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.

• “When you give a book away, you have given it the opportunity to befriend a stranger. You’ve given it the opportunity to dazzle, to dismay, to make an impression.” A lovely piece on why, despite how painful it might be, we should weed our book collections.

• Poetry lovers take note! Here are some of the Canadian poetry collections to watch for this fall.

• On the “clarifying cut”—some writing and revising advice that might help you see what really matters in your story.

• Spy thrillers are often dominated by male characters and authors, but here are some top fictional female spies that deserve to be noticed…

• And finally, would you enjoy booze as you browse a bookstore? Indigo is piloting this idea in downtown Toronto.

That’s it for this week’s weekly book links roundup. Be sure to join us back here next week for more!

Cheers,