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Farming in France

By Lucie Patch-Britton

This is a whimsical insight into our lives, farming and living in Central France

The French Dispatch

By Julien Hoez

Fact-based reporting and analysis of French, European, and wider global politics led by political expert Julien Hoez.

Overthinking It

By Sara

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

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.

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.

How to get lost

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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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. 💫

Lickedspoon with Debora Robertson

By Debora Robertson 🦀

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.

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

Scrumptious Seasons

By Judith

Seasonal thoughts on the first of the month.

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 🇫🇷

French Moments Newsletter

By Pierre

French Moments is where Pierre and Rachel share travel tips, local discoveries, and the stories that bring France’s villages, cities, landscapes, and heritage to life — from iconic landmarks to overlooked corners full of character.

La Ramoneta

Discover the South of France

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.

Looking Back & Sharing Stories

By Mark Jespersen

Memories, like photos in an old album, stuck in the pages of your mind.

The Camont Journals with Kate Hill

By Kate Hill's Almanac for Belonging News

The Camont Journals, published almost weekly, are based on a lifetime of French inspiration from the kitchen, garden, farms, and markets of Gascony and written at the Relais de Camont, my home and creative writer’s residency in Southwest France.

SmallStack

By Robin Taylor

A collection of the finest newsletters with fewer than 1,000 subscribers, with special love given to the under 500 subscriber stacks out there.

French Crossroads

By Chris O'Brien

Travel, culture, and politics in France

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!

Sonja Bajic Creative

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

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!

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.

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.

Aussie On the Metro

By John Baxter

A Veteran Australian expat in Paris

We Live Here Now

By Keith Christiansen

Trying to figure out how to live somewhere new—one routine, one idea, one honest mess at a time. And the weird stuff you find when you get there.

A Photographer's Life in Provence

By Joanna Maclennan

I am an Interiors, lifestyle, travel and portrait photographer living in Provence. Come and join me on my journey as I discover the world of Substack! A dose of photography, Interiors and travel in France and beyond.

Learn French with Maud

By Maud Your French Teacher.

Feeling stuck in French? You understand… but freeze when you speak. I help B1–B2 learners find their voice and use their French in real life. You already have French. You just haven’t spoken it yet.

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.

Poetic Outlaws

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

Absolument !

By Kelsey Rose

Art and design history, from an art historian and EAMES Archivist! | Basque Country, France.

The French Life

By Paola Westbeek

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

Substack Writers at Work with Sarah Fay

The art and business of real Substack growth—with the leading Substack Strategist, Sarah Fay

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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Marie-Marthe ...à Marseille

By Mary Martha

Colorful photos, travelogues, & stories in English (and awkward French) from a photographer in sensible shoes assimilating to life and culture in the stylish south of France. With a little bit of vintage ephemera mixed in.

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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Seeking Tranquillity in France

By John B Howard

Reflections on life's changing trajectory—professional transitions, moving between countries, cultural adaptation, and social integration.

Life's a Feast by Jamie Schler

By Jamie Schler of Life's a Feast

Life's a Feast with Jamie Schler

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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Slow Sailing

By Maddy Odom

An exploration of place, becoming, and creative living—written weekly from Paris.

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.

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.

Encourage Meant

By 'Encourage Meant'

A regular burst of positivity inspired by The Encouragement Manifesto

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.

Emily in France

By Emily Monaco

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

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.

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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