Here are some upcoming events for A Good Death.
The Donner Prize in Public Policy, May 15, 2017
A Good death was shortlisted for this significant prize in public policy in April.
Here’s a link to the announcement:
Donner Prize
The J.W. Dafoe Book Prize, May 2017
A Good Death was shortlisted for this prestigious history prize in March. I am delighted to be in such good company. Fingers crossed.
Here’s a link to the announcement:
Dafoe Prize
April, 2017
The paperback of A Good Death will be published. I have updated the first chapter and added a new one, “So Close and Yet So Far,” in which I write about the government’s Medical Assistance in Dying law, why it fails to comply with the Supreme Court decision in Carter, and what needs to be changed in the best interests of patients. We still have a long way to go in ensuring our final human right: choice in the way we die.
FeB 1, 2017
I was invited to give the Pelham Edgar memorial lecture at Victoria College at the University of Totonto. Here’s a link:
Jan. 26, 2017
The BC National Prize for Non-Fiction
A Good Death was one of four finalists for this prestigious national prize. I was thrilled to be in such good company and delighted to win the prize.
Here’s the judges’ citation
Sandra Martin for A Good Death: Making the Most of Our Final Choices
(Patrick Crean Editions, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd)
“It is a curious paradox that despite the inevitability of death, it is a subject
people would rather avoid talking about. But is there a more important issue for
us to resolve than how to find a social consensus on making death more
humane? Sandra Martin’s A Good Death will make an enormous contribution to
our ongoing, often contentious public debate on the issue. Her careful and
thorough research provides historical context, legislative precedents, the effect
of medical technology and philosophical and religious insights. What truly
distinguishes this book is the reportage on individuals and families who have
fought to arrange for a better death, sometimes successfully, sometimes not.
These firsthand experiences are the beating heart of a timely and powerful
examination.”
Here’s the way CBC.ca reported the BC prize
Jan. 18, 2017
Writers Trust Author’s Series
1:30 p.m. Women’s Art Association
Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto
Nov. 15, 2016
A Good Death: Making the Most of our Final Choices
11:30 am, Granite Club Book Talks, Toronto
Oct. 29th, 2016
On Dying
10 a.m. Wintergreen Studios, near Kingston, Ontario
Oct. 26th, 2016
Toronto Talks Death
7 p.m. Death Cafe, Mount Pleasant Cemetery & Funeral Centre
Oct. 17, 2016
4 p.m. Avoca Book Club
Oct. 1-2, 2016
Kingston’s Writers Fest
The Big Idea: A Good Death
7:00 p.m. Bellevue Ballroom, Holiday Inn
I will be speaking about my book with Andre Picard, Udo Schuklenk and Chris Simpson. Carol Off is moderating
Oct. 2, 2016
Writing Biography
9:00 a.m. Sir John A. Macdonald Room, Holiday Inn
I will be conducting a master class. Enrolment is limited.
Sept. 25, 2016
Word on the Street
Toronto Book & Magazine Festival
5:15 p.m. I will be speaking in the Nothing but the Truth tent
Sept. 13, 2016
The Heliconian Literary Series
7:30 p.m. Scollard Street, Toronto
May 31, 2016
Ramsay Talks
6:30 p.m. Hot Docs Cinema
506 Bloor Street (Bathurst subway)
I will be speaking with Jocelyn Downie, Jeff Myers, Shanaaz Gokool
and Andre Picard.
May 10, 2016
The eh list Author Series
7:00 p.m. North York Central Library
5120 Yonge Street, Toronto
May 1, 2016
Books and Brunch
Globe and Mail/Ben McNally Books
10:00 am, Vanity Fair Ballroom, Royal York Hotel, Toronto
I will be speaking with the Hon. Bill Graham, Max Eisen and Alissa York
For tickets: please call 416-361-0032