Halloween is coming! Here’s a list of links to help you celebrate with ideas for costumes, recipes, books and more.

Added to the Halloween page:

• Halloween: Eat, Drink and Be Scary — Recipes and ideas for celebration from the Food Network

Added to the Columbus Day page:

• Columbus Day in New England — From the New England TravelPlanner website
• Massachusetts Fall Foliage Guide — Recommended foliage drives from the MassTravelJournal website

On October 12, 1492, a sailor on board the Pinta sighted land. The next day, 90 crew members of Christopher Columbus’s fleet stepped ashore in the Bahamas, ending a ten-week voyage from Spain and beginning a new era of European exploration and expansion in the Americas.

Columbus Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Columbus Day weekend is a great time to celebrate the beauty of autumn in New England, especially the beautiful fall foliage.

Columbus Day — Check out our Columbus Day page for links to more information about Christopher Columbus and Columbus Day.

English novelist Hilary Mantel has been awarded the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction for her new novel “Wolf Hall,” based on the life of Thomas Cromwell, adviser to Henry VIII. “Wolf Hall” will be released in the United States on October 13.

• Books by Hilary Mantel — Booklist with links to the catalog to make it easy to find and request Mantel’s books from your library
• Booker prize goes to Hilary Mantel for Wolf Hall — News story from the Guardian, with a video of Mantel
• Hilary Mantel — Author profile on Macmillan Books website