Podcast appearances and mentions of ainsley hawthorn

We are living in a time of record low fertility rates across much of Canada. Today on the show we speak to people who have made the choice to live child free. Guests include: Ainsley Hawthorn, cultural historian and author, Shae Beck, Josh McLearn and Marie Curtis. 

Dr. Ainsley Hawthorn, cultural historian, sensory scholar, and author, joins Lisa Dent to talk about America’s so-called ugly laws that existed from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century that banned people with visible disabilities and diseases from public spaces. Follow The Lisa Dent Show on Twitter:Follow @LisaDentSpeaksFollow @SteveBertrand Follow @kpowell720 Follow @maryvandeveldeFollow @LaurenLapka

More than half of 2SLGBTQIA+ and gender-diverse people in this province say their mental health is poor or very poor. Over 73 percent say they needed mental health care services but never got them. That's according to a research project by Quadrangle NL, funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada. The report considers all health care services in this province, and the results are anything but optimistic. Charlie Murphy is the executive director of Quadrangle NL. Ainsley Hawthorn is the project's research manager.

Would You Consider Writing Under a Pseudonym? For what reason would you want to pen something not under your own name? Is it so different from what you usually write that it needs that level of anonymity? Do you want to see if people respond to your work sans name the same way they do when your name is on it? 18 authors reveal why (or why not) to do this industry practice!Featuring from Breakwater Books Ltd.:Ainsley Hawthorn, Land of Many ShoresFrom Engen Books Ltd.:Teresita E. Dziadura, author of Corporate InvasionShannon K Green, author of The Snows of AetalusDaze Jefferies - 'Acceptance' with Quadrangle NLAndrew Pike, author of The Epic Quest of Terral B HylotzSarah Thompson, author of The Love of SummerJennifer Shelby, author of Plague of the DreamlessJRH LawlessAndrew Peacock, author of VIRALHeather Reilly, author of Binding of the AlmatreakNicole Little, author of Roxy Buckles and the Flight of the SparrowLauralana Dunne, author of AshesFrom Marvel Comics:Jed Mackay, author of Moon Knight and Black CatFrom House of Zolo:JE Solo, author of Phreak, the 2020 Write Project Book of the Year!From 47North:Shannon Fay, author of Innate MagicAlso featuring: Alisha MorrisseyKayla Krantz, author of Dead by MorningJamie Thomas, author of AsperfellOriginally broadcast on July 22, 2024 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country.  Check out As Loved Our Fathers, the latest book from Write Project host Matthew LeDrew: https://amzn.to/3HB7BABIt's a hunt for the Holy Grail taken on by an American Anthropologist and a Newfoundland History professor that unveils hidden secrets within Newfoundland history! Support the showListen on CHMR online at http://www.chmr.ca/​This program, and others like it, are helped by support from viewers and fans on Patreon. Consider helping support Engen Books on Patreon for as little as $1.00 a month for excellent rewards, including books! https://www.patreon.com/engenbooks​Checkout Engen titles at http://www.engenbooks.com/​The Write Project signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8W9OTEngen Horror Society Signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8YemrFantasy Files signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8X4zLEngen's Science-Fiction Newsletter for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/ir5JmgThis recording copyright © 2023 Matthew LeDrew

Haley and Jillian talk recent news about the astronauts and cosmonauts that were stuck at the International Space Station for a year. Then Jillian delves into the lore-ridden story of Marguerite de la Rocque and the Isle of Demons. Sources Three astronauts return to Earth after year in space. NASA's Rubio sets US record, Marcia Dunn, ABC News The Marooning of Marguerite de la Rocque, History Courses Marguerite de La Rocque, Wikipedia The Elusive Isle of Demons, Cynthia Smith, Library of Congress Blogs A Woman to Know: Marguerite de la Rocque de Roberval, Julia Carpenter, A Woman to Know.com This phantom island was once believed to lie in the Strait of Belle Isle, Ainsley Hawthorn, CBC Canada Lac Wood Screecher, Cryptid Wiki Wendigo, Wikipedia

