FREEPORT — Jack Perkins, former NBC journalist and “Biography” host, will read from his new book, “Finding Moosewood, Finding God: What Happened When a TV Newsman Abandoned His Career for Life on an Island,” at Freeport Community Library Saturday, June 15, at 6 p.m.

“Finding Moosewood, Finding God” is Jack Perkins’ gentle spiritual memoir that intersperses the story of Perkins building and moving to the rustic cabin he dubbed “Moosewood,” with anecdotes from a successful career in journalism that began in Ohio with his coverage of the Sam Sheppard murder trial.

At the height of his career, Emmy Award-winner Perkins and his wife, Mary Jo, moved from Los Angeles — population 8 million — to a tidal island off the coast in Maine, population zero. Years earlier, in the shadow of Acadia National Park, they had built their solar-powered cabin, heated only by a wood stove. But now they were moving there for good, abandoning the smog of L.A. for the fog of Bar Harbor.

The move would turn out to be as spiritual as it was physical. In the quiet of the woods, surrounded by water and wildlife, Perkins became aware of God in a way that seemed impossible when he was covering the biggest news stories of our time.

Copies of “Finding Moosewood, Finding God” will be available for purchase and signing. Light refreshments will be provided. The event is free of charge.

For information, call 865-3307.