My newsletter, Pen Friend is published every Sunday. You can sign up here. The letters are illustrated with my own drawings.

You’ll find some kind words about Pen Friend below.


It’s SOOOO good! I look forward to it every Monday​. Your emails are always so charming and thoughtful. It’s a treat to get to read them.
— Helen Rumbelow, journalist
Your writing is so lovely, drôle and astute and very resonant. Somehow your newsletters always capture and enhance my experience and feelings about my French life.
— - Mary Cameron, writer
I love Pen Friend! It makes me want to sit at a table on a terrace and watch people. Reading it feels like having a conversation, and I always feel refreshed and like I learned something new when I’m finished.
— Myriam, Les Soeurcières
I love your writing!
— `Hywel, sculptor