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.
- This week, I posted a photo-filled recap of my recent trip to the Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago. It was rainy enough to dampen my generally sunny spirits a bit, but it was still a fun weekend in the Windy City!
- In a time of media overload, fake news, and general malaise about the state of the world, this reading list of books to help you understand modern journalism is pretty necessary.
- The machines are becoming … poetic? RFID scanners are “creating” found poetry through the titles they scan. Some of them are pretty gosh-darned charming.
- This is good for a laugh: 34 signs you are a bookworm. Readers, you will relate.
- And last but not least, a new study has found that audiobooks might just elicit a more emotional response than movies. Books win again!
It’s shaping up to be a scorching hot Canada Day weekend, so I definitely recommend keeping cool, drinking lots of water, and settling in for a good book or two.
Have a great holiday!
Hi Steph
Why would you state you’re not a writer? That statement seems to hold no truth. I thought you were one-of-the-best-writers out there and I’m not wrong.
You do realize I can challenge that statement right?
Is this a ploy to get others to write better than they do? I mean seriously Steph, I don’t believe for a second you believe in your own statement. Whoever planted that nasty idea in your head is clueless. And you’re not clueless, so you can’t convince me your statement is true.
Being a Reader instills imagination and skill it takes to becoming an Author. You’re the Author of Porcupine Quill and a GREAT writer which is better than a good one.
Donna Thompson Author of The Compilations of Foresta Gump–award nominated!
Aw, thanks for your kind words Donna.
I suppose what I mean to say is that I couldn’t fathom writing a novel or completing a story collection or pulling together a coherent bunch of poems. First of all, there’s the challenge of people wanting to read whatever it is I came up with, but mostly, my problem is a very technical one–I’m too picky to stop fiddling!
When I speak about writing here, I’m thinking of the sort of professional activity that delineates people who can string a few words together and those who have the sort of inspiration and tenacity that results in publishable works.
I like to think of myself as a hobbyist. Perhaps with a few decades of practice and a bucket of inspiration, I could be the sort of writer I admire. Stranger things have happened!