Authors are not natural marketers. Often it's a learned skill, a necessary evil. Given that, we ask 15 authors to share their best tips and tricks for marketing their books with Write Project listeners!Featuring from Breakwater Books Ltd.:Ainsley Hawthorn, Land of Many ShoresRebecca North, author of Nanny's Kitchen PartyLisa Moore, editor of Hard TicketFrom Engen Books Ltd.:Erin Vance, author of ExposureJRH Lawless, author of The General Buzz seriesBrad Dunne, author of The Merchant's MansionYasmine Dalloul, poet with Mythology from the RockHeather Reilly, author of The Binding of the Almatreak seriesFrom 47North:Shannon Fay, author of Innate MagicAlso featuring: Alisha Morrissey, writer at Rogue Penguin Creative!John Haas, author of The Reluctant BarbarianCandace Osmond, author of Dark TidesKayla Krantz, author of Dead by MorningColleen Helme, author of the Shelby Nichols seriesAmanda Labonte, author of Call of the SeaOriginally broadcast on September 11, 2023 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country.  Check out As Loved Our Fathers, the latest book from Write Project host Matthew LeDrew: https://amzn.to/3HB7BABIt's a hunt for the Holy Grail taken on by an American Anthropologist and a Newfoundland History professor that unveils hidden secrets within Newfoundland history! Support the showListen on CHMR online at http://www.chmr.ca/​This program, and others like it, are helped by support from viewers and fans on Patreon. Consider helping support Engen Books on Patreon for as little as $1.00 a month for excellent rewards, including books! https://www.patreon.com/engenbooks​Checkout Engen titles at http://www.engenbooks.com/​The Write Project signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8W9OTEngen Horror Society Signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8YemrFantasy Files signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8X4zLEngen's Science-Fiction Newsletter for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/ir5JmgThis recording copyright © 2023 Matthew LeDrew

Sometimes, authors form a unique connection to their work that borders on the spiritual, or mirrors a spiritual connection they feel in their lives. Today, Breakwater authors share if they have that connection with Write Project!Ainsley Hawthorn, Land of Many ShoresLisa Moore, editor of Hard TicketClaire Wilkshire, author of The Love OlympicsMorgan Murray, author of Dirty BirdsGemma Hickey, author of Almost FeralDaze Jefferies, contributor on Land of Many Shores  and TransVersing Kerri Cull, author of Rock Paper SexXavier Micheal-Campbell, contributor to Us, NowOlivia Robinson, author of Blue Moth MotelPaul David Power, author of CrippledShelley Kawaja, author of Raw Light of MorningDr Richard Elcock, contributor to Us, NowThis episode is the thirty-first part of a fifty-episode Write Project sub-series celebrating the fifty-year anniversary of Breakwater Books! Breakwater Books was founded in 1973 to showcase the vibrant literary culture in Newfoundland and Labrador. Since then, we've continued our commitment to Newfoundland and Labrador writers while expanding our focus to feature emerging and well-known authors from across Canada and overseas. Breakwater publishes award-winning writing in all literary genres—fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, art, young adult and children's books, as well as cookbooks, guidebooks and educational resources.Originally broadcast on July 19, 2023 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country.  Check out As Loved Our Fathers, the latest book from Write Project host Matthew LeDrew: https://amzn.to/3HB7BABIt's a hunt for the Holy Grail taken on by an American Anthropologist and a Newfoundland History professor that unveils hidden secrets within Newfoundland history! Support the showListen on CHMR online at http://www.chmr.ca/​This program, and others like it, are helped by support from viewers and fans on Patreon. Consider helping support Engen Books on Patreon for as little as $1.00 a month for excellent rewards, including books! https://www.patreon.com/engenbooks​Checkout Engen titles at http://www.engenbooks.com/​The Write Project signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8W9OTEngen Horror Society Signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8YemrFantasy Files signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8X4zLEngen's Science-Fiction Newsletter for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/ir5JmgThis recording copyright © 2023 Matthew LeDrew

