Guy Merchant is Professor of Literacy in Education at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, and an international expert in writing and technology. His most recent books include Stacking Stories (2021, with Burnett, Bulman and Rogers), Undoing the Digital (2020) and New Media in the Classroom (2019, with Burnett).

'A useful introduction to important concepts in the study of writing for an undergraduate and non-specialist audience.' Sky Marsen, Language in Society

• Introduction; Part I. Impressions: 1. Writing – a visible language; 2. The matter of writing; 3. Writing spaces – design and display; 4. The promise of writing; Part II. Expressions: 5. Writing, power and regulation; 6. Writing and knowing; 7. Writing narrative; 8. Writing, connecting and organizing; 9. Writing futures; Conclusion; References; Index.

Guy Merchant is Professor of Literacy in Education at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, and an international expert in writing and technology. His most recent books include Stacking Stories (2021, with Burnett, Bulman and Rogers), Undoing the Digital (2020) and New Media in the Classroom (2019, with Burnett).

'A useful introduction to important concepts in the study of writing for an undergraduate and non-specialist audience.' Sky Marsen, Language in Society

• Introduction; Part I. Impressions: 1. Writing – a visible language; 2. The matter of writing; 3. Writing spaces – design and display; 4. The promise of writing; Part II. Expressions: 5. Writing, power and regulation; 6. Writing and knowing; 7. Writing narrative; 8. Writing, connecting and organizing; 9. Writing futures; Conclusion; References; Index.

Guy Merchant is Professor of Literacy in Education at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, and an international expert in writing and technology. His most recent books include Stacking Stories (2021, with Burnett, Bulman and Rogers), Undoing the Digital (2020) and New Media in the Classroom (2019, with Burnett).

'A useful introduction to important concepts in the study of writing for an undergraduate and non-specialist audience.' Sky Marsen, Language in Society

• Introduction; Part I. Impressions: 1. Writing – a visible language; 2. The matter of writing; 3. Writing spaces – design and display; 4. The promise of writing; Part II. Expressions: 5. Writing, power and regulation; 6. Writing and knowing; 7. Writing narrative; 8. Writing, connecting and organizing; 9. Writing futures; Conclusion; References; Index.