New Vancouver book club invites Sarah Palin and Pervez Musharraf to town

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      Former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin will speak at the Vancouver Club on October 13.

      Palin, author of Going Rogue, is one of six writers invited to Vancouver by the Bon Mot Book Club.

      Palin's speaking fee is $75,000, according to one of the founders of the club, Leah Costello. She told the Georgia Straight by phone that Palin's fee would have exceeded $100,000 had she booked the event more recently.

      Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf is another one of the speakers. He will be in Vancouver on January 19.

      The series kicks off on September 20 with Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine.

      Also part of the series is Dambisa Moyo, a former World Bank and Goldman Sachs economist who has opposed providing foreign aid to Africa.

      Other speakers include New Yorker writer Dr. Atul Gwande and author Liz Murray, who went from being homeless to attending Harvard University.

      Costello said that the speaking fees of Gwande and Musharraf are each in the $100,000 range.

      There are only 18 tables in the room for these events. Individual tickets cost $500. For $8,000, patrons can purchase six tickets plus six VIP passes, which will enable them to attend receptions to meet the speakers.

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      Comments

      17 Comments

      dudeguydotwebs

      Aug 31, 2010 at 6:16pm

      oh so exploitable. it sure would be nice if we could have some raging grannies at the reception.

      raincoaster

      Aug 31, 2010 at 10:36pm

      Who do I have to bl- uh, blackmail, to get a media pass to that Michael Lewis talk?
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      carderoaerie

      Sep 1, 2010 at 6:53am

      The woman bringing this piece of work to Vancouver is affiliated with both the Fraser Institute and the infamous CATO group founded and funded by one of the Koch brothers, yes the big bucks wielding the sticks trying to whistle home the destruction of America for big business. When civil war scatters their population I hope the Republicans are held at the border, after all, they will have been the firestarters. They can move to Uruguay for the duration, where the Bush family has decided to wait out the war before heading back to a depopulised country missing a middle class. Sarah Palin is what Olbermann says, but more dangerous.

      miguel

      Sep 1, 2010 at 8:50am

      Go Sarah! Hoik as much money out of rich people as you can!
      Miguel

      Dave S

      Sep 1, 2010 at 8:57am

      For $75,000 I'd happily put together a talk for this club.

      Oh wait. No one invited me to run for a position I'm not qualified for. And I've actually been to other countries. Guess they don't care what I have to say.

      Grant Phillips

      Sep 1, 2010 at 9:24am

      For real? I've never heard of Bon Mot. (that's in French isn't it?) Most conservatives I know find her an embarrasment. I'll bet this is a scam, and they are really bringing in Tina Fey.
      Seriously though, what could a USA right winger frim Alaska have to say that anyone in BC would find interesting? even if there was a free meal on Hastings or Cordova Street included.

      DaveD

      Sep 1, 2010 at 10:00am

      so... is the Bon Mot Book Club a comedy club or something?

      Tea Bags

      Sep 1, 2010 at 1:23pm

      Let's all show up - with tea bags! Big ones! Wet ones!

      just say no

      Sep 1, 2010 at 2:51pm

      really? am i the only one saddened by the fact that there are enough, rich, influential people in Vancouver WANTING to see such a pathetic, fear mongering, right-wing, loud mouth speak? Sarah Palin is everything we as Canadians should be resisting and educating themselves above.
      i know, perhaps a double bill, Musharrif and Palin, speaking on Ghandi's birthday ! a follow up performance to the Apostle Glen Beck and Palin MLK anniversary speech. frightening, truly.

      montyvan

      Sep 1, 2010 at 3:56pm

      Oh my, what a complete waste of money to listen to some airhead babble on about nothing important! For $5, you can buy a helium-filled balloon and slowly let the air out. That would be far more entertaining, and would save you $74,995.