Subscriber-only episodeWhat happens behind the scenes in the publishing industry? What secrets are there, that are too shameful to tell (except on Write Project)? These seven authors know, and they're telling.Featuring from Breakwater Books Ltd.:Ainsley Hawthorn, Land of Many ShoresDaze Jefferies - Land of Many Shores / TransVersingFrom Engen Books Ltd.:Kelley Power, author of TombstoriesHannah Jenkins, author of The Birds Come Back in the SpringFrom Flanker Press:Susan Flanagan, author of Supermarket BabyFrom Mirage Comics:Andrew Hawthorn, author of "Mere Appendix," Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesOriginally broadcast on May 01, 2023 as a part of The Write Project + Premium Content.  Check out As Loved Our Fathers, the latest book from Write Project host Matthew LeDrew: https://amzn.to/3HB7BABIt's a hunt for the Holy Grail taken on by an American Anthropologist and a Newfoundland History professor that unveils hidden secrets within Newfoundland history! Listen on CHMR online at http://www.chmr.ca/​This program, and others like it, are helped by support from viewers and fans on Patreon. Consider helping support Engen Books on Patreon for as little as $1.00 a month for excellent rewards, including books! https://www.patreon.com/engenbooks​Checkout Engen titles at http://www.engenbooks.com/​The Write Project signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8W9OTEngen Horror Society Signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8YemrFantasy Files signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8X4zLEngen's Science-Fiction Newsletter for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/ir5JmgThis recording copyright © 2023 Matthew LeDrew

Ainsley Hawthorn, Ph.D., (she/her) is a cultural historian, author, and multidisciplinary artist. Raised in Steady Brook, NL, and now based in St. John's, she earned her doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Yale University. Her expertise includes sensory studies, Mesopotamian literature and religion, Middle Eastern dance, and the history of language. Hawthorn is a past fellow of Distant Worlds (Munich) and the Advanced Seminar in the Humanities (Venice), and she has been invited to lecture on her research at universities in Germany, Austria, Italy, Canada, and the United States. Hawthorn is passionate about using her academic knowledge to bring new ideas about culture, history, and religion to a general audience. As a public scholar, she blogs for Psychology Today, writes for CBC, and has contributed to various other publications, including The Globe and Mail, the National Post, and the Newfoundland Quarterly. She is currently completing her first solo-authored non-fiction book, The Other Five Senses.Pick up Land of Many Shores using this link to help the channel: https://amzn.to/3F8HQ9EOriginally broadcast on March 15, 2023 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country.  Check out As Loved Our Fathers, the latest book from Write Project host Matthew LeDrew: https://amzn.to/3HB7BABIt's a hunt for the Holy Grail taken on by an American Anthropologist and a Newfoundland History professor that unveils hidden secrets within Newfoundland history! Support the showListen on CHMR online at http://www.chmr.ca/​This program, and others like it, are helped by support from viewers and fans on Patreon. Consider helping support Engen Books on Patreon for as little as $1.00 a month for excellent rewards, including books! https://www.patreon.com/engenbooks​Checkout Engen titles at http://www.engenbooks.com/​The Write Project signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8W9OTEngen Horror Society Signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8YemrFantasy Files signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8X4zLEngen's Science-Fiction Newsletter for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/ir5JmgThis recording copyright © 2023 Matthew LeDrew

