing! It’s creative non-fict meets journalism meets poetry. There’s a beautiful grassroots writers’ community in Aotearoa and we are slowly building and keen to connect with others. Ngā mihi
Luigi is a Dane living in New Zealand and the son of a prolific artist. His newsletter is a biography of sorts, punctuated by tracks that made impressions on him. He has traveled extensively, met a bevy of artists and musicians, and has nostalgic pictures.
Given the intense history of cricket rivalry between Australia and New Zealand, I may be in trouble if either find out I'm subscribed to the other.
One of the first Substack newsletters I read was Letters from Quarantine, which was hilarious (the author was based in Milan) and it kept me entertained through the early dark days of COVID. https://mammamia.substack.com/. I spend a lot of time in Mexico, so I'm often writing about it in my blog (hence the name), which is currently a finalist in the National Society of Newspaper Columnists column-writing contest (that's a mouthful). Would love to find other blogs about Mexico.
Such a surprise to find this in my mailbox--so far most of the publications I've been seeing seem to be American or Canadian. I can't offer any recommendations so far but really looking forward to discovering authors from outside the North American circle. As for me, I'm a bit of a nomad/third culture kid, currently based in Poland. Writing about flipping the narrative about belief/doubt. Still in the warm-up phase, so very excited.
Feasgar math! I'm Kevin Rutherford from the UK -- recently joined substack and still learning how to find consistency as a writer. I'm gonna tag Clarke Ching from New Zealand, who is just today launching his "Rolling Chapters Downhill" book read-along on Substack.
Hi, all! I'm from São Paulo/Brazil, and I write two publications in Brazilian Portuguese – Paulicéia is abt cultural life in SP and Tá Todo Mundo Tentando (translates as "everybody is trying") is a literary newsletter with chronicles and short essays.
Hola from Barcelona! I’m a journalist especialized in digital media, author of the book “La reinvención de The New York Times”.
In my newsletter Tendenci@s I write about trends and interesting developments in digital media, and also about The New York Times and the world of newsletters. And always with an interview with relevant people from these fields.
I would like to recommend the work of Mar Manrique with her newsletter “Fleet Street”, also about media but from the point of view of a young journalist (https://fleetstreet.substack.com), and also what the Colombian journalist Sinar Alvarado is doing at https://elpedalista.com to explain incredible stories by bicycle.
Hello, my name is Arjan and I am a poet. I am Dutch, live in France, but I write mainly in English. My substack is an inbox poetry magazine, that lands in inboxes every Friday with fresh poetry and links to works elsewhere. I'm planning on inviting other poets to contribute once a month. I also occasionally make podcast episodes. Always curious to learn about newsletters with original poetry.
Hallo! I'm a British marital therapist and writer living in Berlin. My newsletter is The Meaningful Life, and I write about therapy, relationships and finding fulfilment in life: https://themeaningfullife.substack.com/
Hi, hola, and qué tal? I’m Kiki, originally from the US but I’ve been living in Spain for the past six years. I just joined substack recently and write about food culture and my culinary adventures in Spain.
I love Sinù’s new project where she’s working her way through a classic Venetian cookbook and sharing her adventures (and the recipes!) along the way. Rachel writes about a new ingredient each month, and I really enjoyed her last newsletter which was actually about affordability of ingredients and ingredient snobbery.
Hi Everyone! I'm an American who has lived for 10 years in Moldova and writes about Moldovan politics and economics. Moldova is known as a "small country with a big heart" and has taken in more Ukrainian refugees per capita than any other country. We cover the affects of the ongoing war next door as well as the massive challenges in economics, corruption and security unleashed by the conflict. Check us out!
Hi everyone! Late jumping in today. If you write about mental health, self-help, or other encouraging messages, I want to read your stuff! So let me know. I like supporting that field, but I'm also interested in humor/satire, sports, and plenty of other creative outlets. Let me know if you want another subscriber and I'll check out your substack. Happy writing, y'all.
Just saying hello from the UK. I write a droll comedy and politics newsletter. Andrew Sullivan gave it a shout out a few weeks back, so you might enjoy. One mail a week, free for the forseeable!
