An award-winning author of a groundbreaking book on Lyme disease will join a medical expert and an outspoken Lyme patient in an evening of “tick talk.”

It takes place Wed., Oct. 2, at Milne Public Library, in Williamstown, Massachusetts, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Panelists include:

— Mary Beth Pfeiffer, award-winning investigative and author of the book: “Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change.”

— Dr. Korey DiRoma, N.D., of the Stram Center for Integrative Medicine, in Bennington, Vt.

— Jennifer Benoit, of Bennington, Vt., who has researched and spoken about her experience with Lyme disease at the Stamford, Vt., public library and elsewhere. She has developed a slide-show, and will discuss and hand out materials about about Lyme-disease prevention, how to remove a tick, tick facts, a symptoms checklist and testing regimes.

The talk and discussion is free and open to the public.