Substacks recommended by Jess Pan | It'll Be Fun, They Said

Recommended by Jess Pan

A bestselling collection of work/life essays by Annie Ridout (non-fiction author, journalist for nationals, viral poet and Sunday Times bestselling ghostwriter)

The Hyphen by Emma Gannon

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

Streetwalking with Howard Jacobson

I have written over twenty books, including seventeen novels, and won the Booker Prize for fiction. Words are my faith, novels my passion, great novelists my paragons of truth. You might think I should get out more. You are right.

And You'll Be Okay Forever | Essays by Will Storr

Essays from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Status Game. The Science of Storytelling and more; memoir, identity, psychology, storytelling, culture etc.

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.

Well Well Well with Rosamund Dean

A useful & irreverent wellness cheat sheet, by a British journalist, breast cancer survivor and sceptical optimist

Brilliant helpful health advice written like it's from your smartest, best friend.

- Jess Pan

Receipt from the Bookshop

By Katie

My weekly post - Receipt from the Bookshop - is written in real time from my award-winning independent bookshop in St. Annes-on-Sea, UK. Paid subscribers also get an additional weekly essay/book review and access to my book club.

Another bookshop Substack! The bookseller, Katie, is based in Lancashire, and I adore her "Receipts" posts about the people who come in and out of the shop. She's VERY funny and deserves all the subscribes.

- Jess Pan

The Shoulds by Francesca Specter

From Alonement author & podcast host Francesca Specter, an online publication examining the hidden rules & stories that shape our lives.

A Day Well Spent by Leyla Kazim

A newsletter about intentional, slow and empowered living. By BBC presenter, broadcaster and writer, Leyla Kazim.

The Quiet Life with Susan Cain

The Quiet Life is for people who love quiet, depth, and beauty, and is read in all 193 countries and all 50 U.S. states. Join us for art, ideas, consolations, and candlelight chats. You'll never be forced to do anything groupy.