Andrew Hawthorn - Writer
Journalist, comics writer, podcaster and roller derby announcer.
07/10/2024
Really excited to do this piece for Newfoundland Quarterly. Hope you enjoy!
Set sail with an illustrated journey of the Lyubov Orlova! Once a Soviet cruise ship, this infamous vessel has become a ghost ship of legend. Explore its fascinating past of glamorous voyages and its mysterious abandonment, in this fascinating visual history from Andrew Hawthorn - Writer! http://nqonline.ca/
04/08/2024
There's an extremely suspicious crew hanging out at the MUN library's Centre for Newfoundland Studies...
Check out 𝐌𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐦 now! Literally!
𝐏𝐍𝟔𝟕𝟑𝟑.𝐇𝟑𝟗 𝐌𝟗 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑!!!!
Yeah, that's right. I'm the kind of person who shouts their own LCC number. FIGHT ME
20/07/2024
Not every story like this has this happy an ending. This is one I was blown away to be able to write this morning.
12/07/2024
J. K. Rowling's $150-million dollar megayacht is in town, during Pride, and it's met with mixed reactions. So what better time to have a conversation about wealth, history, and trans issues?
I'll be chatting with Krissy Holmes on On the Go at 5:00pm, as well as local poli-sci grad and activist Elliott Blackmore in a conversation that ranges from quoting Anita Bryant to Jean Paul Sartre.
So if that's the kind of content you crave, there's that!
02/06/2024
There's an all new www.andrewhawthorn.com !
If you're following this page, it's probably nothing you don't know, but here's where a delicious sampler of my various works (ye mighty) will be living.
06/05/2024
This is me! Come say hi!
We're coming to TCAF! May 11 -12 at the Toronto Reference Library. Table 100 on the first floor. We'll have our full lineup of books on hand, and artist Andrew Hawthorn (My Milkshake Brings All the Boys to the Yardarm) will be at the table all weekend. Be sure to stop by and say hi!
28/01/2024
Absolutely honoured to be next to Georgia Webber, representing Newfoundland and Labrador comics to the world at the Canada pavilion at Fibd Angouleme. Just sorry not to be there in person!
Photos by Matthew Loux and AVoir ALire
07/01/2024
📣 Haligonians! Nova Scotians! 📣
I'll be signing at the incredible Strange Adventures Comix & Curiosities at 5110 Prince Street in Halifax on Wednesday, January 31 from 4 to 6 pm.
Not a bad way to spend a birthday! Stop by and say hi.
13/12/2023
My book is almost sold out... but I'll be signing copies and talking mutiny at the Humpday Market tomorrow, Dec 13, from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm at the Heavy Sweater Comics table!
10/12/2023
Ainsley has a really fun piece today about how Plato, Christian mysticism and an actual wizard were the driving factors in the search for the Northwest Passage.
https://www.cbc.ca/1.7053403 (or google, if in Canada)
30/11/2023
Friday on The Signal we're talking about the art of writing a novel.
Authors Trudy Morgan-Cole, Kevin Major, and Elisabeth de Mariaffi will be on the show to talk about their books and their process.
And you can join in! Call 709-722-7111 or 1-800-563-8255 or email [email protected] with your questions about reading, writing, and publishing novels.
That's Friday, December 1 on CBC Radio One at noon NLT
30/11/2023
I neglected to post that I was hosting The Signal today on CBC, speaking with a panel of advocates on men's mental health.
We had a great discussion on how patriarchy and ideas of masculinity have led to a mental health crisis for men, how people are fighting to change that, and what we can do about it right now.
It's available to listen to here:
https://newsproxy.site/www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-89-the-signal/clip/16026889-mens-mental-health
26/11/2023
Today's the day!
We're launching my book My Milkshake Brings all the Boys to the Yardarm, and Heavy Sweater Comics TONIGHT at 7pm at the LSPU Hall in St. John's!
Stop by for comics, comic readings and behind the scenes peeks, food, drinks, buttons and just a great time.
https://www.facebook.com/events/314299104639059/
29/10/2023
Going to print real soon on 's latest! Launching Nov 26! This is a real funny book. Like, real funny. I can't wait to share it with you.
