Book group: a unique profile of readers together.(The Literary Travelers book group)

THE LITERARY TRAVELERS

SUBMITTED BY ROBERTA Z. STRICKLER LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

How and when did your group get started?

We first met each other in 2006 through a program funded by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and sponsored by the public library in Lititz, a small town in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Soon, word spread throughout the county. The Lititz Public Library is a hospitable place, and the discussion leader, Deborah Linder, a novelist and a teacher of writing at a local college, is very creative.

How would you describe your group?

Most of the men and women are retired; a few still work at the library. There are …