Footnotes and Tangents

Substacknewsletter · by Simon Haisell · English

Slow reads of great books. Book guides and a reading community to help you get more from the best stories.

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46K subscribers
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Every two weeks
5 posts indexed in the last 90 days
Last post
Oct 12, 2026
18 days ago
Likely audience
Book lovers
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Footnotes and Tangents is a Substack newsletter by Simon Haisell covering Book Club, Literature and First World War. NewsletterFIT indexed 5 posts from it in the last 90 days, most recently on Oct 12, 2026. Shown publicly on Substack: 46K subscribers.

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