Book Distribution*
Thank you for your support! All the common books have been distributed!
PolyU readers can also access the e-book version of the common book here to read anytime, anywhere.
Book Chat Groups*
Time: Week 3 - 5 (Mon - Fri), 11:30 / 12:30 / 13:30
Venue: The Bubble, 6/F South Wing of the Library
Share your reading experience in a Book Chat Group! Each group will meet 3 times within Sep - Oct. Let’s make new friends and develop soft skills during the thought-provoking discussion.
*For PolyU students only.
Book Exhibition: Futuristic Frontiers - Exploring the World of Science Fiction
Date: 26 Aug to 31 Oct of 2024
Venue: Display Wall, P/F, Library
Discover the diverse futures imagined by renowned sci-fi authors like Asimov, Clarke, and Herbert at our featured book exhibition. From mind-bending multiverses to cautionary tales of technology's impact, these thought-provoking narratives will ignite your imagination and challenge you to consider the opportunities and perils that may shape our world.
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Feature Talk: Human, Machine, and the In-Between in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun
Date: 30 Oct 2024
Hybrid Mode: The Forum, 6/F, Library & Online via Zoom
Guest Speaker: Ms An Yu
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In Klara and the Sun, the humanity of Ishiguro’s characters is placed on a spectrum. What does it mean to be human? Is humanity something that can be learned?
A story of love, grief, and hope, told through Ishiguro’s understated prose and from the compelling point of view of an AI machine, this novel achieves what all novels aim to do, which is to stand by its readers as they each arrive at their own truths.
In this talk, Ms An Yu will provide PolyU readers with rich and thought-provoking perspectives on the novel's resonance with contemporary issues.
About the Speaker
Ms An Yu (安於) was born and raised in Beijing, and spent parts of her life studying and working in London, New York, and Paris. She received her MFA from New York University and writes her fiction in English.
She is the author of the novels Braised Pork (2020) and Ghost Music (2022). Her writing has also appeared in The Sunday Times Style, Freeman’s, Literary Hub, The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.
Call for Book Nomination
Date: End of 2024
Please send us your Common Book nominations for a new year of reading. It will help us decide which book the PolyU community will read in 2025.
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