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Recommended by Nia

✨soup of the night✨

By Rach 🍂☕️📚

A delicious blend of insights, deep dives, memes and hopefully, a sprinkle of humour on top.

How to Write for a Living

By David McIlroy

Writers should get paid for doing what they love. Subscribe now to get my FREE 7-day email course, Substack Launchpad.

Satchel Notes by Resh Susan

notes on books, TV and amazing links on the internet

One of my fav newsletters out there, feels like a cosy read to catch-up on with some fuzzy socks & hot chocolate.

- Nia

Little Things

By Ali Griffin Vingiano

an inspiring place for creatives to come together & practice what we preach. essays, recommendations, community experiences, and little thoughts from my brain. like "cocktails with a friend."

Little Things is my favourite writer-led newsletter. Ali speaks to the art of writing, making, and creating things & ideas in such an insightful yet relatable way; it's like talking to a friend encouraging you to put yourself out there and succeed.

- Nia

Hmm That's Interesting

By Clara

Culture thoughts of/for/by the Chronically Online, from that girl you may have seen on Instagram or TikTok (alas). Essays, pop culture, interviews, and literature.

Super witty, really fun, and an absolute pleasure to read. Immediately subscribe.

- Nia

Both Are True

By Alex Dobrenko

Funny, deep, relatable stories from a dad to two, husband to one, friend to all (free for all) + BATCAVE (workshops, cowriting, "community") for paid subscribers.

Honest, funny, and relatable AF reads from Alex you can consume with a bite.

- Nia

Books on GIF

A 'brilliant high-low fusion of an old art form and modern storytelling device.' - Esquire.

BOG has some of the best book reviews on the planet. Awesome GIFs aside, the in-depth, engagingly-written reviews take you through the book without any spoilers, helping you make the decision to add another book to your TBR or not.

- Nia