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.

• The Alcuin Society held their annual Awards for Excellence in Book Design night in Toronto at the beautiful Arts and Letters Club on October 22. In case you missed it, check out some photos from the big event!
• Indie publishers are challenging the multinationals when it comes to thought leadership and trend setting. On why small publishers may one day steer the book industry.
• This is a heavy topic, but one worth talking about: about booksellers’ working conditions and the state of the unionization of bookstores.
• Now for something lighter—little comic illustrations that will make all book lovers laugh (or at least relate).
• And finally, you never know when you’re going to need to trot out one of these scathing insults from literature. Choose your weapons—and your words!—wisely.

Happy November, Quill fans! Now that it gets dark so early and there’s a chill in the air, it’s the perfect time of year spend an hour or two cuddled up with a good book—or with book links, as the case may be.

Enjoy,