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.

• Congratulations to Quill friend John Barton, who was recently named one of Victoria’s new Poets Laureate!

• If you’re revising your latest manuscript, I highly recommend checking for these pitfalls of first drafts—many of the things mentioned in this post exactly the sorts of things editors will flag.

• And because misery loves company, creative types might also like this spotlight on writing frustrations the pandemic has wrought.

• The Netflix series History of Swear Words sounds like a great way for language nerds to spend the weekend.

• Last but certainly not least, if you’d like to spend your weekend escaping reality, try some surreal fiction. Charlene Elsby’s Affect made the list!

If you’ve been hit by a cold snap like this little icicle of a porcupette has, we hope you stay warm, stay in, and as always, stay reading!

Happy Friday!