On March 25th, Rebecca Eckler and Erica Ehm launched their co-written picture book The Mischievous Mom at the Art Gallery (Key Porter Books) at the Julie M. Gallery in Toronto. Above: Eckler (centre) and event moderator Liza Fromer (right) try not to react as Ehm appears to sprout giant butterfly wings. (Photo by David Cuthbertson of DC Photography/Courtesy of Key Porter)

Sci-Fi legend Robert J. Sawyer calls for slightly more dramatic lighting at the Toronto launch of his new novel, Watch (Penguin Canada), held at The Dominion on Queen on April 6. (Photo by Ian Muttoo, from Q&Q‘s Flickr Pool)

John Boileau signs copies of his book Halifax and the Royal Canadian Navy (Nimbus Publishing) at a launch held on April 8 at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax (where there is also, incidentally, a re-creation of the entire city in Lego). (Photo courtesy of Nimbus)

Richard Sanger displays the tools required (pen, book, smile) for a successful author-signing at the April 9 launch of Through Darkling Air: The Poetry of Richard Outram (Gaspereau Press), held at Toronto’s Arts and Letters Club. The New Quarterly‘s Amanda Jernigan steps in to show that a glass of wine is always handy, too. (Photo courtesy of Gaspereau Press)

Andrew Potter pops his collar in arguing a point at the Toronto launch of his book The Authenticity Hoax, held on April 13 at Toronto’s Gladstone Hotel as part of This Is Not A Reading Series. Interviewer Nora Young seems unconvinced, however. (Photo by Chris Reed/Courtesy of This Is Not A Reading Series)