Substacks recommended by Sarah Fay Writers

Recommended by Sarah Fay Writers

finding meaning in life through literature, art, design, and culture ✦✧ through weekly posts and enthusiastic conversations

Hype Yourself

By Lucy Werner

Lessons on self-promotion and creative living to help you make an income from your expertise and passions

The Conversation

By Antonia Taylor

Bringing your whole self to your marketing, business + creative life

Sparkle on Substack

By Claire Venus

A bespoke space to help you stay creative on Substack! 🧚‍♂️ Twice monthly space holding (co-working, workshops, teaching). Weekly posts, chats, a podcast and ALL the tools to help enhance your journey to growth on Substack in a joyful sustainable way!

The Books That Made Us

By M. E. Rothwell

Discover the books that shaped your favourite writers.

The Substack Soirée

By Sara & Keeley

Free resources and insights to help make your Substack the most exclusive party in town. *PLUS* a new class from ME&ORLA. Subscribe to hear more!

Thyme, Place & Story

By Susan Wittig Albert

Sharing what we've learned about living in place, growing plants, growing older, crafting, reading, and writing.

Art Dogs

By Bailey Richardson

Meet the beloved pets that lived with beloved artists. Posts delivered monthly.

Necessary Salt by Joy Sullivan

The creative life, and what it means to be a woman making slow, chewy art

Joy Sullivan is a poet and teacher to be treasured and learned from. Don't miss out!

- Sarah Fay Writers

The Unexpected Shape with Esmé Weijun Wang

The Unexpected Shape is a Substack Featured publication for thoughtful softies living with limitations, with 9000+ subscribers, written by award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author Esmé Weijun Wang.

Turning Life into Fiction, Robin Hemley's Substack

By Robin Hemley

Turning Life into Fiction, titled after my craft book, 30 years in print, focuses on various forms of life writing from autobiographical fiction to memoir to autofiction.

Letters From Love with Elizabeth Gilbert

This is heart work

Poetry Today

By Maya C. Popa

deepening your practice of poetry, mindset, and wonder

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette

For people who do language.

Beyond the Comfort Zone | Renée Eli

By Renée Eli – Beyond the Comfort Zone

It is said that a life fully lived is a life lived beyond the zone of comfort. Join me as we explore these dynamic thresholds of human becoming.

Noted

By Jillian Hess

Tips from the world's best note takers

The Library

By J. M. Elliott

Check out all the best indie books published right here on Substack

The Unspeakable with Meghan Daum

Home of The Unspeakable Podcast. Plus new writing from Meghan Daum!

Female Owned: Small business without the hustle

By Astrid Bracke

The online place for small business owners and freelancers who refuse to hustle. Resources, strategies and community to empower and inspire you.

The Hyphen by Emma Gannon

✨ a cosy online space for curious readers ✨ from Sunday Times Bestselling author Emma Gannon. On books, work, wellbeing & creativity. 5th literature Substack globally. "One of Britain’s most prominent Substack writers" —The Times

Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe

The internet’s most intimate, illuminating interviews with today’s greatest writers—get an in-depth look into the craft of writing and what it means to be a heart-centered human in a hard world.

Substack Reads

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

If you're writing on Substack, you need to know the Substacks to read. These are the models.

- Sarah Fay Writers

Before and After the Book Deal

By Courtney Maum

Real talk about the writing + publishing industry by an author who doesn’t want you to feel confused, bewildered, or alone. Plus: craft tips, reading recommendations, writing support + solidarity (unless you are a jerk to people in the comments).

Less and Less of More and More with Sarah Fay

Featured, bestselling Substack bringing the world a little 'Less and Less of More and More' + Cured: The Memoir. This isn't about becoming "better," just saner. Join 2000+ readers ✨

Things Worth Knowing with Farrah Storr

By Farrah @Substack

A smart new corner of the internet to talk fashion, feelings and creativity with the former editor-in-chief of ELLE & Cosmopolitan. Plus join my invite-only community. We're nice...I promise.

Sophia

Head of Writer Relations @Substack

Tell Their Stories

By Hannah Ray

Writer and editor Hannah Ray shares regular posts on storytelling, communities and the internet. Subscribe for Tell Their Stories posts—a toolkit to community-first storytelling, as well as her free newsletter Shelf Life 🍣.

Publishing Confidential

By Kathleen Schmidt

News and analysis about the book publishing industry that you won't read anywhere else.

The Camont Journals with Kate Hill

By Kate Hill's Camont Journals

"Finding France: a Memoir in Small Bites" my serialized book, is published weekly here, a lifetime of inspiration from the kitchen, garden, farms & markets of Gascony. Written at the Relais de Camont, my home & writer’s residency in Southwest France.

Some of the finest writing on Substack! One of my absolute favorites!

- Sarah Fay Writers

The Free Press

By Bari Weiss

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

Culture Study

By Anne Helen Petersen

Think more about the culture that surrounds you

Agents and Books

By Kate McKean

The FAQ on how to find an agent and how to write books, all in one place.

Substack Writers at Work

Recommended by Sarah Fay Writers