Clive Barker reads from Coldheart Canyon in Beverly Hills

Openly gay best-selling author Clive Barker will read selections from and sign his new novel, Coldheart Canyon: A Hollywood Ghost Story, on Tuesday, October 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Beverly Hills Library, 444 N. Rexford Dr. in Beverly Hills. Coldheart Canyon is described as "a dark, vivid journey through the glitter of Hollywood's excesses and the decadence lurking behind them." For more information, call the Book Soup bookstore, which is cosponsoring the event, at (310) 659-3110.