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.
- Many writers have seen their earnings plummet over the last few years. Some attribute this to the online bookselling giant Amazon, but as this Electric Literature essay explains, our feelings of entitlement toward entertainment might play a role in declining author salaries as well.
- A high school in Chicago basically turned their English department into a gorgeous bookshelf by using vinyl murals to dress the walls in the cover art of famous books.
- If you’ve dreamed of incorporating a reading nook into your home, here are some inspiring ideas to get you started.
- It’s that time of year again! CBC has announced the 2019 Canada Reads longlist, containing books that will “disturb and disrupt, inspire and incite, and move readers to feel, to think and to act.”
- And finally, photos of bookstore cats, because who doesn’t want some photos of bookstore cats?
Thanks for checking out our most clickable links this week. Hope you found some entertainment and enjoyment here!
Have a wonderful, book-filled weekend,
Well, I am sure glad the bookstore cats photos has finally made it! You rock cats!
There is not enough demand and a lot of supply when it comes to new books, especially the not so famous writers. But yeah, writers are a little entitled these days as well.