Welcome to our weekly roundup of bookish links that have caught our eye.

• Rowan Hisayo Buchanan's piece in Electric Literature, on translation, the relation between words and cultures, and our place in that. 
• Unsurprisingly, there was a bidding war for Michelle and Barack Obama's book deals and the winning bid is enormous. 
• The Georgia Straight's review of Aloha Wanderwell.
• Literary Hub's article by Karolina Ramqvist dissecting the drive to write and how that flourishes (or not) with the demands of family life. 
• Trying to figure out where your happy place might be? How about a 68,000 square foot bookstore that buys 3000 used books a day. 

BONUS: Book-themed teas because, really, why not?