I’m Claire in Scotland, though my newsletter is set in California so maybe this is a cheat! I would love recommendations for any other history publications -- I haven’t found many so far!
Among others, I'm reading a great newsletter that I discovered in last month's shoutout thread called Morph and written by Sharon McRae (I am not sure where she is from...)
So far I've found every single one of her articles very interesting, all in the realm of health and transformation, with topics ranging from setting boundaries to personal mission statements. Check it out!
I've started very recently a newsletter called "Vida Vivida", here in Brazil. It's a piece to have a moment where I can write about simple things that happen through life and we don't necessarily realise as we should. The beauty of the sun, the sound of the city, the way people walk to chase what they dream etc.
If you are brazilian, I hope you can check it out. If you are from other countries, why not try to learn another language such as portuguese? :)
Hello, I'm an author based partly in New Delhi and partly in Berlin, and I write personal essays about both those cities. Plus a lot of links. :) my substack is pretty old so there's lots to explore in the archives too.
Hi all! I'm writing a weekly newsletter dedicated to fiction/creativity/languages. Follow me for an unapologetically Baltic take on things (I come from Lithuania).
Hey everyone, I'm Ingrid and I've been writing a newsletter about lifestyle and behavior directly from São Paulo, Brazil. Excited to discover more writers!
To anyone with an interest in the most niche sport of rugby, I write a newsletter looking at the sport with an analytical, story, and human point of view :)
I really like Lauren Crichton and her creation "Pass It On". She is currently based in Sweden and provides great tools and insights for those in the nonprofit world. Her work can be found at: passiton.substack.com
I just relaunched my newsletter Reasons To Keep Going on substack which seems to be the perfect platform. You can read it here: https://reasonstokeepgoing.substack.com
It was started after losing a friend to suicide and is about the small joys & tiny things that help us keep going in spite of *gestures to capitalist hellscape we're inhabiting*. It's also very queer & neurodivergent but I suspect that's just because I'm writing it. I'm hoping to also introduce interviews in the long-term with people driving change and doing good things, too.
I'd love to hear & support anyone else writing mental health-themed newsletters, as well as anyone queer &/or disabled. I'd also love to hear from anyone writing about events & goings on in Britain.
Hi all, I am Alf, a psychologist based in Amsterdam. My native language is Dutch, but I write in English. My Substack newsletter covers mental health and psychology, to spread awareness and help destigmatize mental health issues!
Hello writers of the world! Let us celebrate language, whatever this may be. Here I am living in the beautiful mountains of Colombia, thinking in Spanish, writing in English about the spirit of the place or genious loci.
there are dozens of great Substack newsletters in Brazil, but since English seems to be our common language I'll link Fogo Baixo/Low Heat, a newsletter with investigations on food and everything that surrounds it, written in Portuguese and English https://flaviaschiochet.substack.com/s/in-english-please
I'm Adebayo Oduwole, a writer from Nigeria. I publish 3b's&bs, which is short for Bayo's Bants, Broodings and Brilliant Somethings (yeah, I know). It's pretty much about my experiences while adulting, and I started it in May.
Hello! I'm based in the UK and have been writing about global affairs - health, environment development - on WorldWise for the past 2+ years.
My SHOUTOUT goes to Joel Hernandez who writes Mixed Migration-hebdo - check it out for really *smart* coverage of global migration events and policy developments. Joel always makes this stuff come to life: https://mixedmigration.substack.com/
Hello! My name is Oren Liebenthal and I am a junior in high school living in the United States. My new year's resolution this year was to start listening to one music album every single day of the year, and that quickly sprouted into a new love for writing about music. I post an album review every single day on instagram, and then every week or two, I compile the best of my recent reviews and post them to substack. My instagram handle is an_album_a_day_ol. I do not have many connections on substack though, so I would love to see what other people are writing!
He writes a light-hearted but narrative challenging substack based on evidence that Russia is pursuing the same digital domination goals as the World Economic Forum and the World Health Organization.