Ainsley Hawthorn, Ph.D., (she/her) is a cultural historian, author, and multidisciplinary artist. Raised in Steady Brook, NL, and now based in St. John's, she earned her doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Yale University. Her expertise includes sensory studies, Mesopotamian literature and religion, Middle Eastern dance, and the history of language. Hawthorn is a past fellow of Distant Worlds (Munich) and the Advanced Seminar in the Humanities (Venice), and she has been invited to lecture on her research at universities in Germany, Austria, Italy, Canada, and the United States. Hawthorn is passionate about using her academic knowledge to bring new ideas about culture, history, and religion to a general audience. As a public scholar, she blogs for Psychology Today, writes for CBC, and has contributed to various other publications, including The Globe and Mail, the National Post, and the Newfoundland Quarterly. She is currently completing her first solo-authored non-fiction book, The Other Five Senses.Pick up Land of Many Shores using this link to help the channel: https://amzn.to/3F8HQ9EOriginally broadcast on March 1, 2023 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country. This episode is the eighth part of a fifty-episode Write Project sub-series celebrating the fifty-year anniversary of Breakwater Books! Breakwater Books was founded in 1973 to showcase the vibrant literary culture in Newfoundland and Labrador. Since then, we've continued our commitment to Newfoundland and Labrador writers while expanding our focus to feature emerging and well-known authors from across Canada and overseas. Breakwater publishes award-winning writing in all literary genres—fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, art, young adult and children's books, as well as cookbooks, guidebooks and educational resources. Check out As Loved Our Fathers, the latest book from Write Project host Matthew LeDrew: https://amzn.to/3HB7BABIt's a hunt for the Holy Grail taken on by an American Anthropologist and a Newfoundland History professor that unveils hidden secrets within Newfoundland history! Support the showListen on CHMR online at http://www.chmr.ca/​This program, and others like it, are helped by support from viewers and fans on Patreon. Consider helping support Engen Books on Patreon for as little as $1.00 a month for excellent rewards, including books! https://www.patreon.com/engenbooks​Checkout Engen titles at http://www.engenbooks.com/​The Write Project signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8W9OTEngen Horror Society Signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8YemrFantasy Files signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8X4zLEngen's Science-Fiction Newsletter for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/ir5JmgThis recording copyright © 2023 Matthew LeDrew

It's a new year! But, as authors, we're always looking back. Try as we might, we're always basing our work going forward on our past experiences. So! With that in mind, we're starting off the new year by asking 11 amazing and diverse authors to wind back the clock and tell us what the first book that made them cry was!Featuring:From Breakwater Books Ltd.:Kerri Cull, author of Rock Paper Sex: Trigger WarningDr. Ainsley Hawthorn, PhD, editor of Land of Many ShoresFrom HarperCollins Canada: Charlene Carr, author of Hold My GirlFrom 47North:Shannon Fay, author of Innate MagicFrom Engen Books Ltd.:Hannah Jenkins, author of The Birds Come Back in the SpringDaze Jefferies, contributor to Acceptance: Stories at the Centre of UsFrom Solo Presses:Lucy McLauren, author of AwakeningAlso featuring:Andrea Dunne, Nicole Smith, and Kassie Lukeman of the Women's Work FestivalSal from ComicPop!Originally broadcast on January 02, 2023 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country. Listen online at http://www.chmr.ca/​This program, and others like it, are helped by support from viewers and fans on Patreon. Consider helping support Engen Books on Patreon for as little as $1.00 a month for excellent rewards, including books! https://www.patreon.com/engenbooks​Checkout Engen titles at http://www.engenbooks.com/​Engen Horror Society Signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8YemrFantasy Files signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8X4zLEngen Universe signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8W9OTThis recording Copyright © 2023 Matthew LeDrew

In this Halloween Spooktacular, guest of The Write Project discuss their favorite (and, sometimes, least favorite) Stephen King novels!Featuring:From Breakwater Books Ltd.:Dr. Ainsley Hawthorn, PhD., editor of Land of Many ShoresTzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, NowFrom Engen Books Ltd.:Yasmine Dalloul, contributor to Mythology from the RockLisa Timpf, contributor to Acceptance: Stories at the Centre of UsSarah Thompson, author of The Love of SummerHannah Jenkins, author of The Birds Come Back in the SpringBrad Dunne, author of The Merchant's MansionFrom Mirage Studios:Andrew Hawthorn, author of "Mere Appendix," Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesAlso featuring:AF Stewart, author of Visions and NightmaresKayla Krantz, author of Dead by MorningOriginally broadcast on October 31, 2022 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country. Listen online at http://www.chmr.ca/​This program, and others like it, are helped by support from viewers and fans on Patreon. Consider helping support Engen Books on Patreon for as little as $1.00 a month for excellent rewards, including books! https://www.patreon.com/engenbooks​Checkout Engen titles at http://www.engenbooks.com/​Engen Horror Society Signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8YemrFantasy Files signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8X4zLEngen Universe signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8W9OTThis recording Copyright © 2022 Matthew LeDrew

