READ@PolyU: Meet Renowned Authors and Get Your Free Hong Kong Book Fair Ticket

[Update] In views of the latest pandemic situation, HKTDC has decided to reschedule the Hong Kong Book Fair 2020. Our Library will be in touch with the Organizer to see whether the free tickets will be offered again. Please stay tuned to our announcement.

You will now have a chance to get a free admission ticket of the Hong Kong Book Fair! A total of 40 free admission tickets will be given to PolyU students by attending a selected event in the English Reading series or 「名作家講座系列」 seminars at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) between 17 to 20 Jul 2020. Meet with renowned authors and explore new literary worlds, and engage yourself in your next great read.

To redeem your FREE Hong Kong Book Fair ticket:

  1. Register here. Seats are limited. First come, first served!
  2. Upon successful registration, collect the Ticket Redemption Letter at the Library by 13-15 July, 9am – 5pm.
  3. Sign up for one of the seminars below.
  4. After attending the seminar, redeem the free Hong Kong Book Fair ticket with your student card and the original copy of Ticket Redemption Letter.

Join one of the English Reading series or 「名作家講座系列」 seminars below:

English Reading series

Painter and Patron:

Illustrations of the Maritime Silk Road in 16th Century Códice Casanatense

17 Jul, 6:00pm-7:30pm

Speaker: Peter Gordon, Juan José Morales

“Keeping the Record”:

Journeys with a Mission and Over the Years

18 Jul, 3pm-4:30pm

Speaker: Dr. Gillian Bickley

China’s Russian Princess:

The Silent Wife of Chiang Ching-kuo

20 Jul, 3pm-4:30pm

Speaker: Mark O’Neill   Moderator: Chip Tsao

 

名作家講座系列

「匱乏」時代的文學

17 Jul, 4:00pm-5:30pm
講者: 梁鴻    
主持: 邢舟

以我之名的中年旅程

18 Jul, 2:30pm-3:30pm
講者:    張曼娟
 

小說家的工作

19 Jul, 11:30am-1:00pm
講者: 雙雪濤    
主持: 劉辰子

我心歸處是敦煌

19 Jul, 5:00pm-6:30pm
講者: 樊錦詩、顧春芳   
主持: 吳建芳

 

Should you have further enquiries, please contact us by email at lbueo@polyu.edu.hk.

These tickets are sponsored by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.

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