Hi! I came here originally to enjoy reading material that was being censored on the MSM, but liked the blog format and decided to set up my own page dedicated to nice things: the Best of Scotland - as a form of therapy.
By all means subscribe (its free) and as I only post every couple of weeks, I promise I won't bore you to death ;-)
Hi I'm Davide from Italy and I would suggest something different from my own topics (technology): Bestiale, a fun italian newsletter about animals. Found on https://bestiale.substack.com/
I am new and need my voice heard. Please promote my true story of integrity and survival during these hard times. It is for the greater good of all. Thank you and God bless.
Wonderful initiative to see so many writers here from all over the world.
I am an Indian journalist based in Switzerland.
I report and publish - Geneva Health Files - an investigative newsletter on power and politics in global health. Launched during the pandemic, I report on policy-making from the capital of global - Geneva, Switzerland - the home of WHO and scores of other organizations that influence international health policy.
I'm running a Substack in Russian about writing and design, also sharing my life philosophy — https://lepekhin.substack.com — if you're Russian, too, hop in!
But I recently I've launched another Substack in English where I'm going to write more about life in Russia, about people of Russia, and beside that Im going to talk about how writing helps me in managing teams, time, and myself — https://evgenylepekhin.substack.com
The first edition of it is about to be sent out this weekend. So, subscribe not to miss a thing!
The premise of my Substack is that memory -- of both recent history and the
'longue-durée' -- is essential for common-sense. Western civilization, from my perch in Japan, appears to be rapidly progressing toward demented autocracy. Elementary biological, moral,
and economic realities, that once constituted shared understandings, have been shattered. With this has come a jarring disjunction between lived experience and what we are told by authorities. Collective amnesia, reinforced by daily distractions, has wiped out memory of how we got here. So, I am 'In Search of Common-sense' -- please join.
How many different languages can we say "hello" in today's thread? Reply to this comment and say "hello" in your language.
Thanks for stopping by our special shoutout thread! Our team is signing off for now. We know that in many parts of the world, people are sleeping. We will be keeping an eye on the thread over the next few days to see who else stops by.
We hope to see you at our shoutout thread again next month, the first Thursday of July.
Until then, happy reading!
Katie, Kelsa, and Bailey
I've been writing my own culture blog on Substack for a while at chasingangels.substack.com
to celebrate all kinds of hidden gem culture recommendations, but am completely new to discovering other writers, so am really looking forward to your suggestions here... Thanks for getting it going Substack team!
Kia ora tātou, I am a Māori writer from New Zealand and I’m keen to connect with other First Nations/indigenous writers. I write about climate change through the prism of colonisation, social justice and equity, with a specific New Zealand vibe (so could appeal to my indig-brothers and sisters grappling with same-same but different issues in their own lands). I use my Substack to publish the work that tends to ‘not belong’ in other places, which is to say, holistic for me, genre-bending for trad publishing! It’s creative non-fict meets journalism meets poetry. There’s a beautiful grassroots writers’ community in Aotearoa and we are slowly building and keen to connect with others. Ngā mihi
I'm in Canada (eh?), so I'm not an International writer. But I want to give a shoutout to 2 writers in Australia and New Zealand.
Ryan Butta- Out of Office- https://ryanbutta.substack.com/
Ryan is an Aussie writes about leaving the corporate world--with no backup plans-- in search of a more meaningful life.
Luigi Cappel- In My Life- https://inmylife.substack.com/
Luigi is a Dane living in New Zealand and the son of a prolific artist. His newsletter is a biography of sorts, punctuated by tracks that made impressions on him. He has traveled extensively, met a bevy of artists and musicians, and has nostalgic pictures.
Given the intense history of cricket rivalry between Australia and New Zealand, I may be in trouble if either find out I'm subscribed to the other.
Oops. Too late I guess ;-)
One of the first Substack newsletters I read was Letters from Quarantine, which was hilarious (the author was based in Milan) and it kept me entertained through the early dark days of COVID. https://mammamia.substack.com/. I spend a lot of time in Mexico, so I'm often writing about it in my blog (hence the name), which is currently a finalist in the National Society of Newspaper Columnists column-writing contest (that's a mouthful). Would love to find other blogs about Mexico.
