Substacks recommended by Lily Williams

Recommended by Lily Williams

Stephen’s Substack

By Stephen Wright

Wildlife art, plein air painting and field sketching in the American West.

Stephen's journey from animation artist to fine artist has been inspiring to follow.

- Lily Williams

Stan Yan

Author/Illustrator of the mg gn, THE MANY MISFORTUNES OF EUGENIA WANG (Atheneum, September 2025), caricature artist, co-founding instructor at the CuddlefishAcademy.com online kidlit art school.

Emily’s Grocery List

By Emily Henry

reading recommendations, writing tips, book news, and more!

Emily Henry. Need I say more?

- Lily Williams

Fleur’s Newsletter

By Fleur Bradley

I'm Fleur, and I love mysteries. I've written over a dozen books for kids, including the recent Daybreak on Raven Island and Midnight at the Barclay Hotel (Viking). I like to share writing inspiration, favorite mysteries, and general life stuff. Join me!

Fleur is a friend IRL and one of my first Substack follows. She's a Substack veteran and makes wonderful posts.

- Lily Williams

⭐️ Story Makers Art Club ⭐️

By Alina Chau Newsletter

A weekly art diary for illustrators and visual storytellers—sketchbooks, process, and reflections on culture and creativity.

Bringing kidlit people together and shining a light on many wonderful works.

- Lily Williams

Claire On A Cloud

By Claire Keane

Sharing my journey through life as an illustrator and mom to two teens and a basset hound

Sabine’s Bench

By Sabine Belofsky

A place to gather my thoughts about art and share them with you!

Sabine is so creative and I love seeing her art in my life.

- Lily Williams

Andrea Wang

PB and MG author

Andrea is thoughtful and wonderful. I would follow her anywhere.

- Lily Williams

Drawing a Blank

By Jacob Souva

A weekly deep dive about making books for kids, from author-illustrator Jacob Souva. Practical tips and encouragement for illustrators, authors, and makers. Inspiration for getting better at <waves at everything> this together.

Come for Jacob's art, stay for is wonderful musings on all things kidlit.

- Lily Williams

sharpread | Colby Sharp

Tips, strategies, and stories to help kids fall in love with reading.

Colby Sharps's thoughts on kid's books and the classroom are a must have if you work in either of those spaces.

- Lily Williams

todays special

By Christian Robinson

stories, pictures, and food for thought from christian robinson

Denver Activist Women's Group (DAWG)

By Rayna Kingston

A group for progressive women who are passionate about getting involved in their local Colorado community

Studio Secrets

By Anoosha’s Studio

✸ I'm a children's book author + illustrator and this is a peek into my studio (and also secrets) ✸

Anoosha inspires me daily with her posts, books, art, and insights.

- Lily Williams

Culture Study

By Anne Helen Petersen

Think more about the culture that surrounds you

Culture Study has broken my brain and repaired it many times.

- Lily Williams

Sharee’s Substack

By Sharee Miller

My personal Substack

Sharee's work brings me much joy!

- Lily Williams

The Think Tank

By The Cuddlefish Academy

The newsletter for The Cuddlefish Academy, an advanced online school for children’s book illustrators and writers.

I also make posts over on The Think Tank for Cuddlefish Academy where you can find my online classes and coaching.

- Lily Williams

Chum's drawing club

By Kate Davies

Hi I am Kate and I like to draw and paint and this newsletter follows along with my work. My rabbit Rumsey's nickname was Chum and she slept by my desk while I made pictures. So this is Chum's drawing club.

Bunnies! And lovely artwork.

- Lily Williams