21/10/2023
Happy everyone!
Bligh didn't make it to the Battle of Trafalgar, but you can bet he would've had some choice words.
Book launch November 26!
16/10/2023
"IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE COMICON BUT IN NEWFOUNDLAND!" Bring your LOCAL COMIX to get signed at Timemasters Inc. on October 28th for HISTORY OF NL COMIX launch at TIMEMASTERS! One of the local creators confirmed signing will be Andrew Hawthorn - Writer of and MY MILKSHAKE BRINGS ALL THE BOYS TO THE YARDARM from Heavy Sweater Comics!
13/10/2023
A behind-the-scenes look at the Bounty crew taking a break before the big launch.
My Milkshake Brings all the Boys to the Yardarm, launching November 26!
07/10/2023
We are so fortunate that Elizabeth Whitten decided to document this crazy group of amazing people I'm proud to be part of.
Snagged my copy from Engen Books at St. John's Farmers' Market! Can't wait to read it!
29/09/2023
Something terribly nautical and fascinating is coming soon from Heavy Sweater Comics...
18/06/2023
Every argument made in 2023 at rallies to ban LGBTQ-inclusive education has been made before, and many times. Here's what happened a few of those times.
ANALYSIS | What we talk about, when we talk about thinking of the children | CBC News Children have been used as an excuse to push back against human rights advances over at least the past century and a half, and it's still happening today.
06/03/2023
The theft has forced the non-profit organization to to lay off staff and suspend funding and activities provided by the group, including a fund that helps provide essentials like food and clothing to members of the LGBTQ community.
Social Justice Co-op says former board member stole $60K in funds | CBC News The St. John's-based non-profit organization has had to lay off staff and suspend vital community programming in the wake of the theft.
22/10/2021
Who was Armine Nutting Gosling? Why should we care?
And why are century-old arguments against women's suffrage the same as those against trans rights and marriage equality today?
On CBC's Crosstalk, I speak with Trudy Morgan-Cole, Margot Duley and Sharon King-Campbell, just some of the women behind
Persistence Theatre's The Mirror, playing this weekend.
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-89-crosstalk/clip/15873863-suffrage
Suffrage | CrossTalk | Live Radio | CBC Listen Rosalind Franklin is a name that you can say in a crowded room and get either blank stares or absolute rage but very little in between. Franklin, for those not raging right now, is the scientist who discovered the molecular structure we now call DNA, but credit for the discovery has generally got to...
20/10/2021
I'll be hosting Crosstalk on CBC Newfoundland and Labrador for the next couple of days!
Tomorrow we're talking movies, good, bad, and particularly of the Halloween variety.
I'm joined by writer/director Mike Hickey to talk about his new short film That Halloween and comedian Stef Curran to figure out what's worth watching.
12 NL, 11:30 in most of Labrador!
Are you a former service or min wage worker who left the industry during the pandemic?
We want to talk to you!
19/07/2021
If you missed us on Crosstalk today speaking about the future of religion in the province, the episode is online now, right here!
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-89-crosstalk/clip/15855878-the-future-religion
The Future of Religion | CrossTalk | Live Radio | CBC Listen Andrew and Ainsley Hawthorn look at the future of faith in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Who is this Andrew Hawthorn person anyway?
Andrew Hawthorn is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, podcaster, comic book writer, and roller derby announcer.
A radio journalist since 2013, Andrew has created and produced three shows for radio, including Web Trawler, VOCM Lunch Bunch and Apocalypse Then, which he co-created and produces with his wife Ainsley Hawthorn (above). He was recognized with a silver Atlantic Journalism Award for Breaking News in 2018, and he currently writes for the CBC in St. John’s.
He writes and scripts comics, writing for Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the webcomic On the Bounty. He also teaches writing for narrative art, as he did at the Pure Comix Festival.
He created and produced two independent podcasts, No Time for Heroics, and Monster Squad Minute for the Movies by Minutes series of shows.
Originally from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Andrew has lived and worked across Canada, as well as in the US and UK.
He has a very good dog named Effie, but still considers himself Jellicle AF.