Substacks recommended by White Ink with Anna Wharton

Recommended by White Ink with Anna Wharton

I’m a nonfiction writer, ‘How to Catch a Mole’, 'Seed to Dust’, ‘Spring Rain’. I write about real life, love, nature and meditation.

MindBody Story

By mindbody story

This is a free publication from Mind Body Solutions where we share the stories from our experiences of living with disability. In this space, we amplify the voices of disability through words and art.

Portobello Literary

By Caro Clarke

Musings from a literary agent by the sea

And a Dog

By Dr Lily Dunn

I am an incurable memoir addict. I love reading it, teaching it, and writing it. Here you will find stories from a life, but you will also learn how to write it, and how memoir can be transformative beyond the page.

A treasure chest of honest writing, exploring craft and all the ups and down of the writing life.

- White Ink with Anna Wharton

Clover Stroud: On The Way Life Feels

By Clover Stroud on The Way Life Feels

I write about the moments that make up our extraordinary lives, especially related to creativity, relationships, sobriety, motherhood, grief and joy. I like hearing other's experiences too, so we can connect through a sense of our shared humanity

Clover's beautiful writing combined with her very honest reflections on life, death, sex, love, family, landscape and home make this Substack a joy to receive in your inbox every single week. Clover has such a wonderful connection with her audience, part of what makes One The Way Life Feels so unique.

- White Ink with Anna Wharton

Sparkle on Substack

By Claire Venus ✨

Master Substack, write, build your DREAM business with joy! Global Top 10 Publication. Twice monthly space holding (co-working, workshops, teaching). Weekly chats, podcasts. A bespoke membership to help you stay creative and grow on Substack! 💫

Unschooled

By Caro Giles

Words about a life on the edge

I am only just exploring the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this archive of this brilliant newsletter but I am loving the combination of utter honesty and gentle wisdom

- White Ink with Anna Wharton

The Shift With Sam Baker

By sam baker

Women don't vanish after 40. Who knew?! Amplifying and celebrating the voices of women in midlife and beyond by the former editor of Red, Cosmopolitan (and Just 17!)

The Writing Laboratory

By London Lit Lab

Where writers teach writers: the friendliest creative writing space around. Come and join Dr Lily Dunn and Zoe Gilbert in this creative experimental space: observations, hypotheses, experiments, chemical reactions. A safe space space to experiment.

What Now? with Lindsay Johnstone

Top 40 in Parenting: Asking and attempting to answer various flavours of this question as I rattle roughshod over the peaks and troughs of post-analysis, perimenopausal midlife from home in Glasgow, Scotland

There is so much here for smart, creative women from this smart, creative woman, plus I have only just discovered Lindsay reading extracts from her powerful memoir – I am already hooked (and now a complete fan of her work)

- White Ink with Anna Wharton

Creative Confidence Clinic

By Daisy Buchanan

A community for writers at every stage of their journey

The Mule by Milli Hill

Vigorous hybrid of motherhood, feminism, the female body, sex and gender, writing, publishing, and life, from bestselling non-fiction author Milli Hill.

Kate Spicer says Sort Yourself Out

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.

The Art of Enchantment, with Dr Sharon Blackie

New writing from the award-winning author and psychologist. A gathering place for lovers of myth, fairy tales and depth psychology, exploring the mysteries of the psyche and reimagining women's stories.

What Sharon offers on her substack is worth its weight in gold – let alone a few pounds a month. I cannot recommend it highly enough, quickly followed by her books.

- White Ink with Anna Wharton

Julie Bindel's writing and podcasts

Misogyny: what is it and why won't it die?

Juvenescence with Leah McLaren

A newsletter by the journalist and author Leah McLaren. Weekly essays on life, love, the creative unconscious and the tragicomedy of being alive -- plus regular video interviews with writers.

Incisive, insightful, funny, brave, honest, brilliant... I can't recommend Leah's substack enough!

- White Ink with Anna Wharton

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.

Everyday Words with Sarah Salway

Poet and novelist, Sarah Salway offers writing prompts, recommendations and reading suggestions every month with paying subscribers receiving weekly Everyday Words writing workshops designed to fit into a coffee (or wine) break.

Sarah is such a generous, wise and brilliant teacher, and this is reflected perfectly in her substack. Every writer should be signed up to this newsletter.

- White Ink with Anna Wharton

Help Me! Newsletter

By Marianne Power

Life. Love. Self-help.