Sarah Falcus is honoured to be speaking at the ENAS conference and excited to be part of this celebration of research in ageing studies. She’s also thrilled to be back at the University of Lleida, a place known for its warmth and hospitality.

In her research, Sarah has explored a wide range of literary and cultural narratives, including children’s literature, and science and speculative fiction, in her quest to analyse how we imagine, narrativize and make sense of our ageing selves, from childhood to old age. Her most recent book is The Bloomsbury Handbook to Ageing in Contemporary Literature and Film (Bloomsbury 2023), co-edited with Raquel Medina and Heike Hartung. This volume, along with Valerie Lipscomb and Aagje Swinnen’s The Palgrave Handbook of Literature and Aging (2024), showcases the exciting work and range of voices in the field of literary ageing studies. Privileged to collaborate with some of the wonderful people at work in ageing studies, Sarah is currently involved in projects exploring the narrativization of death; global science fictional imaginaries of age; and gardens and age stages in contemporary narratives.