Such a surprise to find this in my mailbox--so far most of the publications I've been seeing seem to be American or Canadian. I can't offer any recommendations so far but really looking forward to discovering authors from outside the North American circle. As for me, I'm a bit of a nomad/third culture kid, currently based in Poland. Writing about flipping the narrative about belief/doubt. Still in the warm-up phase, so very excited.
Feasgar math! I'm Kevin Rutherford from the UK -- recently joined substack and still learning how to find consistency as a writer. I'm gonna tag Clarke Ching from New Zealand, who is just today launching his "Rolling Chapters Downhill" book read-along on Substack.
Hi, all! I'm from São Paulo/Brazil, and I write two publications in Brazilian Portuguese – Paulicéia is abt cultural life in SP and Tá Todo Mundo Tentando (translates as "everybody is trying") is a literary newsletter with chronicles and short essays.
Hola from Barcelona! I’m a journalist especialized in digital media, author of the book “La reinvención de The New York Times”.
In my newsletter Tendenci@s I write about trends and interesting developments in digital media, and also about The New York Times and the world of newsletters. And always with an interview with relevant people from these fields.
I would like to recommend the work of Mar Manrique with her newsletter “Fleet Street”, also about media but from the point of view of a young journalist (https://fleetstreet.substack.com), and also what the Colombian journalist Sinar Alvarado is doing at https://elpedalista.com to explain incredible stories by bicycle.
Best regards and happy writing and reading!
Hi! I'm Maria Caram from Brazil and I write about women in music. I am currently structuring a second publication about Brazilian indie music (https://undergrations.substack.com/p/coming-soon?showWelcome=true&s=r).
I would suggest à toa pelo mundo, a Brazilian travel newsletter https://eusouatoa.substack.com/
I've really been getting into Today in Tabs recently - https://www.todayintabs.com/
Hello, my name is Arjan and I am a poet. I am Dutch, live in France, but I write mainly in English. My substack is an inbox poetry magazine, that lands in inboxes every Friday with fresh poetry and links to works elsewhere. I'm planning on inviting other poets to contribute once a month. I also occasionally make podcast episodes. Always curious to learn about newsletters with original poetry.
Hallo! I'm a British marital therapist and writer living in Berlin. My newsletter is The Meaningful Life, and I write about therapy, relationships and finding fulfilment in life: https://themeaningfullife.substack.com/
Hej! I'm Viktoria from Sweden and I (try to) write a warm and cozy newsletter about all things Swedish. Lots of "fika" (coffee and cake)!
Hi, hola, and qué tal? I’m Kiki, originally from the US but I’ve been living in Spain for the past six years. I just joined substack recently and write about food culture and my culinary adventures in Spain.
Two of my recent favorite international writers are Sinù at Dash of Prosecco (https://sinufogarizzu.substack.com) and Rachel at ingredient (https://ingredientbyrachelphipps.substack.com).
I love Sinù’s new project where she’s working her way through a classic Venetian cookbook and sharing her adventures (and the recipes!) along the way. Rachel writes about a new ingredient each month, and I really enjoyed her last newsletter which was actually about affordability of ingredients and ingredient snobbery.
Hi Everyone! I'm an American who has lived for 10 years in Moldova and writes about Moldovan politics and economics. Moldova is known as a "small country with a big heart" and has taken in more Ukrainian refugees per capita than any other country. We cover the affects of the ongoing war next door as well as the massive challenges in economics, corruption and security unleashed by the conflict. Check us out!
Hi everyone! Late jumping in today. If you write about mental health, self-help, or other encouraging messages, I want to read your stuff! So let me know. I like supporting that field, but I'm also interested in humor/satire, sports, and plenty of other creative outlets. Let me know if you want another subscriber and I'll check out your substack. Happy writing, y'all.
Just saying hello from the UK. I write a droll comedy and politics newsletter. Andrew Sullivan gave it a shout out a few weeks back, so you might enjoy. One mail a week, free for the forseeable!
https://stiffupperquip.substack.com/
I’m Claire in Scotland, though my newsletter is set in California so maybe this is a cheat! I would love recommendations for any other history publications -- I haven’t found many so far!
