ROCKLAND – Author Linda Tatelbaum will read from and speak about her latest book, “Woman Who Speaks Tree: Confessions of a Tree-Hugger” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, in the Reading Room at the Rockland Public Library.

Appleton author Linda Tatelbaum and her husband came to Maine in 1977 to build a solar homestead, where they still live and grow their own food. The book traces their journey.

Tatelbaum holds a doctorate from Cornell University and recently retired from teaching English and environmental studies at Colby College. Founder of About Time Press, she is the author of three previous books: the nonfiction “Carrying Water as a Way of Life: A Homesteader’s History,” “Writer on the Rocks: Moving the Impossible” and the novel “Yes & No: Paris 1969.”

Admission to the signing is free. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing by the author. Special accommodations for people with disabilities can be made with 48 hours’ notice.

For information, call the library at 594-0310.