Reading is an integral part of writing. There are very few hard and fast rules, but if you're not a regular reader you can't be a successful writer. Garbage in, garbage out. We put these fourteen authors on the spot during their interviews: what are they reading RIGHT NOW?Featuring:From Breakwater Books Ltd.:Dr. Ainsley Hawthorn, PhD., editor of Land of Many ShoresOlivia Robinson, author of The Blue Moth MotelLisa Moore, editor of Hard TicketMorgan Murray, author of Dirty BirdsDr. Richard Elcock, contributor to Us, NowTzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, NowFrom Flanker Press:Helen C Escott, author of the Operation seriesFrom Engen Books Ltd.:Brad Dunne, author of The Merchant's MansionJon Dobbin, author of The StarvingAmanda Labonte, author of Call of the SeaLily McCarthy, author of Quick Bright ThingsEllen Curtis, author of InfinityAlso featuring:AF Stewart, author of Visions and NightmaresDianna Brown, author of Saltwater JoysOriginally broadcast on September 26, 2022 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country. Listen online at http://www.chmr.ca/​This program, and others like it, are helped by support from viewers and fans on Patreon. Consider helping support Engen Books on Patreon for as little as $1.00 a month for excellent rewards, including books! https://www.patreon.com/engenbooks​Checkout Engen titles at http://www.engenbooks.com/​Engen Horror Society Signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8YemrFantasy Files signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8X4zLEngen Universe signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8W9OTThis recording Copyright © 2022 Matthew LeDrew

On this episode of Write Project, we sit down with the authors of the most serious literary book of 2022 and ask them the silliest, most childish questions possible... sounds like fun! Featuring Gemma Hickey, Ainsley Hawthorn, Daze Jefferies, and Paul David Power, the authors of Land of Many Shores from Breakwater Books Ltd.!Originally broadcast on July 4, 2022 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country. Listen online at http://www.chmr.ca/​This program, and others like it, are helped by support from viewers and fans on Patreon. Consider helping support Engen Books on Patreon for as little as $1.00 a month for excellent rewards, including books! https://www.patreon.com/engenbooks​Checkout Engen titles at http://www.engenbooks.com/​Write Project Newsletter signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8W9OTEngen Horror Society Signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8YemrFantasy Files signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8X4zLThis recording Copyright © 2022 Matthew LeDrew

Craig Rumbolt, from Mary's Harbour, is being remembered as a man who loved his family, his job and his community. We listend back to a 2019 interview between Craig and Labrador Morning reporter John Gaudi during a tour of the Plant in Mary's Harbour. Prominent feminist activists will be reflecting on the past, present and future of feminism, leadership and power at a panel event today, hosted by Equal Voice NL. To learn more Labrador Morning spoke with panel moderator Leila Beaudoin. There's a program being offered called "Cancer Transitions" which deals with helping people navigate through life after overcoming Cancer. Paula Newhook, of the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre in St. John's, explained the programs details. Yesterday afternoon provincial and federal politicians signed a complex financial agreement regarding the Muskrat Falls Project. Included in the deal: NL Hydro will borrow one billion dollars from the Federal Government and Ottawa will invest an additional billion dollars in the province's portion of the Labrador-Island Link... but the the Innu Nation is continuing to state its disapproval. Premier Andrew Furey and Federal Minister of Labour Seamus O'Regan answered questions from reporters after the announcement. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday, Feb 14th, that the Federal Government would be invoking the Emergencies Act to help deal with current issues in Ottawa. We hear some of what he had to say, following that decision. Have you ever wanted to write a true and meaningful story about your, or someone else's, life experiences? Art Force NL is holding a writing course for youth. Ainsley Hawthorn described what the course entails. We are joined again by Heather Scoffield and she elaborated on the details surrounding the invoking of the Emergencies Act, plus other political progressions.

