All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists by Terry Gross (Hyperion; $24.95). The host of National Public Radio's Fresh Air, collects her favorite interviews., Gross speaks at 2 p.m. Sunday at Miami University's Hall Auditorium, then visits the Oxford Lane Branch of the Lane Libraries, 15 S. College Ave., Oxford at 3:30 p.m. for a reception and signing. Both events are free, and the book will be available. Information: 523-7531.

The Wrath of Mulgarath: Spiderwick Chronicles # 6 by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi (Simon & Schuster; $9.95). The coauthors of this best-selling fantasy series are blitzing us with discussion/signings: 12:30 p.m. Friday, Books & Co., Town and Country Shopping Center, 350 E. Stroop Road, Kettering, (937) 298-6540; 11 a.m. Saturday, Joseph-Beth, Rookwood Pavilion, Madison and Edwards roads, Norwood, 396-8960; 7 p.m. Saturday, Blue Manatee, 3054 Madison Road, Oakley, 731-2665; 4 p.m. Sunday, Blue Marble, 1356 S. Fort Thomas Ave, Fort Thomas, (859) 781-0602.

The Craft of Fiction is a three-part series for would-be writers in which three local authors share their insights. It kicks off next Tuesday with Brock Clarke talking about the role of place, continues Sept. 29 with Stephen Birmingham on the "three people a novelist needs most" and ends Sept. 30 with Michael Griffith on comedy. 6-7:30 p.m. each night, Mercantile Library, Mercantile Library Building, 414 Walnut St., downtown; 621-0717. $30 members; $40, nonmembers. Registration deadline: Friday.

--Sara Pearce