Hi everyone, I'm Tomek :)
I'm based the Netherlands but originally from Poland.
I write unique professional, about personal development, building self-awareness and applying it to your career! Just got started about a month ago.
https://uniqueprofessional.substack.com/
Among others, I'm reading a great newsletter that I discovered in last month's shoutout thread called Morph and written by Sharon McRae (I am not sure where she is from...)
https://morph01.substack.com/
So far I've found every single one of her articles very interesting, all in the realm of health and transformation, with topics ranging from setting boundaries to personal mission statements. Check it out!
Hey, friends. Hope you guys are doing well.
I've started very recently a newsletter called "Vida Vivida", here in Brazil. It's a piece to have a moment where I can write about simple things that happen through life and we don't necessarily realise as we should. The beauty of the sun, the sound of the city, the way people walk to chase what they dream etc.
If you are brazilian, I hope you can check it out. If you are from other countries, why not try to learn another language such as portuguese? :)
(esdraspereira.substack.com)
Thanks everyone!
Hello, I'm an author based partly in New Delhi and partly in Berlin, and I write personal essays about both those cities. Plus a lot of links. :) my substack is pretty old so there's lots to explore in the archives too.
Hi all! I'm writing a weekly newsletter dedicated to fiction/creativity/languages. Follow me for an unapologetically Baltic take on things (I come from Lithuania).
Hey everyone, I'm Ingrid and I've been writing a newsletter about lifestyle and behavior directly from São Paulo, Brazil. Excited to discover more writers!
To anyone with an interest in the most niche sport of rugby, I write a newsletter looking at the sport with an analytical, story, and human point of view :)
https://onrugby.substack.com
I really like Lauren Crichton and her creation "Pass It On". She is currently based in Sweden and provides great tools and insights for those in the nonprofit world. Her work can be found at: passiton.substack.com
Hi all!
I just relaunched my newsletter Reasons To Keep Going on substack which seems to be the perfect platform. You can read it here: https://reasonstokeepgoing.substack.com
It was started after losing a friend to suicide and is about the small joys & tiny things that help us keep going in spite of *gestures to capitalist hellscape we're inhabiting*. It's also very queer & neurodivergent but I suspect that's just because I'm writing it. I'm hoping to also introduce interviews in the long-term with people driving change and doing good things, too.
I'd love to hear & support anyone else writing mental health-themed newsletters, as well as anyone queer &/or disabled. I'd also love to hear from anyone writing about events & goings on in Britain.
Lots of love Xx
Hi all, I am Alf, a psychologist based in Amsterdam. My native language is Dutch, but I write in English. My Substack newsletter covers mental health and psychology, to spread awareness and help destigmatize mental health issues!
Namaste 🙏 from India ☺
"Grüezi" in Swiss
Hello writers of the world! Let us celebrate language, whatever this may be. Here I am living in the beautiful mountains of Colombia, thinking in Spanish, writing in English about the spirit of the place or genious loci.
Hello :-) to all of you wish you a wonderful day
there are dozens of great Substack newsletters in Brazil, but since English seems to be our common language I'll link Fogo Baixo/Low Heat, a newsletter with investigations on food and everything that surrounds it, written in Portuguese and English https://flaviaschiochet.substack.com/s/in-english-please
I need to shout out 5 international writers I met through Substack Go. We keep in contact and they're all amazing for different reasons!
Joel is an expat linguist extraordinaire living outside of Tokyo. https://learned.substack.com/
Matthias is a French ployglot traveling the globe. https://mathiasbarra.substack.com/
Pranjal is a brilliant creative and yogi from India. https://pranjalsaxena.substack.com/
EB is your go-to on narcissism in the UK. https://practicalgrowth.substack.com/
Rylla is a mindfulness guru based out of Basel. https://rylla.substack.com/
And me? I write about science, culture, and philsophy out of Nashville.
https://theorygang.substack.com/
I'm lucky to have met them though Substack Go. We still have weekly sessions that we all look forward to!
