An Evening With Sia Figiel
We're pleased to have internationally acclaimed Samoan writer Sia Figiel
at the library this week for a reading from her long awaited new novel Freelove followed by questions and book signing.
Figiel won the 1997 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize, Best First Book for the region for her ground breaking novel, 'Where We Once Belonged', a classic in Pacific Island literature which has been translated into German, French, Spanish, Catalan and Dutch. She has written three other novels, 'The Girl in The Moon Circle' (1996), 'They Who Do Not Grieve' (1998), and her latest 'Freelove' (2017), hot off the press and called “Powerful. Sagacious. Hypnotic. A Masterpiece!”
War Memorial Library - Thursday 10 May, 6pm
This event is sponsored by the Friends of Hutt City Libraries. Please contact alexa_masina@yahoo.co.nz with any enquiries.
Poll: 🤖 What skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
The Reserve Bank has shared some pretty blunt advice: there’s no such thing as a “safe” job anymore 🛟😑
Robots are stepping into repetitive roles in factories, plants and warehouses. AI is taking care of the admin tasks that once filled many mid-level office jobs.
We want to know: As the world evolves, what skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
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