Happy October! It's time for pumpkins, zombie movies and plenty of Poe events. I love this time of year.

In case you didn't hear, there's an Edgar Allan Poe exhibit beginning at the BMA on Sunday, focusing on Poe as a Baltimore icon. And the Poe House and Museum will have a viewing of Poe's body Wednesday. Talk about creepy.

But we're all about variety around here, so what else do we have to look forward to this week?

Greetings and Readings will host local author Roland Morin on Saturday to discuss his book, "We The People," a psychedelic look at American founders, documents and memorable quotes.

Later that day, Red Canoe presents City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who will lead a discussion with Corey about his letter being published in "Kids Letters to President Obama." Also, I hear they have great food there. Yum.

Tuesday night, "Tipping Point" and "Outliers" author Malcolm Gladwell will deliver the Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium lecture at The Johns Hopkins University. There will be a Q&A session and book signing after Gladwell speaks at the free event.

And Wednesday night, Khaled Hosseini, author of "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" speaks at St. Timothy's School in Baltimore County.

As always, there are plenty more events where those came from; check out the Read Street calendar for more.