We are pleased to announce READ@PolyU 2017, the seventh year in operation, has already started.

The 2017 Common Book is "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky. Written in 1999, the novel features the teenaged Charlie, whose fate of being an observant “wallflower” to the life happening around him is challenged with new friendships, and the changes that adolescence and a new high school year bring on.

The 2017 Common Book is The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. Written in 1999, the novel features the teenaged Charlie, whose fate of being an observant “wallflower” to the life happening around him is challenged with new friendships, and the changes that adolescence and a new high school year bring on.

The READ@PolyU 2017 programmes that are open to all PolyU students and Staff include:

• A Library Exhibition on P/F hosted by our co-organiser, Breakthrough
• A Film Screening of the film adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower on 19 October
• Guest Lunch-time Talks with Principal Alman Chan on 12 October, and Social Worker Jeffrey Andrews on 2 November, in the Library’s Multipurpose Hall

For more information, please have a look at the READ@PolyU website at https://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/read/

See you at the Library!