Substacks recommended by Kirstie McKinnon

Recommended by Kirstie McKinnon

I am a poet, born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. slow sensual creativity is my journey of reclaiming the feminine path of creativity; as I write a speculative fiction novel-in-poems. learning to write from & with my body, rooted to the land

Toni Giselle Stuart writes you into the land, then inspires you to write from the ground up. Beautiful work to return to again and again - to be restored and inspired on the creative path.

- Kirstie McKinnon

The Life Boat

By Samantha Clark

Weekly letters from a windswept island in the North Atlantic. Nature, art and books that help us stay buoyant. Keep creativity afloat with subscriber co-working. Climb aboard.

Beautiful, sustaining, life-giving reads. Generous. A life-boat indeed.

- Kirstie McKinnon

Harneek’s Substack

By Harneek Chawla

A newsletter about a woman's journey to discover, accept and love herself through it all!

Thoughtful, honest writing about emotion, life, self-awareness and self-compassion.

- Kirstie McKinnon

The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak

A war correspondent's open notebook, reporting live from Kyiv. Human stories that illustrate what’s happening during the war in Ukraine, and elsewhere on the frontlines for democracy. Issues 3x a week!

Bearing witness. Light in the dark. Courageous empathy.

- Kirstie McKinnon