diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/newsletters.js b/core/server/api/canary/newsletters.js
index e88493e1d6..750754665f 100644
--- a/core/server/api/canary/newsletters.js
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/newsletters.js
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 const models = require('../../models');
+const tpl = require('@tryghost/tpl');
+const errors = require('@tryghost/errors');
+
+const messages = {
+    newsletterNotFound: 'Newsletter not found.'
+};
 
 module.exports = {
     docName: 'newsletters',
@@ -17,6 +23,32 @@ module.exports = {
         }
     },
 
+    read: {
+        options: [
+            'fields',
+            'debug',
+            // NOTE: only for internal context
+            'forUpdate',
+            'transacting'
+        ],
+        data: [
+            'id',
+            'slug',
+            'uuid'
+        ],
+        permissions: true,
+        async query(frame) {
+            const newsletter = models.Newsletter.findOne(frame.data, frame.options);
+
+            if (!newsletter) {
+                throw new errors.NotFoundError({
+                    message: tpl(messages.newsletterNotFound)
+                });
+            }
+            return newsletter;
+        }
+    },
+
     add: {
         statusCode: 201,
         permissions: true,
diff --git a/core/server/web/api/canary/admin/routes.js b/core/server/web/api/canary/admin/routes.js
index a6549498fe..2fb5c47104 100644
--- a/core/server/web/api/canary/admin/routes.js
+++ b/core/server/web/api/canary/admin/routes.js
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ module.exports = function apiRoutes() {
     router.put('/custom_theme_settings', mw.authAdminApi, http(api.customThemeSettings.edit));
 
     router.get('/newsletters', mw.authAdminApi, http(api.newsletters.browse));
+    router.get('/newsletters/:id', mw.authAdminApi, http(api.newsletters.read));
     router.post('/newsletters', mw.authAdminApi, http(api.newsletters.add));
     router.put('/newsletters/:id', mw.authAdminApi, http(api.newsletters.edit));
 
