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I did not want to keep talking about pen shows and similar events. I thought I had already written a tad too much on the matter, but about two weeks ago Pens and Friends, the organizers of the Madrid Pen Show, announced that they were stepping down from that role. The consequences are obvious—as of today, there will not be a 22nd edition of the Madrid Pen Show in 2026. Is there ...


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Last September I started a collaboration with the magazine Shumi-no Bungubako (趣味の文具箱) under the generic title “Confessions of a Spanish Pen Addict”. My first text was this piece “East Meets West” on some old topic included on these Crónicas Estilográficas you are now reading. Repetitive as this text might be, it can also work as a contrast to the new ways seen in Istanbul tha...


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Crossroads

I can count up to seven pen shows (but what is a pen show, anyway?) held this past November—Tokyo, Istanbul, Madrid, Budapest, Melbourne, Singapore, and Bologna. But for the sake of this text, I will focus my attention on just three of them: the Tokyo International Pen Show (Nov 1–3), Pen Fest Istanbul (Nov 8–9), and the Madrid Pen Show (Nov 14–16). I will begin by stating t...


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Within a newspaper, there is often tension between two departments that are, at least in theory, far apart: accounting and editorial. While the journalist focuses on reality, the accountant ensures that the books balance — and those books largely depend on the advertising the publication attracts to its pages. The conflict arises when a news story is critical of a company that a...


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New pens are widely advertised―and that makes sense. Makers need to recoup the investment made to develop and market them. The fanfare and drumroll are loud, designed to create a sense of anticipation in buyers. Conversely, when a model is discontinued, its demise is silent—almost secret. The pen simply vanishes from the catalog. Such was the case of the Pilot Petit, which d...


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