Published: October 18, 2008 08:00 pm      

Books Calendar: 10/19/2008

Thursday

Live! @ the Library, 7 p.m., free, Pat Batta will present her new mystery "What Did You Do Before Dying"; Traverse Area District Library, TC; 932-8500.

Manga Book Club, 7-8 p.m. for fans of Japanese comics and print cartoons ages 13/older; Traverse Area District Library, TC; 932-8500.

Friday

Lecture and book signing, 7:30 p.m. by Valerie Hemingway, author of "Running with the Bulls," $10, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey; 347-4337.

Saturday

Book signings, 1-3 p.m., Barbara Shoup, "Everything You Want"; and 3-5 p.m., Frank Holes Jr., "The Haunting of Sigma"; Horizon Books, 243 E. Front, TC; 946-7290 or www.horizonbooks.com.