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Tuesday, December 23, 2025

John Higgs launches paid Substack option


John Higgs' Substack has until now been a free newsletter, filled with news and essays. While the free version of the newsletter will continue, John has announced he is offering paid options, too.

Readers who pay  £6 per month or £60 per year (or in American dollars, $9 a month or $85 a year) will get "The New Moon Letters," essays each new moon, plus a "Midsummer Annual," an entire book that will be mailed to you, plus the free newsletter. Founding members ($150 a year) get three copies of the annual book.

Here is a description of the newsletters for paid subscribers:

"So from January I will also start writing the New Moon Letters - new essays on all sorts of topics that will arrive every new moon. The New Moon Letters will be longer essays than have appeared in past Octannual Manuals, but still manageable in email form."

Here is what the annual books will be like:

"These Midsummer Annuals will build into a nice little collection over the coming years, and they will be quite rare, as the print run will be only a little more than the number of paid subscribers. Who knows, maybe they will worth a few quid on eBay one day? I’m aiming for each one to be around 150 pages or 50,000 words, based on my prejudice that collections of writers’ miscellany are great, but only for the first 150 pages."

Full announcement here.  



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