Ever wanted to know where your favourite pen brand hails from? Or wanted to know how they got started?

We've devised this fun interactive map for you to try. With a marker showing the current HQ (or original location for global brands), you can zoom in and out, finding out more about where the brands we stock found their beginnings, how they came to be and see where all the pen and journal making powerhouses reside. The blue markers show journal and notebook brands while the red markers show pen brands.

Make sure to zoom in close as a lot of brands are all cramped up on top of each other.

Get started by clicking on the map or a marker and buff up on your history of stationery knowledge.