Sarah Ellis‘s wife had been toughing it out with multiple sclerosis for more than a decade when she finally received a date for a medically assisted death in Switzerland. In My Year in Fairyland, Ellis, a celebrated children’s book author, shares an unforgettable memoir about the year of waiting for the appointed date—a year filled with astonishing moments of playfulness and joy, followed by searing grief and abiding love. Bill Richardson, who called the book “its own kind of miracle,” interviews Ellis about her journey and what has come after, in this tender and intimate event.
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SARAH ELLIS is the author of 20 books. She has received such honours as the Canadian Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature and the TD Canada Children’s Literature Award, and her books have been included on the American Library Association’s list of notable books. She is the recipient of the British Columbia Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence. For 30 years she worked as a librarian in public libraries, and she taught for seven years at The Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has a master’s degree in children’s literature from Simmons College in Boston.
BILL RICHARDSON is the author of Last Week, an illustrated children’s book that sensitively portrays medical assistance in dying (MAiD); I Saw Three Ships, a collection of stories set in Vancouver’s West End; and Hare B&B, a picture book with illustrations by Bill Pechet.
