Hannah Ray

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Managing Editor at Substack, I work on our publications Substack Reads, On Substack, and our social channels. I'm interested in new ways of storytelling, discovering writers and creators here, and building the next media ecosystem. Send me a DM!

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Hannah Ray

Nov 23, 2023

Feeling the energy vibrate around everything happening in the UK in this moment—read more from

Farrah @Substack

on read.substack.com, and so pumped to meet writers in London this week with

Hamish McKenzie

Helen Tobin

and

Clyde Rathbone

Because Substack’s power is this: give culture makers financial independence through reader subscriptions. It’s that simple. Writers don’t have to sublimate themselves to attention games or beg for corporate marketing budgets in order to succeed. They just have to do their best work. Their readers will do the rest. Back in 2021, that was still a radical idea. The U.K.’s creative community still believed it was legacy media brands that had the audiences, rather than the writers themselves. Many, including myself, were similarly conditioned to think advertising was the only route to make money.

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Roll up, roll up!

We’re looking for great writing and podcasts on Substack to include in this week’s edition of the Substack Reads digest.

What’s the best thing you read or listened to on Substack in the last week? (Top tip: we’re looking for recommendations of writers other than yourself).

Reply with a direct link, or tag the writer with a mention. 👇

🗒️ For this week’s roll up, we’re especially looking for great reads and undiscovered writers in the business and finance categories.

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Michael MacLeod

Oct 13, 2023

Wondering whether we have enough Substack writers in Edinburgh for a meetup? If not, then surely there are enough of us in Scotland to get together? Keen to discuss if anyone’s up for co-organising. [UPDATE: The ball is rolling! I’ve emailed the folks who replied and will share invite details here when something’s ready]

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Host a writer meetup