GILL, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Local author David Detmold of Great Falls will be visiting Gill’s Slate Library this week for a reading from his new book, ‘Keeping the People Alive.’

The book is a reflective narrative of Detmold’s bicycle trip across the country visiting Native reservations and learning what he can.

The reading will take place this Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

Detmold is the founding editor of the Montague Reporter.