Chuck Williams, the owner of the Eagle Trading Company in Assonet, will be speaking at the Southworth Library on Oct. 8 at 6 p.m.

Williams will talk about his cookbook collection and his life growing up in Georgia on his grandparents’ farm, where he learned to cook at a young age.

His store houses more than 4,000 regional and ethnic cookbooks. Williams has offered to spend the last part of the evening evaluating special cookbooks brought in by the audience. Attendees are encouraged to bring in a favorite cookbook for discussion.

The event is sponsored by the Friends of Dartmouth Libraries and is free and open to the public.

Southworth Library is located at 732 Dartmouth St.