FEATURE STORY
- Why READ@PolyU?
- Film Shows
Date: 4, 10 Oct 2013
Venue: Chiang Chen Studio Theatre
- Writing Workshops run by English Language Centre*
Date: 14 – 31 Oct 2013
Venue: English Language Centre
- Book Talks
- “CROSSOVER STORIES: The Hunger Games, Harry Potter and Twilight” by Nury Vittachi (School of Design)
and speakers
- “Science Fiction Novels: Entertainment, Education or Warning?” by Andrew Morall (English Language Centre)
Date: Sep – Oct 2013
Venue: Pao Yue-kong Library
- Library’s Book Exhibitions
- Science Fiction: Novels and other Media
Date: Sep – Oct 2013
Venue: Pao Yue-kong Library
- Essay Contest*
Tell us what you think about the book to win
an iPad or book vouchers!
Date: November 2013
It is a campus-wide common reading programme in which all PolyU full-time first year undergraduate students will read the same book. It aims to create a sense of community for freshmen to share a common experience in their new environment with fellow students. It is also designed to introduce them to the academic life they are beginning at PolyU, and foster a reading culture across the University. |
Who is it for? PolyU full-time first year undergraduate students
The Common Book 2013/14: The Hunger Games by Susanne Collins
Written in 2008 by an American writer, Susanne Collins, it is a futuristic story of Katniss, a 16-year-old girl, who volunteered to take up the place of her young sister, to battle with other young people until death in a man-made wilderness. The whole process was master-minded by an authoritarian government, and broadcasted in a real-life television show called the “Hunger Games”. |
Watch out for the announcement of other events at the Read@PolyU Homepage. |
