Dinitia Smith will discuss her novel “The Honeymoon,” based on the life of the English writer George Eliot, who was born Mary Ann Evans. The talk is at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Mystic & Noank Library. The talk and book signing, hosted by Bank Square Books, will take place in the library’s Ames Room.

Smith is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and has taught creative writing at Columbia University. She is a correspondent for culture at the New York Times and lives in New York City.

This program is free; copies of the book will be available for purchase. The library is at 40 Library St. in Mystic and can be reached at (860) 536-7721.