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.

• For those who need a laugh (e.g. all of us), check out this year’s Leacock Medal for Humour winner.

• Major props to this Missouri woman whose persistence changed the dictionary definition of racism in Merriam-Webster.

• Well, this is eye-opening in several ways. Authors are revealing how much they got paid for their books.

• This is an interesting piece about publishers’ use of external “sensitivity readers”.

• And finally, ending on a hopeful note: here are the six finalists for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award.

Happy Friday, Quill friends! We hope you have a wonderful book-filled weekend.

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