WINTHROP — The Bailey Public Library in downtown Winthrop will host actress and writer Susan Poulin at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25.

Poulin will read and discuss her new satirical self-help book, “The Sweet Life: Ida LeClair’s Guide to Love and Marriage.”

The event is part of the ongoing Winthrop Lakes Region Forum sponsored by the Winthrop Public Library Foundation and the town.

Poulin is best known for her live performances, including the play “Ida: Woman Who Runs with the Moose,” for which she won Seacoast Media Group’s Spotlight on the Arts Award for Best Play and Best Actress.

Poulin’s literary character and alter ego, “Ida LeClair,” is a lifelong resident of the fictional western Maine town of Mahoosuc Mills, where she draws on her small town Maine experiences to offer satirical guidance on topics ranging from the death of a spouse and dating after divorce to physical fitness and housecleaning.

Poulin was born in Jackman, the daughter of a schoolteacher and an auto parts store owner. After graduating from Westbrook High School, she studied theater at the University of Southern Maine. Her experiences at USM in the 1980s led to the creation of the Downeast Theater Collective, a three-actor team that performed at the old Odd Fellows Hall in Portland. Eventually, she began performing original material at the Pontine Movement Theatre in Portsmouth, before forming Poolyle Productions and creating the Ida LeClair alter ego, drawing on her Maine and Franco-American roots.

The event is free and open to the public. Copies of Poulin’s books will be available for sale at the event. For more information, visit baileylibrary.org or call 207-377-8673.