WINTHROP — The Bailey Public Library will host Lou Ureneck as part of the Lakes Region Forum at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 12. Ureneck’s new book “Cabin” was chosen as a “Must Read” in the nonfiction category in the 2012 Massachusetts Book Awards, and gives a portrait of the historical and cultural context of the area in rural western Maine where Ureneck built his cabin.

“Cabin” is the account of a year spent building a small post-and-beam cabin in the hills of western Maine, and a story about brotherly bonds, home and nature. Ureneck recently returned from Ukraine where he taught at the National University’s prestigious Mohyla Academy under a Fulbright grant.