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.

• Awesome excerpt alert! You can read a compelling excerpt from Mark Frutkin’s historical novel The Artist and the Assassin over at Open Book.

• The writers among us might be interested in submitting to the speculative novel contest being held by our friends at ECW Press.

• Poetry lovers take note! CBC Books has put together a list of poetry collections to watch for this fall.

• Book history nerds will enjoy this fascinating piece on publishing colophons.

• Last, but certainly not least, we’ve put together an audio-visual bonanza featuring Ross Breithaupt’s debut novel, Midland. We’ve got a video reading, a playlist … and a giveaway!

The heat wave continues in this porcupette’s corner of Ontario. That just means the plans for this weekend include hiding away to read in blissfully air-conditioned comfort.

Happy Friday!