From its modest beginnings in 2003, the Toronto Pen show has grown from 8 exhibitors on plain tables, to 30+ exhibitors covering 5000 square feet.

An excerpt from "A Brief History of Writing Instruments"
The earliest means of writing that approached pen and paper as we know them today was developed by the Greeks. They employed a writing stylus, made of metal, bone or ivory, to place marks upon wax-coated tablets. The tablets made in hinged pairs, closed to protect the scribe's notes. The first examples of handwriting (purely text messages made by hand) originated in Greece. The Grecian scholar, Cadmus invented the written letter.