diff --git a/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/newsletters.test.js.snap b/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/newsletters.test.js.snap
index cfa0e15bf3..947d578af7 100644
--- a/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/newsletters.test.js.snap
+++ b/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/newsletters.test.js.snap
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Object {
       "page": 1,
       "pages": 1,
       "prev": null,
-      "total": 2,
+      "total": 4,
     },
   },
   "newsletters": Array [
@@ -99,6 +99,50 @@ Object {
       "title_font_category": "serif",
       "visibility": "members",
     },
+    Object {
+      "body_font_category": "serif",
+      "description": null,
+      "footer_content": null,
+      "header_image": null,
+      "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+      "name": "Daily newsletter",
+      "sender_email": "jamie@example.com",
+      "sender_name": "Jamie",
+      "sender_reply_to": "newsletter",
+      "show_badge": true,
+      "show_feature_image": true,
+      "show_header_icon": true,
+      "show_header_title": true,
+      "slug": "daily-newsletter",
+      "sort_order": 1,
+      "status": "active",
+      "subscribe_on_signup": false,
+      "title_alignment": "center",
+      "title_font_category": "serif",
+      "visibility": "members",
+    },
+    Object {
+      "body_font_category": "serif",
+      "description": null,
+      "footer_content": null,
+      "header_image": null,
+      "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+      "name": "Weekly newsletter",
+      "sender_email": "jamie@example.com",
+      "sender_name": "Jamie",
+      "sender_reply_to": "newsletter",
+      "show_badge": true,
+      "show_feature_image": true,
+      "show_header_icon": true,
+      "show_header_title": true,
+      "slug": "weekly-newsletter",
+      "sort_order": 2,
+      "status": "active",
+      "subscribe_on_signup": true,
+      "title_alignment": "center",
+      "title_font_category": "serif",
+      "visibility": "members",
+    },
   ],
 }
 `;
@@ -107,7 +151,7 @@ exports[`Newsletters API Can add a newsletter 4: [headers] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "1097",
+  "content-length": "2094",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
   "vary": "Origin, Accept-Encoding",
@@ -124,7 +168,7 @@ Object {
       "page": 1,
       "pages": 1,
       "prev": null,
-      "total": 2,
+      "total": 4,
     },
   },
   "newsletters": Array [
@@ -172,6 +216,50 @@ Object {
       "title_font_category": "serif",
       "visibility": "members",
     },
+    Object {
+      "body_font_category": "serif",
+      "description": null,
+      "footer_content": null,
+      "header_image": null,
+      "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+      "name": "Daily newsletter",
+      "sender_email": "jamie@example.com",
+      "sender_name": "Jamie",
+      "sender_reply_to": "newsletter",
+      "show_badge": true,
+      "show_feature_image": true,
+      "show_header_icon": true,
+      "show_header_title": true,
+      "slug": "daily-newsletter",
+      "sort_order": 1,
+      "status": "active",
+      "subscribe_on_signup": false,
+      "title_alignment": "center",
+      "title_font_category": "serif",
+      "visibility": "members",
+    },
+    Object {
+      "body_font_category": "serif",
+      "description": null,
+      "footer_content": null,
+      "header_image": null,
+      "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+      "name": "Weekly newsletter",
+      "sender_email": "jamie@example.com",
+      "sender_name": "Jamie",
+      "sender_reply_to": "newsletter",
+      "show_badge": true,
+      "show_feature_image": true,
+      "show_header_icon": true,
+      "show_header_title": true,
+      "slug": "weekly-newsletter",
+      "sort_order": 2,
+      "status": "active",
+      "subscribe_on_signup": true,
+      "title_alignment": "center",
+      "title_font_category": "serif",
+      "visibility": "members",
+    },
   ],
 }
 `;
@@ -180,7 +268,7 @@ exports[`Newsletters API Can browse newsletters 2: [headers] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "1097",
+  "content-length": "2094",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
   "vary": "Origin, Accept-Encoding",
@@ -195,9 +283,9 @@ Object {
       "limit": 1,
       "next": 2,
       "page": 1,
-      "pages": 2,
+      "pages": 4,
       "prev": null,
-      "total": 2,
+      "total": 4,
     },
   },
   "newsletters": Array [
@@ -280,6 +368,47 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`Newsletters API Can read a newsletter 1: [body] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "newsletters": Array [
+    Object {
+      "body_font_category": "serif",
+      "description": null,
+      "footer_content": null,
+      "header_image": null,
+      "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+      "name": "Daily newsletter",
+      "sender_email": "jamie@example.com",
+      "sender_name": "Jamie",
+      "sender_reply_to": "newsletter",
+      "show_badge": true,
+      "show_feature_image": true,
+      "show_header_icon": true,
+      "show_header_title": true,
+      "slug": "daily-newsletter",
+      "sort_order": 1,
+      "status": "active",
+      "subscribe_on_signup": false,
+      "title_alignment": "center",
+      "title_font_category": "serif",
+      "visibility": "members",
+    },
+  ],
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`Newsletters API Can read a newsletter 2: [headers] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
+  "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
+  "content-length": "515",
+  "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+  "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
+  "vary": "Origin, Accept-Encoding",
+  "x-powered-by": "Express",
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`Newsletters API Cannot add newsletter with same name 1: [body] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "newsletters": Array [
diff --git a/test/e2e-api/admin/newsletters.test.js b/test/e2e-api/admin/newsletters.test.js
index ec1a613687..470abfd47b 100644
--- a/test/e2e-api/admin/newsletters.test.js
+++ b/test/e2e-api/admin/newsletters.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const {agentProvider, mockManager, fixtureManager, matchers} = require('../../utils/e2e-framework');
 const {anyEtag, anyObjectId, anyString} = matchers;
+const testUtils = require('../../utils');
 
 const newsletterSnapshot = {
     id: anyObjectId
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ let agent;
 describe('Newsletters API', function () {
     before(async function () {
         agent = await agentProvider.getAdminAPIAgent();
-        await fixtureManager.init();
+        await fixtureManager.init('newsletters');
         await agent.loginAsOwner();
     });
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ describe('Newsletters API', function () {
         await agent.get('newsletters/')
             .expectStatus(200)
             .matchBodySnapshot({
-                newsletters: new Array(2).fill(newsletterSnapshot)
+                newsletters: new Array(4).fill(newsletterSnapshot)
             })
             .matchHeaderSnapshot({
                 etag: anyEtag
@@ -63,7 +64,19 @@ describe('Newsletters API', function () {
         await agent.get('newsletters/')
             .expectStatus(200)
             .matchBodySnapshot({
-                newsletters: new Array(2).fill(newsletterSnapshot)
+                newsletters: new Array(4).fill(newsletterSnapshot)
+            })
+            .matchHeaderSnapshot({
+                etag: anyEtag
+            });
+    });
+
+    it('Can read a newsletter', async function () {
+        await agent
+            .get(`newsletters/${testUtils.DataGenerator.Content.newsletters[0].id}/`)
+            .expectStatus(200)
+            .matchBodySnapshot({
+                newsletters: new Array(1).fill(newsletterSnapshot)
             })
             .matchHeaderSnapshot({
                 etag: anyEtag