Writer, traveler and artist Jill DeFelice will share her insights, misadventures and love of travel during “A Battered Suitcase and a Sense of Humor” at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9 at the Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library in Surf City.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Island Library. The organization is made up of volunteers who support the library through programs, fundraisers and advocacy.

DeFelice will talk about packing up two toddlers and a barrage of suitcases and moving halfway around the world to a…