Best-selling author William Alexander will speak at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth library on October 23 at 4 p.m.

Hosted by the Boivin Center for French Language and Culture, the talk will include a discussion of Alexander’s books, which includes the memoir The $64 Tomato and 52 Loaves, A Half-Baked Adventure, and Flirting with French: How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me, and Nearly Broke My Heart, about Alexander’s lifelong dream of learning to speak French at age 57.

A question and answers session, book signing, and light reception will follow the program. It is free and open to the public. Parking is available on campus in lot 13.

For further information, contact Maria Sanguinetti at msanguinetti@umassd.edu or by calling 508-991-5096.