Substacks recommended by MyFrenchLife™

Recommended by MyFrenchLife™ – MaVieFrançaise®

Welcome to my newsletter. This is where I share stories from my seaside village in the South West of France, my trips to the market, weekly recipes, and updates on our house renovation. Most of it’s free, and will always be free.

Substack Writers at Work | Sarah Fay

The art and business of building a devoted (paying) Substack readership—with the leading Substack Strategist, Sarah Fay

Sonja Bajic Creative

Mapmaker, designer and artist. Sharing thoughts and musings on Paris and life.

shades of grape

By Eveline Chartier

Are you lost and intimidated upon entering a wine store? Do you want to explore different wines? Disappointed by recommendations from sales clerks? I can help! Figure out why you enjoy your favorite wines! Learn new wine knowledge through storytelling!

Aussie On the Metro

By John Baxter

A Veteran Australian expat in Paris

Slow Sailing

By Maddy Odom

An exploration of places, perspectives and ways of living well—written weekly from Paris.

Find Home Elsewhere

By Keith Christiansen

It all made sense at the time.

Learn French with Maud

By Maud Your French Teacher 😃

Break the barriers to speaking & understanding French 💬 Immersive podcasts 🇫🇷 + practical workshops 🎥✍️ No fluff, no wasted time—just practical, dynamic French, 2x week

STYLE BEAT

By Kevin Robles

A daily fashion newsletter about what catches my eye (WCME) in business, culture, and media with vetted shopping advise.

With a deep connection to the fashion industry in Paris and New York…You’ll read about what Kevin Robles learns and experiences in his daily life (mainly in Paris). Here's a fresh eye and it’s not just fashion! Light and deeper coverage. You’ll enjoy it, I’m sure.

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French with Amélie

Learn conversational French with me in months not years 🚀 Authentic dialogues x2 week 💬 No gimmicks, no useless vocab, no endless grammar, just real French 🇫🇷

Girls of a Certain Age

By Kim France

Style advice, shopping picks, pop culture, and opinion for over-40 women and the over-40-curious, from former Sassy staffer and Lucky Magazine founding editor in chief Kim France.

The Fine Wine Review

By Claude Kolm

Claude Kolm has been writing The Fine Wine Review since 1986. Currently, The Fine Wine Review covers primarily the wines of Burgundy and Germany, although other regions are also covered, and he also writes about restaurants in Paris.

Out My Window

By Sara Somers

My life in Paris: musings and observations

Scrumptious Seasons

By Judith

Seasonal thoughts on the first of the month.

Emily in France

By Emily Monaco

Thoughts and bites (and a whole lot of cheese) with the original Emily in Paris (and beyond!)

Versailles Century

By David Gemeinhardt

The court of Versailles and French high society through the words of those who were there between 1682 and 1789.

Anne of Green Places

By Anne Thomas

I write my way through the nooks and crannies of the natural+human world - recently left the French Alps to be an ecology professor in Utah. Place, history, ecology, art.

David Lebovitz Newsletter

A tasty mix of recipes, Paris food tips, personal stories, and more... Sign up and get my newsletter delivered right to your Inbox!

La Ramoneta

In 2012 my husband, our three children and I moved from downtown Amsterdam to a lovely village in the South of France, where we still enjoy living. Since 2017, I write a blog to share tips of what to see and do in this beautiful part of France.

Blue Paris

By Victorine Lamothe

Essays exploring the layered realities of Paris through books, food, wandering, and the rhythms of a slower life.

Life's a Feast by Jamie Schler

By Jamie Schler of Life's a Feast

Life's a Feast with Jamie Schler

Paris Unlocked Newsletter

By Courtney Traub/Paris Unlocked

News, reviews, travel tips & interviews with a focus on Paris & France. Subscribe to the free newsletter for culturally curious readers & travelers. Donor subscribers can access the full archive & get personalized trip-planning consultations.

France in Between

By Betty Carlson

A personal yet informative take on France's small to middling towns -- the scenic, the offbeat, and the nitty-gritty.

I too seek out & appreciate the smaller towns and villages in France

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The French Life

By Paola Westbeek

French cuisine, wine, travel, culture, art, and good living.

Cartes Postales

By Rachel Ifans

Anything French. N'importe quoi. Mostly travel.

A Letter from Chateau de Courtomer

By Elisabeth

The world in and around an 18th-century French Chateau in Lower Normandy

FiftyFrance

By Nick Garnett

FiftyFrance, a new French place to visit, straight to your inbox every week. Bon Voyage

French en Poésie

By Morgane Andersson

Immerse yourself in the beauty of the French language through poetry & literature. Listen, feel the rhythm, and learn naturally with audio, translations, insights and a dose of French culture. For Francophiles, french learners, and poetry enthusiasts.

