The Pen: A Human History
Simon Garfield
From a reed on the Nile to the home of Montblanc, and the Bic factory, and from the wartime trenches to the desks of Jane Austen and Margaret Atwood, this thoroughly engaging history of pens through the ages provides a “hand-directed” antidote to our relentlessly digital world.
Canongate Books, £20.00, 10 September 2026, 9781837263189