Check out Steve Fendt's fiction, in Australia: https://stevefendt.substack.com/
And the amazing tidbits of FFOREST, from Wales: https://fforest.substack.com/ All about the JOY of growing slowly!
I'm Adebayo Oduwole, a writer from Nigeria. I publish 3b's&bs, which is short for Bayo's Bants, Broodings and Brilliant Somethings (yeah, I know). It's pretty much about my experiences while adulting, and I started it in May.
Another newsletter I follow is Salaye Chronicles by Tam Olobio at https://salayechronicles.substack.com
Hello! I'm based in the UK and have been writing about global affairs - health, environment development - on WorldWise for the past 2+ years.
My SHOUTOUT goes to Joel Hernandez who writes Mixed Migration-hebdo - check it out for really *smart* coverage of global migration events and policy developments. Joel always makes this stuff come to life: https://mixedmigration.substack.com/
Hello! My name is Oren Liebenthal and I am a junior in high school living in the United States. My new year's resolution this year was to start listening to one music album every single day of the year, and that quickly sprouted into a new love for writing about music. I post an album review every single day on instagram, and then every week or two, I compile the best of my recent reviews and post them to substack. My instagram handle is an_album_a_day_ol. I do not have many connections on substack though, so I would love to see what other people are writing!
Hey everyone! I'm Sushil from Mumbai. I've lived in 3 countries in the last 3 years so I'm well and truly interventional.
I love talking and writing about self-discovery, mental health, the immigrant experience, etc. In my weekly podcast and newsletter. :)
Ciao, I am italian, living in Cagliari and doing a weekly newsletter for italian learners and Italy lovers since August 2020.
I'm loving edwardslavsquat.substack.com - an American writing in Russia
He writes a light-hearted but narrative challenging substack based on evidence that Russia is pursuing the same digital domination goals as the World Economic Forum and the World Health Organization.
Hi! I came here originally to enjoy reading material that was being censored on the MSM, but liked the blog format and decided to set up my own page dedicated to nice things: the Best of Scotland - as a form of therapy.
By all means subscribe (its free) and as I only post every couple of weeks, I promise I won't bore you to death ;-)
Hi I'm Davide from Italy and I would suggest something different from my own topics (technology): Bestiale, a fun italian newsletter about animals. Found on https://bestiale.substack.com/
Saludos desde Puerto Rico. Minima juridicae es una espacio donde coinciden el Derecho y la Literatura. Los esperamos.
Hello from Puerto Rico. Minima juridicae is a space dedicated to exploring the relation between Law and Literature. Welcome.
I am new and need my voice heard. Please promote my true story of integrity and survival during these hard times. It is for the greater good of all. Thank you and God bless.
Greetings from Brazil
Hi Everyone,
Wonderful initiative to see so many writers here from all over the world.
I am an Indian journalist based in Switzerland.
I report and publish - Geneva Health Files - an investigative newsletter on power and politics in global health. Launched during the pandemic, I report on policy-making from the capital of global - Geneva, Switzerland - the home of WHO and scores of other organizations that influence international health policy.
Cheers.
Priti
Hey there! I'm from Tyumen, Russia.
I'm running a Substack in Russian about writing and design, also sharing my life philosophy — https://lepekhin.substack.com — if you're Russian, too, hop in!
But I recently I've launched another Substack in English where I'm going to write more about life in Russia, about people of Russia, and beside that Im going to talk about how writing helps me in managing teams, time, and myself — https://evgenylepekhin.substack.com
The first edition of it is about to be sent out this weekend. So, subscribe not to miss a thing!
The premise of my Substack is that memory -- of both recent history and the
'longue-durée' -- is essential for common-sense. Western civilization, from my perch in Japan, appears to be rapidly progressing toward demented autocracy. Elementary biological, moral,
and economic realities, that once constituted shared understandings, have been shattered. With this has come a jarring disjunction between lived experience and what we are told by authorities. Collective amnesia, reinforced by daily distractions, has wiped out memory of how we got here. So, I am 'In Search of Common-sense' -- please join.