Substacks recommended by Benjamin Errett

Recommended by Benjamin Errett

TEXT!

By Adam Smyth

literature, archives, material texts, culture, with varying degrees of 1st personness

Continually fascinating explorations of what words on paper are really saying.

- Benjamin Errett

Noted

By Jillian Hess

Tips from the world's best note takers

Brilliant scholarship on reading & writing presented with flair and wit. Take note!

- Benjamin Errett

The Colour | Newsletter | Lab | Community

By Toronto Ink Company

Foraged colour, found pigments and natural markings from Jason Logan the author of Make Ink.

Thomas J Bevan

Fiction.

An impressive collective of writers forging their own paths, together

- Benjamin Errett

The Critical Thinker

By Ali Almossawi

Practical ideas in your inbox, about reasoning, about language, and about images. A newsletter for curious minds.

Clever explorations of thought grooves, complete with excellent illustrations, a podcast, and videos. The exact opposite of a Gish Gallop!

- Benjamin Errett

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends

By Caitlin Dewey

A newsletter for curious, thoughtful readers who miss the “old” internet.

The OG recco engine, written with verve and voice by Caitlin Dewey. Unlike Gchat, it lives on!

- Benjamin Errett

An Aging Author's Daily Diversions

By M. Louisa Locke

The daily events in the life of an older independent author of historical mysteries and near future science fiction.

An impressive author doing the work and showing how it’s done, every single day!

- Benjamin Errett

Cocktails With Suderman

By Peter Suderman

The home bartender's guide. Tips, tricks, techniques, and recipes. A new edition most every Friday, and sometimes in between.

Letters of Note

By Shaun Usher

Nothing but history's most interesting letters.

Yello by Hunter Schwarz

A newsletter about political aesthetics, design, and persuasion by Hunter Schwarz. See the visual trends defining the look of politics, civics, and culture.

An utterly unique and engaging study of visual politics. Gradients!

- Benjamin Errett

From the Desk of Marlowe Granados

The new home of my advice column 'Designs for Living', essays on things I adore (Drinking Alone, My First Apartment), whims, recommendations, glamour. Author of Happy Hour (2021).

Close-reading the reruns with Phoebe Maltz Bovy

By Phoebe Maltz Bovy

All the clothes, interiors, and cultural politics of TV shows very much not of the moment.

One-of-a-kind voice that turns even the minutiae of a kitchen renovation into witty vignettes

- Benjamin Errett

It's Chip Zdarsky's Newsletter, Okay?

By Chip Zdarsky

your ONE STOP shop for chip tips and chipomics (chip comics)

Chip is the world's greatest detective, and I'm proud to have known him since he was a mild-mannered graphic columnist at a suburban national newspaper.

- Benjamin Errett

I Might Be Wrong

By Jeff Maurer

Comedy, politics, and swearing in pretty much equal amounts.

If you think Last Week Tonight could have been an email, this newsletter proves you right.

- Benjamin Errett

Shit for Breakfast

By E. Sjule

A bi-weekly selection of drawings, comics, works in progress and behind-the-scenes from a New Yorker cartoonist doodling her way through life. Newsletter released on Monday mornings.

The SS Ben Hecht, by Stephen Silver

By Stephen Silver

A daily newsletter about movies and film culture, by journalist, critic, and essayist Stephen Silver

Auraist. The best writers on Substack.

By Sean

Trusted by 50K+ readers, we pick the best-written books from US and UK new releases and prize shortlists, and publish articles by world-class authors on prose style and AI writing. Plus the satire The Demon Inside David Lynch.

Nimbly separating the wheat from the chaff (so much chaff!) on the US & UK bestseller lists.

- Benjamin Errett

Chortle

By Greg Nix

Short humor for anyone who chuckles, guffaws, snickers, hoots, or otherwise expresses mirth. New posts from comedy writer Greg Nix and a rotating cast of contributors three times per week!

Greg's throwing all the pasta at the wall with this daily newsletter ... and much of it sticks!

- Benjamin Errett

Harper’s Magazine

The free, weekly features of America’s oldest general-interest monthly.

Read Max

By Max Read

Explaining the weird new future and recommending weird old books

Why is this interesting?

By Noah & Colin

A daily newsletter for the intellectually omnivorous, from Noah Brier & Colin Nagy. Edited by Louis Cheslaw

Answers the title question with impressive frequency.

- Benjamin Errett

That Night in Toronto

By Michael Barclay

Music for the curious, Canadian and otherwise. Toronto live music listings.

Does anyone know Canadian music better than Michael Barclay? The answer is “Eh?” (No)

- Benjamin Errett

Gobbledy

By Jared Blank

"Gobbledy is the best marketing newsletter on the planet." A weekly peek into the language of marketing. Marketing Brew called it "laugh-out-loud funny." New every Wednesday.

A consistently amusing weekly measurement of the distance between the English language and software marketing copy

- Benjamin Errett

Paul Wells

Politics and culture as though they mattered.

Can one man fill the giant gaping void where Canadian journalism once lived? On most weeks, Paul Wells comes closer than anyone else.

- Benjamin Errett

SHuSH, by Kenneth Whyte

By ken whyte

The world of non-fiction from Sutherland House (and beyond)

Loving books, questioning culture, supporting authors & always interesting.

- Benjamin Errett

Wonder Tools

By Jeremy Caplan

Wonder Tools helps you discover the most useful sites and apps

Mind the Moss

By Miles Howard

Stories about the outdoors, culture, politics, and where they cross paths.

Permanent Press

By Ben Kriz

A newsletter mostly about menswear.

Chris Arnade Walks the World

Dispatches and photos from walks around the world

An insightful and frequently surprising view of places you’ve always wondered about.

- Benjamin Errett

More Vibrant Planet

By Sarah Lazarovic

An unscary newsletter about how to fight the climate crisis. With dancing. And cookies.

How to think about climate change and be happy at the same time, by the effervescent Sarah Lazarovic. Illustrated, joyful, effective, essential.

- Benjamin Errett

At The End Of The Day

By AtTheEndOfTheDay

A news perspective that puts people first -- relationships, caring, social fairness and the greater good

A human take on the news, and a deep breath in email form.

- Benjamin Errett

Myq Kaplan's Arty Har-Hars

I write about jokes that I love and why I love them and also I share my own jokes for you to love.

Something Good

By Mark Slutsky

Good things from Mark Slutsky.

Just what it says on the label, by the inspired creator behind Sad YouTube

- Benjamin Errett

Twelve Thirty Six

Canada’s News Burrito 🌯 media, culture, politics (via Toronto)

Marc's been cranking this essential guide to Toronto ephemera out since 2015, and I can't see him ever stopping.

- Benjamin Errett

Garbage Day

By Ryan Broderick

A newsletter about having fun online.

Imagine you accidentally throw out some valuable jokes, and by the time you realize it, they're already at the dump. Just call Ryan; he's already there, sifting through it all to find your lost USB drive.

- Benjamin Errett

The Bathwater

By James Braithwaite

The art and mind dribblings of James Braithwaite.

Comic Fiction

By John Bluff

Comic fiction to make you laugh, forget your troubles, or just put a smile on your face

LOL (lots of links)

By annie rauwerda

internet rabbit holes

The Queen of Rabbit Holes

- Benjamin Errett

Thoughts on a Typewriter

By David Sax

Newsletter written on a Smith-Corona Galaxie 12 typewriter. No revisions. Minor copyedits. One page. One take. Thoughts on analog, digital, technology and the world, plus whatever else fills the (actual) page.