# The Pen

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- Book: [The Pen](https://www.bookquiver.com/simon-garfield/the-pen) ([The Pen.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/simon-garfield/the-pen.md))
- Authors: [Simon Garfield](https://www.bookquiver.com/simon-garfield)
- Publisher: canongate
- ISBN: 978-18-3726-318-9
- Published: 2026-09-10
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

A lively, idiosyncratic history of the pen in the vein of Bill Bryson and Stephen Fry, by the bestselling author of Just My Type, On the Map and To the Letter