Ann Hood is a well-known novelist and short story writer who has written 14 novels, four memoirs and a short story collection. “Fly Girl” is her latest memoir about her adventures as an airline flight attendant.

The event is open to the public and is handicapped accessible. Reservations for the buffet lunch are $40 and can be purchased by sending a check by April 14, made out to AAUW, to Rosemary Slocum, 127 Center Ave., Middletown. Indicate if you want to reserve seating for several people or a table for a group. Book clubs are welcome.

For questions, call Slocum at 401-849-6073 or email rosieslocum@cox.net. Proceeds will benefit Rhode Island Center for the Book, an organization that puts free books in classrooms and sponsors Reading Across Rhode Island. For more information, please visit Newport This Week.

Cragin Memorial Library, Colchester, CT. For more information please visit colchesterct.gov/cragin-memorial-library.