Simon Garfield

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Simon Garfield was born in London in 1960. He is the author of an appealingly diverse and unpredictable canon of non-fiction, including the bestsellers Mauve, Just My Type and On The Map. He is a trustee of Mass Observation, and is the editor of several books of diaries from the archive, including Our Hidden Lives and A Notable Woman. His recent books include Timekeepers, In Miniature and All the Knowledge in the World. He lives in London and Cornwall.

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The Pen

The Pen - A Human History

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

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In Praise of the Pen

In our newsletter, to mark the publication of The Pen by Simon Garfield, our own Robert Collins writes about the book, the implement that inspired it and his own stationery preferences.

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