ELLSWORTH – Trevor Corson, author of “The Secret Life of Lobsters,” will speak at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 23, at Ellsworth Public Library.

USA Today and Discover voted Corson’s book the best science book of 2004, while Time Out New York voted it a best book of the year. Corson wrote his book after spending two years as sternman on a lobster boat out of Little Cranberry Island.

Further information about the life of the Boston journalist and his book can be found at www.secretlifeoflobsters.com. This event is free of charge and open to the public. For information, call the Ellsworth Public Library at 667-6363.