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.

• Huge congrats to Mark Frutkin, whose novel The Artist and the Assassin has been shortlisted for the Ottawa Book Awards.

• “What kills writing is more basic than those surface-level errors, even if those tend to be the first thing people notice.” On the Seven Deadly Sins of writing.

• When it comes to writing and publishing, there’s always someone who needs to hear about surviving rejection…

• The history of the printing press might be more complicated than we think. On the unanswered questions about pre-Gutenberg printing.

• Finally, if you are wondering what we’ve been doing lately, here’s a peek at the recent bookish events we’ve attended.

That’s it for this week’s weekly roundup. Be sure to check out our events page to keep up with what we’re doing in your neck of the woods!

Cheers,