The world of non-fiction from Sutherland House (and beyond)
The owner of Sutherland House Books talks about Canadian publishing. Hands down the best newsletter about the book business I know. Would probably be true even if I knew about any other book newsletters.
Music for the curious, Canadian and otherwise. Toronto live music listings.
I want to say Michael Barclay is the best writer on rock 'n' roll in, mostly, Canada, but in fairness I don't know who else is writing well about Canadian rock these days. Anyway, he is. Writing well I mean.
Dispatches from the fringes of the information war
Justin Ling is maybe the most productive freelance journalist in Canada. Podcasts, books (people need to be writing more books out here), radio, long-term residencies at big places. Now he's doing a Substack. Subscribing was automatic for me.
1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.
Adam Mastroianni is a U.S. experimental psychologist who thinks widely about the world. Hard to explain but I suspect he'll be very widely read soon enough.
Commentary on key events affecting Canadian and global security and intelligence
Easily the most consistently rewarding newsletter on Canadian national security, from a veteran historian who has advised Canadian prime ministers and writes well to boot.
Regulatory hacking in Canada by Vass Bednar w/ friends.
Vass Bednar is so smart about policy issues, she's had a following in the Canadian nerd community for ages. Her thoughts on why governments and companies do what they do, and how they could do them better.
Terry Glavin is a Canadian institution, fearless, often angry, sometimes hilarious. He covers the world's interactions with Canada, he's usually cussing someone out, and if you think you can win an argument with him, good luck to you.
Chris Curtis writes on Quebec Indigenous news and street-level Montreal politics. He's a wonderful reporter with a big heart. I'm happy to support him and learn from his work.
Jen Gerson and Matt Gurney write and curate a smart centre-right opinion salon, with contributions from every corner of Canada policy nerdery. Guest writers are half the fun. Matt and Jen are the other half.
