{"id":10266,"date":"2026-05-15T13:09:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lib.ruh.ac.lk\/?p=10266"},"modified":"2026-07-09T12:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T07:11:06","slug":"book-talk-2026-the-library-society-faculty-of-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ruh.ac.lk\/?p=10266","title":{"rendered":"BOOK TALK 2026 &#8211; The Library Society, Faculty of Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10266\" class=\"elementor elementor-10266\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06436b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06436b8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e81584\" data-id=\"9e81584\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeb12a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aeb12a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.4 - 31-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body\"><strong>Midday Chapters \u2013 Inaugural Session Successfully Concluded<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body\"><em>Library Society, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body\">The Library Society of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the inaugural session of <strong>Midday Chapters<\/strong>, our lunchtime Book Talk Series, held on <strong>Wednesday, May 20, 2026<\/strong>, from <strong>12:00 PM to 1:00 PM<\/strong> at the <strong>S.K. Charles Auditorium<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39f969a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39f969a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87f4a7c\" data-id=\"87f4a7c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cc3f80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6cc3f80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.4 - 31-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ruh.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-03-at-07.13.34-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"BOOK TALK 2026(1)\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9571e0\" data-id=\"f9571e0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-603cf34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"603cf34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ruh.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-03-at-07.13.30.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"BOOK TALK 2026(2)\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67c46f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67c46f9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88a0740\" data-id=\"88a0740\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce2130a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ce2130a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ruh.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-03-at-07.13.35-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae2db43\" data-id=\"ae2db43\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb3dabe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb3dabe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ruh.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-03-at-07.13.36.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"BOOK TALK 2026(4)\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-544a4ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"544a4ce\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b84d51\" data-id=\"5b84d51\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38beae6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38beae6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body\">The session was graced by our distinguished guest speaker, <strong>Senior Prof. N.S.B.M. Athapaththu<\/strong>, who delivered an engaging and thought-provoking talk on the No. 1 International Bestseller, <strong><i>&#8220;Why Men Don&#8217;t Listen &amp; Women Can&#8217;t Read Maps&#8221;<\/i><\/strong> by <strong>Allan &amp; Barbara Pease<\/strong>. The talk explored the book&#8217;s captivating insights into behavioural and cognitive differences between men and women, drawing enthusiastic responses and lively discussion from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body\">The event brought together academic staff, non-academic staff, and students of the Faculty of Agriculture for an enriching and stimulating hour of ideas and conversation. The interactive Q&amp;A session that followed the talk saw active participation from attendees, making it a truly engaging and memorable experience for all.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e0092bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e0092bb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1364680\" data-id=\"1364680\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ead1bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ead1bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ruh.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-03-at-07.13.31-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"BOOK TALK 2026(5)\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2eee95c\" data-id=\"2eee95c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6362fc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6362fc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ruh.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-03-at-07.13.28.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f6db5e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f6db5e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8e6cb2\" data-id=\"c8e6cb2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bfe8ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9bfe8ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ruh.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-03-at-07.13.04.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"BOOK TALK 2026(7)\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf23b59\" data-id=\"bf23b59\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae99c2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae99c2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ruh.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-03-at-07.12.59.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"BOOK TALK 2026(8)\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f101c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f101c1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b3378b\" data-id=\"2b3378b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66ae86b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66ae86b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body\">Midday Chapters is a new initiative by the Library Society aimed at fostering a culture of reading, intellectual curiosity, and collegial exchange within the Faculty community. The overwhelmingly positive response to the inaugural session reflects the enthusiasm of our Faculty community for such meaningful engagements.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body\">The Library Society extends its sincere gratitude to <strong>Senior Prof. N.S.B.M. Athapaththu<\/strong> for the inspiring and memorable talk, and to all staff and students who joined us and made this first session a resounding success.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a161455 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a161455\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1323b4e\" data-id=\"1323b4e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8522362 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8522362\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.ruh.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-03-at-07.13.34.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"BOOK TALK 2026(9)\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e1fef11\" data-id=\"e1fef11\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-074a97a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"074a97a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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