HARRISON — The Waterford Library, the Harrison Village Library and the North Bridgton Library have been selected by the Maine Humanities Council to offer “Let’s Talk About It,” a free reading and discussion group with copies of books available through the libraries.

The program is provided by the Maine Humanities Council’s Harriet P. Henry Center for the Book in cooperation with the Maine State library.

“Liberating Imaginations: Readings in Modern Irish Fiction,” a Let’s Talk About It book discussion series, will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at the Harrison Village Library.

It will continue for four sessions, meeting every other Saturday through May 12. The first and second sessions will be at the Harrison Village Library, the third at the Waterford Library, and the last at the North Bridgton Library.

The series attempts to define modern Ireland through its fiction. The year of the Easter Rising, 1916, serves as both starting point and terminus for the program. It was the year of publication for James Joyce’s novel, “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”; it is the setting for Roddy Doyle’s recent novel of the Irish revolution, “A Star Called Henry.”

Books to be read and discussed include “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”; “The Country Girls” by Edna O’Brien; “Antarctica” by Claire Keegan; and “A Star Called Henry.”

The discussions will be facilitated by Michael Bachem, professor of humanities emeritus (Miami University, Ohio), now living in Portland. He earned a PhD in German and comparative literature from Penn State, developed interdisciplinary courses in German expressionism, European romanticism and the European fairy tale tradition. He trained as a facilitator with the Maine Humanities Council.

Books for the program are available for loan at the participating libraries. Register and to pick up the first book of the series at the libraries.

The Harrison Village Library is open from 1 to 7 p.m. Monday and Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The Waterford Library is open from 2 to 6 p.m. Monday, 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, 10 a.m. to noon Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The North Bridgton Library hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.