On March 4, Ben Errett launched his irreverent memoir Jew and Improved: How Choosing to be Chosen Made Me a Better Man (HarperCollins Canada) at Toronto’s Drake Hotel as part of Ben McNally Books’ The Fine Print series. Above: Errett quizzes panel contestants on their knowledge of Jewish culture, history, and affection for book titles containing bad puns. (Photo courtesy of HarperCollins Canada.)

On March 20, Christian Cameron launched Tyrant: Funeral Games (Orion/Hachette), the final book in his Tyrant trilogy, at Toronto’s BAKKA-Phoenix bookstore. Above: Cameron cuts into a Funeral Games cake, while BAKKA’s Chris Szego, perhaps unnerved by Cameron’s look of pure evil, keeps her distance. (Photo courtesy of Hachette.)