Fountain Pen Day - 2nd November 2012!

Just found out about this on the grapevine, the first ever Fountain Pen Day is being celebrated internationally on the 2nd November. 

The day was created to help embrace, promote, and share the use of fountain pens in day-to-day life, as well to help revive handwriting as a whole.

It appears as you've probably seen from the various news articles that have been circulating over the last few months (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18071830) that this is the year for the resurgence of the fountain pen, and writing instruments in general.


So what can you do to support Fountain Pen Day? Here's a few that things that they recommend...

1. Write a letter to someone with your favorite fountain pen and ink. Under your signature you can write the pen & ink you used.
2. Post on your favorite forum or blog by writing it out with your fountain pen. Then take a picture of it and post it. Again, under your signature write what pen & ink you used.
3. Instead of typing Facebook status updates and tweets on Twitter, write them and upload a picture of them (mention the reason that you’re doing it at well.)
4. Take one of the pens you don’t use anymore and send it off to a friend with a handwritten note. If you don’t have any pens you want to part with you can shop one of the online retailers and have it sent direct to them.
5. Make that the weekend you have your pen club meet up.
6. Turn off your computer and put down the phone and spend some time writing.

Can we add any to this list?


So please help spread the word, and let us know what you get up to in your celebrations!







If you want to find out more or show your support for Fountain Pen Day - 2/11/2012, then visit 

www.fountainpenday.org