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I got this amazing coat (from The Superior Labor) which has all these pen slots in it, and it also has side pockets that can fit a trade paperback, so it’s basically perfect. Two weeks into wearing it...

We have a Letter Writing Club coming up! And, not to bury the lede, we are now charging $40 for this event, a new thing. Everyone will receive a lovely package of surprise snail mail supplies, put tog...

We are hosting a book club! The Wonder Pens Book Club. I’m so excited for this. Celina and Mai are taking the helm of this initiative, and I’m so thrilled to be in the back seat, along for the ride.

Ce...

Esterbrook just released a new set of Estie fountain pens, Funky Town. I could not resist! They are super bright, in case you need a light saber or something to blind someone with. This is it, this is ...

Happy Fountain Pen Day! It’s a thing. Is it a made up thing? What is not made up in this world? It is a thing. 

We are celebrating these delightful tools of simple technology that are both practical and...

Life is so busy! How does anyone keep up! We are in November. I’m baffled and overwhelmed and displeased, while also very excited for the joys of the holiday season ahead. We all contain multitudes, a...

We are getting ready for Scriptus! Scriptus is the annual Toronto pen show, which is taking place at the Reference Library tomorrow, Sunday, October 26th. 

It is wild, as always. Also somewhat worryingl...

We’re running another Letter Writing Club: Wednesday, October 29th at 6:30 pm.  

Canada Post went on strike and they’ve come back in rotating strikes. A delight! This is a delight, but also I am hoping f...

The fall is here and with it some autumn inks in my pens. This is sort of my year round colour scheme but even a broken clock is right twice a day, and your favourite pen clerk once a year. 

We’ve come back into our routines, hurrying and waiting and hustling and eating car snacks and reuniting with old friends and teachers. Familiar and new all at once. 

Every year, every September, I spir...