Rebel Book Club Vancouver x CHANGE NATIONS

Join us for RBC's November event as we explore this month's theme, change nations, via Mehran Gul's book, "The New Geography of Innovation". About the book: A new generation of Americans believes another world is possible, yet inequality, climate change and declining health feel as stubborn as ever. So where might different answers lie? Award-winning journalist Natasha Hakimi Zapata travelled from Costa Rica to Uganda and Estonia to Singapore to find out, interviewing ministers, activists and the people living with the results. From Singapore’s affordable public housing to Costa Rica’s biodiversity law and Finland’s public schools, she takes a clear-eyed look at what each policy costs, what it delivers and what it took to get there. A hopeful, frame-shifting read on how we might live differently. Why we chose it: “Gul is undoubtedly right that we need to measure innovation against a lot of different metrics, not just market capitalisation” - Bloomberg Inspired by our monthly non-fiction reads, our mix of part cocktail party, part creative classroom is a recipe that builds your reading habit while connecting with like minded people. Your hosts for the evening Paige Eager Paige joined Rebel Book Club in London in July 2018. She loves how RBC encourages her to explore new subjects and perspectives she might not have discovered otherwise. After moving across the pond and missing the events and connections she made with fellow RBC'ers, she wanted to recreate that experience in vibrant Vancouver. Top RBC Reads: • ⁠Bad Blood, by John Carreyrou • ⁠Life 3.0, by Max Tegmark • ⁠In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin, by Lindsey Hilsum Amirali Sharifian Amirali is a programming language designer for AI computers. Having made Vancouver his home, he found himself missing a like-minded community—one that thrives on curiosity, deep conversations, and a shared passion for learning. Rebel Book Club offers just that, and Amirali is excited to help grow a space where diverse perspectives come together to challenge ideas and expand horizons. Amirali's nonfiction recommendations: • The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size, by "Tor Nørretranders" • ⁠Factfulness, by Hans Rosling Interested? Want to join us at our November event? Try out the club with Eventbrite - new customers only. Ticket price includes access to the Vancouver Rebel Book Club event. About Rebel Book Club Every month since 2015, we've helped 1000's of curious minds explore a topic, meet, discuss and share learnings & actions. We're meeting monthly in London and four other locations within the UK (Oxford, Manchester, Bristol and Edinburgh), in Denver and New York (USA), in Sydney & Perth (Australia) and Toronto & Vancouver (Canada) + we have a digital membership for members round the world. Find out more about Rebel Book Club & RBC Vancouver + follow us on Instagram.