“We never tire of the friendships we form with books,” Charles Dickens once said. Reading is not as static as one might think. When we read, we form a relationship with a book and let it influence us. Reading, like exchanging ideas with friends, keeps our minds inquisitive by offering us opportunities to gain fresh perspectives from others. Books may not present solutions to all the problems we encounter, but they shed light on our lives by unleashing our creativity and expanding our imagination. The Hong Kong Public Libraries (HKPL) has been walking alongside Hongkongers for 60 years.

We invite you with the “life/LIBRARY” campaign to explore the multifaceted aspects, or SLASHes, of life, where one can find passages of infinite possibilities to rekindle the joy of reading. Our librarians have selected more than 40 titles, which cover a wide range of topics: family, health, self-help, everyday science, lifestyle and more, allowing readers to integrate reading into daily life.