Dear Staff and Students at PolyU,

Help us kick-start READ@PolyU 2022! Send us your favorite fiction written in English as the Common Book nomination for our reading next year.

READ@PolyU rallies the whole campus to read a common book together. All students will be eligible to receive a free print copy of the Common Book and join the Book Chat Group membership. The PolyU community are welcome to join the book talks and other fascinating activities designed to enhance their reading experience.

The Programme Committee will review all nominations before making the final selection.

To encourage participation, PolyU students and staff who have submitted a nomination will be automatically enrolled into the lucky draw. We will give away a few copies of the selected Common Book to the lucky draw winners.

Submit your best book titles, along with the author’s name, to lbread@polyu.edu.hk by 19 November 2021 (Friday). There is no limit to the number of book titles you can submit.

Submit now and win a copy of the chosen book!

Criteria for Common Book selection:

• The book will be in English, preferably less than 300 pages
• It should be engaging for the PolyU community (both Faculty and students)
• It should be accessible, not difficult to read
• It should appeal to students’ imagination, and should include some elements of exploration of and reflection on multi-cultural issues
• It should preferably have been adapted for film
• It should preferably have an electronic version
• It should preferably have won international and critical acclaim
• Ideally, the author would be available to visit PolyU

Sample titles suggested by staff and students in 2021

• The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories / Ken Liu
• Oryx and Crake: a Novel / Margaret Eleanor Atwood
• The Girl on the Train / Paula Hawkins
• Five Feet Apart / Rachael Lippincott

Your views matter. Submit now and get entered into a lucky draw for a copy of the chosen book!

PolyU Library

Due to urgent electricity supply rectification works by CDO, 24-hour Study Centre on 1/F will be temporarily closed from 11:00pm on 15 Oct 2021 to 8:30am on 16 Oct 2021. Room U208 will be reserved for eligible users during the affected period.

We apologized for any inconvenienced caused.

The 24-Hour Study Centre located on 1/F North Wing is open around the clock*. During the overnight access period, the Centre is only accessible by current PolyU students and staff via the 1/F entrance opposite to the Campus Control Centre (P111). Users are required to tap their PolyU staff / student ID cards when entering and leaving the 24-Hour Study Centre. For details, please click here.

* Notes:

• To make necessary arrangements for overnight access and cleaning services, all users will be required to leave the Centre one hour before the Library closes. The Centre will normally re-open in 15 minutes after completion of clearance procedures. Users in need of study space during the clearance period may continue to use other study areas in the Library.
• The Centre will be closed when typhoon signal No.8 or above is hoisted.