Born at a dinner table
Where, when and why a magazine about sharing a home on the move came to be.
Where and when
A dinner table in a coliving space, October 2026.
Like many other great ideas, this one was born at the dinner table, in a coliving space, back in October 2026.
George asked about my work as a copywriter, and I shared how AI had stripped away much of the excitement and authenticity that used to make my writing so fulfilling. After talking for a bit, he said, "Why not create a coliving lifestyle magazine?" as if it were the most logical thing for me to do. And somehow I felt it too.
"I believe in you," is how he ended the conversation. There was no going back then.
The name
A word first given as a gift.
The name I already had. I came up with the word Exora many years ago, as a gift to my husband. Exora, for us, means continuously exploring the horizon. But it imposed itself as the name of this project because of its resonance.
It felt like the perfect name for a magazine that focuses on a sense of place that exists outside the normal boundaries of the traditional home.
Why Exora Magazine
A way of living few people understand
Coliving, and especially destination coliving for remote workers and digital nomads who move every month or so, is still quite unknown to, or misunderstood by, the general public.
Plenty about buildings, little about people
Things already exist around residential coliving, investment, real estate and political lobbying, but there is little literature about the people who live it.
Taking back the narrative
We hear everything and anything about coliving these days, from āa bunch of hippiesā to āa way to rip off young professionalsā. The overuse of ācolivingā as an umbrella term for anything shared-housing can sometimes create a bad rep, or plain misunderstanding, around destination coliving. It would be sad to let a few bad apples make everyone dismiss the idea. Exora is where the people who live it make their voices heard and take control of the narrative.
Back to a first love
After hosting a podcast for five years, interviewing people living in community, I didn't stop because I no longer loved those stories. I just missed my first love: writing. And yes, I have a Substack, butā¦
The object itself
I miss the actual object of the magazine: a medium for the stories I want to read, where I can answer the questions I'm often asked. In a world that's increasingly online, making something that also exists offline feels like a delicious, rebellious act my French roots seem to be craving.
Hi, I'm Morgane.
I'm a writer, a coliver, and I host people at Selgars Mill in Devon, where my days start with coffee and end at a shared dining table.
But Exora isn't my magazine. It belongs to everyone who has ever shared a home with strangers and ended up with friends. I'm just the one keeping the kettle on while you tell the stories.
Morgane, founder & editor
To explore, document and celebrate the human experience of communal living, helping nomads, residents and hosts build genuine belonging, navigate life in motion, and turn all sorts of spaces into real homes.