Book Discussion Groups
Join New Cumberland Library's Book Discussion Groups! Book discussions are sponsored by the Friends of the New Cumberland Public Library and each group meets on a standing schedule.
Great Books Discussion Groups:
1st & 3rd Monday mornings
September 20, 2021 - May 16, 2022
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The selection of titles to be read and discussed is available at the Main Desk.
Questions can be directed to Joan Short, 717-938-3494
Meeting is held in the Library's Dining Room
Selections for the 2021-2022 Season:
September 20 Of Human Bondage by Maugham
October 4 Short Stories: The Open Boat, Chickamauga, & An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
October 18 A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
November 1 The Tempest by Shakespeare
December 6 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
January 3 The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen
January 17 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou & I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr.
February 7 Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang
March 7 Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding
March 21 Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw
April 4 Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
April 18 Persuasion by Jane Austen
May 2 The Trial by Franz Kafka
May 16 Poetry (to be selected)
2nd & 4th Wednesday mornings
January 12, 2022 - June 29, 2022
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The selection of titles to be read and discussed is available at the Main Desk.
Questions can be directed to Dan Tepsic, 717-774-0719
Meeting is held in the Library's 2nd Floor Meeting Room
Ruth's Mystery Discussion Group
1st Thursday of every month except July
10:30 a.m.
All lovers of good mysteries are invited to join our monthly discussion group.
Please call the Library at 717-774-7820 for more information
The meeting is currently held in Foundation House.