Substacks recommended by Yasmin Chopin

Recommended by Yasmin Chopin

Hinterland is a print and digital magazine dedicated to creative nonfiction. Follow us for creative writing tips, recommendations and updates about the magazine. Edited by Andrew Kenrick and Yin F. Lim.

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- Yasmin Chopin

Place Matters

By Tim Cresswell

Exploring our place in the world with Tim Cresswell

Tim Cresswell is an academic whose knowledge of geography and place is highly valuable to anyone interested in Place Writing.

- Yasmin Chopin

About Mountains

By Ronald Turnbull

walking across them, climbing up them, writing about them

Ronald is an experienced walker and climber and generously shares his experience in this Substack 'About Mountains'.

- Yasmin Chopin

Cambridge Ladies' Dining Society

By Ann Kennedy Smith

Exploring books, literary lives and Cambridge women’s history

Ann's wide knowledge of history and literature threads through essays that tell of women's lives. And I love that this 'stack focuses on Cambridge!

- Yasmin Chopin

You Are Here

By Charlie Hunt

Reflections and research on place, politics, poetry, and more.

Charlie provides a personal and refreshing view of place; he takes poetry, travel, and politics, and mixes them up.

- Yasmin Chopin

Londonist: Time Machine

A geeky, cheeky, thrice-weekly digest of London's history.

I live within a short train ride of central London but even if you're on the other side of the world you'll love these insights into the city's past and present.

- Yasmin Chopin

Cartes Postales

By Rachel Ifans

Anything French. N'importe quoi. Mostly travel.

Rachel brings us interesting snippets of life from France in these beautifully written 'post cards'.

- Yasmin Chopin

Audacious Women, Creative Lives

By Anne Boyd / Audacious Women

Inspiration from audacious, creative women in the past , plus opportunities to connect--because we're all in this together.

Anne has taken big steps to change her life and I'm following with excitement and interest. We are never too old to do something audacious!

- Yasmin Chopin

Lia’s Living Almanac

By Lia Leendertz

Join me to mark and celebrate the seasons as they change

Lia puts me in touch with the world in a different way from the day-to-day, and I like it.

- Yasmin Chopin

Noted

By Jillian Hess

Tips from the world's best note takers

Jillian Hess shares her research of authors' notebooks and working drafts, enabling us to peek into the history and practice of some famous writers and writing. All beautifully illustrated.

- Yasmin Chopin

Three Wild Steps

By Lynne Wyness

Nature and place writing from the western edges of Dartmoor

Lynne Wyness uses her powers of observation to produce snapshots of the natural world in words that are well worth reading.

- Yasmin Chopin

Stunning Sentences

By Nina Schuyler

Admiring, mooning over, loving, and learning to write stunning sentences

Nina has an in-depth knowledge about sentence construction that I find awe-inspiring.

- Yasmin Chopin

Footnotes and Tangents

By Simon Haisell

Slow reads of great books. Book guides and a reading community to help you get more from the best stories.

If you like reading then Simon's Substack is for you. He guides you gently through some of the most challenging books.

- Yasmin Chopin

The Sketch Club

By Ana Vila

Join me on a journey to a more creative life ✏️✨

Ana lets me in to her world. I love the relaxed way she writes and thoroughly enjoy her art.

- Yasmin Chopin

VeganWeekly

By Jack McNulty

VeganWeekly is committed to inspiring people to create delicious, accessible, and healthy plant-based food as frequently as possible.

Jack has a true passion for cooking healthy food from scratch and I find his writing inspirational.

- Yasmin Chopin

Silver Linings

By Cindy Eastman

Getting older with humor, social commentary, optimism and some smart-ass comments now and then.

Cindy's posts remind me that life is to be lived. They're full of humanity, kindness, and caring. And so thoughtful.

- Yasmin Chopin

Counter Craft

By Lincoln Michel

fiction craft, publishing demystification, weird books

Lincoln Michel has an athletic mind. He puts a new spin on topics I wouldn't necessarily think about.

- Yasmin Chopin

WildWomanLife

By Victoria Bennett 🌼🐝🐺

Insights and small seeds from where the wild weeds grow

The comfort of tea and the wildness of Orkney: Victoria shares her world through words and photographs.

- Yasmin Chopin