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It's an illustrated, observational newsletter about starting over in rural France - restoring ancient property, building a creative business and navigating life as a (serial) foreigner. With wry, humourous stories and illustrations, it shares the triumphs, mishaps and surprises that come with taking big leaps.
In this MyFrenchLife library/directory we support each other. We like, comment, restack, and collaborate wherever we can. I'd love to talk with you about this.
Well hello Patricia... How come we haven't found each other before now? I have added your delightful SubStack [https://sacredparis.substack.com/ ]to #FranceStack - welcome. I'd love to talk about collaboration! AND please please like, comment, and restack the work of others listed here... they're all grand :)
I just spotted A French Table 1 included in #FranceStack! Thank you for including it. I really appreciate the way you’re spotlighting such a wide range of voices living in France.
And yes, chaos, cheese, and reinvention is very much the through line. I write from rural Dordogne, with a mix of food, small-town life, and the less-polished realities of starting over here.
Thanks again for the inclusion, and for the work you’re doing to connect writers and readers around France!
I'm delighted to let you know that I've added your Substack, https://parlezperfect.substack.com/ to #FranceStack - bienvenue :) A reminder that here we're all about liking, commenting, restacking the work of others to increase our collective visibility. Further, I encourage collaboration and am open to your ideas and siggestions.
Bonjour Valerie. I have just added your Substack: "Delightfully Disoriented en France" to our #FranceStack library. Bienvenue - welcome.
Here we are encouraged to support each other and to collaborate whenever possible. Like comment, restack - all of these things help us all gain more exposure -> over to you...
My pleasure Paola... I encourage you to support others and to collaborate whenever possible. Like comment, restack - all of these things help us all gain more exposure -> over to you...
Hi Judy, thanks for considering my pub, This Week in France. Come for the insights into French life, stay for the embarrassing moments of ineptitude from a Californian who’s lived here more than a decade, but still uses Google Translate to check every gender of every noun.
Hi Judy! Quite a thing you've created here, very impressive! I would love to be considered, if my Substack meets your standards. I live in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, just outside of Paris, and write about my l'art de vivre wonderings, with focus on food, art, design and culture. I would love to collaborate and hear from other writers in France.
Judy - It’s an absolute honor to be included with this impressive list of writers in France on #FranceStack
Paris-based #FranceStack writers - Are there currently any in-person meet-ups with fellow writers? If not, I’d be happy to volunteer to host a monthly coffee at a local cafe where we could get a chance to meet each other and brainstorm on collaborations!
What a great idea! I love what your doing and this is a fab addition. In my Substack- la Ramoneta- I share tips of what to see and do in the South of France. I would love to be part of your list, but I might be too small
Hi there Alethea
What a lovely Substack. Thanks for alerting me to your Substack. I’ll be back to you v soon
Best
Judy
Hi Judy,
Love this list, thank you for curating it : )
I'd love to add my one-year old newsletter if possible: Adventures & Ateliers.
https://adventures-ateliers-149b79.beehiiv.com
Best, Alethea
It's an illustrated, observational newsletter about starting over in rural France - restoring ancient property, building a creative business and navigating life as a (serial) foreigner. With wry, humourous stories and illustrations, it shares the triumphs, mishaps and surprises that come with taking big leaps.
Oh wow, just found this one!
is it too late to add my little piece of poésie to your list?
miettes.substack.com 💋
bonjour Rosa Jackson - Happy New Year!
I've just added your Substack: https://lespetitsfarcis.substack.com/ to our #franceStack library... Gosh Its taken me a while to find you - oops :)
In this MyFrenchLife library/directory we support each other. We like, comment, restack, and collaborate wherever we can. I'd love to talk with you about this.
Warm regards
Judy
Well hello Patricia... How come we haven't found each other before now? I have added your delightful SubStack [https://sacredparis.substack.com/ ]to #FranceStack - welcome. I'd love to talk about collaboration! AND please please like, comment, and restack the work of others listed here... they're all grand :)
Best
Judy
Hi Judy,
I just spotted A French Table 1 included in #FranceStack! Thank you for including it. I really appreciate the way you’re spotlighting such a wide range of voices living in France.
And yes, chaos, cheese, and reinvention is very much the through line. I write from rural Dordogne, with a mix of food, small-town life, and the less-polished realities of starting over here.
Thanks again for the inclusion, and for the work you’re doing to connect writers and readers around France!
I would love to be considered for this list when you update it/do it again!
Bonjour Lisa
I'm delighted to let you know that I've added your Substack, https://parlezperfect.substack.com/ to #FranceStack - bienvenue :) A reminder that here we're all about liking, commenting, restacking the work of others to increase our collective visibility. Further, I encourage collaboration and am open to your ideas and siggestions.
Warm regards
Judy
Bonjour Valerie. I have just added your Substack: "Delightfully Disoriented en France" to our #FranceStack library. Bienvenue - welcome.
Here we are encouraged to support each other and to collaborate whenever possible. Like comment, restack - all of these things help us all gain more exposure -> over to you...
Warm regards
Judy
https://vdizzy.substack.com/
@valerierivera
Thank you so much for giving me a place on this wonderful list! Happy holidays!
My pleasure Paola... I encourage you to support others and to collaborate whenever possible. Like comment, restack - all of these things help us all gain more exposure -> over to you...
Merci
Judy
Hi Judy, thanks for considering my pub, This Week in France. Come for the insights into French life, stay for the embarrassing moments of ineptitude from a Californian who’s lived here more than a decade, but still uses Google Translate to check every gender of every noun.
https://substack.com/@elizabethannjoubert?r=e867p&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile
Parlezvousfrancais and the The French Teachers' Corner are dead links
Lisa, tks for drawing these to my attention. I can't solve the problem so I've deleted both entries :)
Judy
Ahhhh, thanks Lisa, I'll check them out :)
Hi Judy! Quite a thing you've created here, very impressive! I would love to be considered, if my Substack meets your standards. I live in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, just outside of Paris, and write about my l'art de vivre wonderings, with focus on food, art, design and culture. I would love to collaborate and hear from other writers in France.
Judy - It’s an absolute honor to be included with this impressive list of writers in France on #FranceStack
Paris-based #FranceStack writers - Are there currently any in-person meet-ups with fellow writers? If not, I’d be happy to volunteer to host a monthly coffee at a local cafe where we could get a chance to meet each other and brainstorm on collaborations!
What a great idea! I love what your doing and this is a fab addition. In my Substack- la Ramoneta- I share tips of what to see and do in the South of France. I would love to be part of your list, but I might be too small
#FranceStack UPDATE 25.9.25
Welcome to those below who I've added to #FranceStack - check them out
A hill and I - Susie Mawhinney - @susie-mawhinney
Looking Back & Sharing Stories - Mark Jespersen - @markjespersen1
Dispatches from Deep France - Lex Rich - @lexrich
My French Table - Jenn Davis - @myfrenchtable
Letters from Maison Violette - Sif Orellana - @siforellana
Johnny's Paris Histories & Mysteries - Johnny Paris - @johnnyparistours
Libra et Caetera - Mathilde Lacombe - @mathildelacombe
Based In Paris - Ellie - @undervineandfigtree
De beaux lendemains - Géraldine Dormoy - @geraldinedormoy
Le Farmhouse Letters - Various Contributors - @lefarmhouse
Le Simple Sudiste - Rich Kagan - @lesimplesudiste
Learn French with Timo - Timothée - @learnfrenchwithtimo
Yay