On November 9th, Bob Newman who grew up in Marblehead will be at the Abbot Public Library to discuss his new book.

Newman has globetrotted around the world. After college he was in the Peace Corps for two years in India and became an anthropologist. He taught at an Australian university for 16 years and then returned to Marblehead to teach English as a second language to the new Russian immigrant community on the North Shore.

The book is a collection of 29 stories that are autobiographical. Readers of “Marblehead Traveler” will find stories set in Marblehead, India, Australia, Thailand, Korea, Ireland and other areas.

Everyone is invited to the book reading on November 9th.