Interview with Ainsley Hawthorn, editor of 'Land of Many Shores' published through Breakwater Books, contributing author to 'Mythology from the Rock' from Engen Books, co-author of 'Apocalypse Then' on CBC, and current President of the Writer's Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador (WritersNL)!Originally broadcast on February 07, 2022 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country. Listen online at http://www.chmr.ca/​​.This program, and others like it, are helped by support from viewers and fans on Patreon. Consider helping support Engen Books on Patreon for as little as $1.00 a month for excellent rewards, including books! http://www.patreon.com/engenbooks​​Checkout Engen titles at http://www.engenbooks.com/​​Write Project Newsletter signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8W9OTEngen Horror Society Signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8YemrFantasy Files signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8X4zLThis recording Copyright © 2022 Matthew LeDrew

All week we will be bringing you archival tape from the 1983 series I Well Minds The Time that Here and Now created to showcase stories from Labrador. Today we hear an interview host Mike Aucoin did with Sybilla Nitsman back in 1983. Good news for those snowmobiling through Postville this winter. The Ground Search and Rescue team has some new equipment to help if an emergency happens. We speak with Postville AngajukKak Glen Sheppard about it. A couple of MUN medical grads have undertaken research to discover why graduating doctors don't stay in this province to work. We hear from Dr. Andrew O'Keefe. In today's Home for the Holidays we hear a few songs from Leander Baikie and learn how he celebrates the holiday season. Today is Day 9 of our 12 Days of Christmas book giveaway. Today's book is A Long Journey: Residential Schools in Labrador and Newfoundland. We hear from author Andrea Proctor and Jim Igloliorte, who wrote the foreward. NL Reads is almost halfway through! We speak with Ainsley Hawthorn, reader-advocate for this month's candidate All I Ask by Eva Crocker. Finally, we speak with Heather Scoffield of the Toronto Star about how Ottawa is handling the Omicron variant, and a look back at issues from earlier this year.

Jack Eason speaks with Ainsley Hawthorn, PhD about an article she wrote about what she recognized in her friends living through the global pandemic. The shocking realization was that social isolation was already entrenched in our society long before the coronavirus broke out.Ainsley Hawthorn, PhD, is an author, cultural historian, and multidisciplinary artist based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.She earned her doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Yale University, and her academic expertise includes sensory studies, Mesopotamian literature and religion, Middle Eastern dance, word origins, and the history of writing. Hawthorn is a past fellow of Distant Worlds (Munich) and the Advanced Seminar in the Humanities (Venice), and she has been invited to lecture on her research at universities in Germany, Austria, Italy, Canada, and the United States. Distant Impressions, which she co-edited with Anne-Caroline Rendu Loisel, is the first academic volume on sensory studies in the ancient Near East,Hawthorn uses her academic knowledge to bring groundbreaking new ideas about the senses, history, and religion out of the ivory tower and to the general public. She blogs for Psychology Today, writes columns for the CBC, has contributed to The Globe and Mail, the National Post, The Dance Current, TheIndependent.ca, and the Newfoundland Quarterly, and is currently finishing her first non-fiction book, The Other Five Senses (represented by The Margret McBride Literary Agency).Hawthorn is also a Middle Eastern and international folk dancer with extensive teaching and performance experience. Her latest performance project is the short film Calamus by Kenneth J. Harvey, in which she is co-starring alongside Darren Ivany.In her spare time, she creates textile art. Her first solo exhibition of fine embroidery was held at the gallery of the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador in March 2019. Visit her website to read her blog, other publications, and hear her podcast https://www.ainsleyhawthorn.com