This is such a rich substack. A refreshing way to learn French through literature and poetry and the delightful personality of Morgane cuts right through. You'll love it Judy Fondatrice - MyFrenchLife.org Magazine - le Bulletin newsletter

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La Bonne Vie

By Rachel Shenk

If you are looking for goodness, appreciate the small things and are looking to slow down your life, follow along for glimpses of the good life.

An American Who Fled Paris

By Alexandra Marshall

I was a citified Paris correspondent for fancy American glossies who went Green Acres in a village of 175 people in the middle of a forest. It's been interesting.

Yeah, no. Not Happening

By Karen Karbo

The newsletter for people who long to say no

An American Designer in Paris

By Kathryn Ivey

Sharing about my life in France, interior design and travel. I will bring you along to discover what inspires me as a designer and the daily beauty I find in the big and small things a la française

A Good Vintage

By Sacha Cohen

Observations, tips, and resources for anyone dreaming about traveling to or living in France, plus reflections on mid-life.

Bijoux, From Author Natasha Lester

Come behind the scenes of author Natasha Lester's writing life for daring women, good books, writing wisdom, fashion, France and other bijoux gems!

Between

By Rebecca Jones

The journal of an English woman in the French countryside. Cooking, creating a garden and rescuing a forgotten petit château, hidden amongst woodland and flower meadows.

Overthinking It

By Sara

Essays, guides, clickables, viewables, musings, and occasional Francophile finds from the overthinking mind of a travel and lifestyle journalist.

French Countryside Companion

By Shannon

Lyrically linking you to the landscape of the French countryside through rich details, folksy narrative, pictures, and recipes with finesse.

In the Beautiful Middles of Nowhere: Roselle’s Substack 1

By Roselle Angwin

Poet, author, psycho-mythologian, vegan, in love with the wild mysterious cosmos & our other-than-human kin. Exploring how best to live in our Wasteland times. Growing a biodiverse holistic future on a few wooded acres in Brittany. I write about this+.

Transporting - thank you Roselle, Judy MacMahon

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Kitchenette Paris

By Dany Bells

Paris. 💙🤍❤️ EAT well. LOVE well. CELEBRATE.🍎 🧜🏼‍♀️ ♥️ Heeding the siren call of our deepest existential yearnings. In Paris. 🧜🏼‍♀️ ♥️

The New Paris Dispatch

By Lindsey Tramuta

Paris news, stories, events, insights, and more by journalist and four-time author Lindsey Tramuta

Marie-Marthe ...à Marseille

By Mary Martha

Documenter ma vie comme une photographe et une residente de France. (Documenting my life as an aspiring photographer and resident of France.)

From Marseille, Marie-Marthe writes of her life in both French and English. She moved there from the USA and has a passion for photogrpahy and French culture

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Free-Styling @60

By Caroline McCormick-Clarke🐆🧀🎨✍️

I write about my experiences & observations in France; Wildlife & Conservation; Travel; Sustainable Food; Cheese-making; Painting & the Arts.

How to get lost in France

By Victor Coutard

France is a country that has mastered the art of the detour as an act of resistance. Enjoy exclusive itineraries to meet artisans, chefs, winemakers and producers all over the country.

Victor Coutard presents an excellent Substack for the curious.: How to get lost in France. Discover and explore French food & wine, itineraries, recipes and other off the beaten path gems. A must read.

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A hill and I

By Susie Mawhinney

Field conversations and blurry photography from a hill in SW France, wrapped in self sufficient chaos, memoir obscurities and armfuls of love!

Absolument !

By Kelsey Rose

Art, architecture, books, and a little bit of France living.

Poetic Outlaws

A place for the outlaws of poetry and the written word.

La Flâneuse with Karen Bussen

Sharing the wanderings of an American designer, entrepreneur and writer, newly transplanted (and transformed) in Paris. With stories, recipes, adventures and encouragement for living your fullest life, wherever you are.

A wonderful collection of heartfelt topics from a multi-talented American living & loving in Paris: immerse yourself in the French language, French life, and so much more. Enjoy

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Creatively Conscious by Claire Venus

By Claire

Celebrate the beautiful reality of your dream life and business right here, right now. Updates from a slow-lived life on the Northumberland Coast, thoughtful tools to help enhance your creativity and wellbeing. 💫

Sober Girl in Paris

Sober Girl in Paris, living alcohol free since 2023. You can find me on Instagram too at @sober_girl_in_paris.

Paris by Mouth

By Meg Zimbeck

The inside track from Paris by Mouth. Everything you need to know about where to eat in Paris.