Every Friday, the PQ Weekly Roundup collects the most shared links in our social media network—bookish articles, reviews, quizzes, recommendations and more—in convenient digest form.
- “People can be dangerous for literature. People, for example, who do not read.” Damn, that’s a good line. From this article about the future of reading.
- If you’re a fan of literary events but can’t always get out to attend them, here’s a treat for you. On September 22, Massey College honoured legendary Canadian printer Rod McDonald. Devil’s Artisan editor and PQL friend Don McLeod was there and brought back these wonderful pictures of the event.
- I’ve always kind of assumed that the fortunes inside fortune cookies were mass generated by some aphorism machine. But it turns out that freelance fortune cookie writer is an actual job title. Who knew?
- Sometimes it’s hard for writers and other creative types to be productive. Well, here are twelve productive ways to be unproductive. Have at it!
- And finally, everyone seems pretty happy to see The Essential Travis Lane in print! Truly an underrated talent in Canadian poetry.
Have a great weekend everyone, and be sure to read lots of books!
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