Interview with Ainsley Hawthorn, then-Vice President of WANL (Writer'sNL)Ainsley Hawthorn, Ph.D., is an author and cultural historian based in St. John's. Her first non-fiction book, The Other Five Senses, is supported by a grant from ArtsNL and represented by The Margret McBride Literary Agency. She is also editing an anthology called "Land of Many Shores: Stories from a Diverse Newfoundland and Labrador" for Breakwater Books and is a regular contributor to CBC and the Newfoundland Quarterly online.Originally broadcast on Nov 11 2019 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country. Listen online at http://www.chmr.ca/​​.This program, and others like it, are helped by support from viewers and fans on Patreon. Consider helping support Engen Books on Patreon for as little as $1.00 a month for excellent rewards, including books! https://www.patreon.com/engenbooks​​Checkout Engen titles at http://www.engenbooks.com/​​Write Project Newsletter signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8W9OTEngen Horror Society Signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8YemrFantasy Files signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8X4zLThis recording Copyright © 2019 Matthew LeDrew

This episode Phoebe blew a hole in limbo and sucked away our audio with it! So after a catastrophic equipment failure, Andrew has pieced back together the episode into a shambling patchwork mockery of a man that shows up just in time to grab Dracula by the neck and impale him on a cross!  Ainsley Hawthorn returns to help us figure out this magic spell thing.   “Monster Mash” ©Reservoir 416 (BMI) Published By Reservoir Media Management, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Ainsley Hawthorn joins us once again for what may be, if not the best single minute in any movie ever done in the movies by minutes format, certainly the best of this particular film. Justin settles the eternal question of Horace vs Chunk, Horace settles the eternal question of Fishman vs shotgun, Ainsley gives Andrew the eternal gift of an opening to talk about Horatio Nelson.   “Monster Mash” ©Reservoir 416 (BMI) Published By Reservoir Media Management, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Dracula attempts to use the Force to lift his X-Wing from the swamp in this minute, with Ainsley Hawthorn once again joining us for the topographically confusing introduction of the Gillman.   “Monster Mash” ©Reservoir 416 (BMI) Published By Reservoir Media Management, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

We visit the newly-vacated sarcophagus of Kantanka-Ra! Dr. Ainsley Hawthorn returns to explain to us some issues with an ancient Egyptian mummy being only 2,000 years old, and talk about what the Egyptian gods and Haitian voodoo have in common. We're breaking out the dictionary of Middle Egyptian for this one, folks. You aren't going to find a more in-depth analysis of this mummy. “Monster Mash” ©Reservoir 416 (BMI) Published By Reservoir Media Management, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Ainsley Hawthorn from No Time for Heroics (and also coincidentally a doctor of Near Eastern language and civilizations) joins us to talk us through this mummy business.   “Monster Mash” ©Reservoir 416 (BMI) Published By Reservoir Media Management, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

For our official Creepy Clown Watch 2016 episode, we welcome back Ainsley Hawthorn and invite her to become the Hermione of our podcast team (and argue over who's Ron enough to take the heat) just in time to throw her in at the deep end with a good old-fashioned Halloween hazing, forcing her to watch 1997's Spawn. How many sheiks does a party need for it to tip over into being an evil party? How tall is Martin Sheen? And why the heck isn't Michael Jai White starring in all the movies? Come back to the hey-day of Wizard Magazine, variant covers, and a plucky little upstart comic company that stood up for the noble idea that an artist could own and profit from their work, took that momentum and made Spawn with it.

After a year of offstage shout-outs, citations and cameos, Ainsley Hawthorn comes on the show to complete the Hawthorn collectors set, and also to talk about the 1985 animated spectacular Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer! Does Rainbow Brite fit the definition of superhero? How is this movie a functional rebuke of Orwellian dystopia? Why can't anyone in Star Trek: The Next Generation figure out how to use a bed? And how many Akira tattoos does Anthony have secreted around his person? PLUS! We rate history's greatest horses in our new, short lived, quickly off the rails segment "Horses More Magnificent Than the Most Magnificent Horse in the Universe"! We're still workshopping the title. Get ready for a deluge of obscure references being described with even more obscure references as the team loses all touch with modern reality and dives into the pot-o-gold at the end of the Rainbow. YAY RAINBOW!!!