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.

• We’ve lost some pretty fantastic authors, writers and literary folk in 2017. Here’s a look back at some of the Canadian figures we’ll miss.
• In a more celebratory mode, let’s take a moment to appreciate Canadian book design with these best Canadian book covers of 2017, as chosen by CBC Books.
• We’ve been living through a rather awe-inspiring spate of “best of” lists these last few weeks. Best book covers (above—sorry), best fiction, best poetry, best of best and best of rest. All these lists, and yet, what do they really mean? What we don’t talk about when we talk about books of the year.
• If you’re planning on finally editing your manuscript in 2018, here’s some advice from eleven famous authors to help you along.
• And finally, check out this compilation of the most-rejected books of all time … that were eventually published. Can you imagine 162 rejections? Youch!

 
Hope you enjoyed this week’s roundup. Have a great weekend!

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