A Better Pencil: Readers, Writers, and the Digital Revolution

A useful counter-argument to the gloomy techno-pessimists, Henry Farrell, Times Higher Education Baron engages with readers' experiences and personal encounters with new media used as tools for self-expression and general dialogue. He follows a personalized, humerous and at times eccentric course, discussing writing tools (including a long and fascinating section on the complex history of pencil-making) and musing on processes and social experimentation. David Finkelstein, The Times Literary Supplement Highly enjoyable book...He writes with infectious curiosity and wit. Stephen Poole There is much that is worthwhile in 'A Better Pencil'. Times Higher Education A gleeful and provocative read. Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday