Globe writer named next Southam Lecturer

Acclaimed local journalist and author Tom Hawthorn (Globe and Mail, Boulevard, The Tyee) has been announced as the latest Harvey Stevenson Southam Lecturer in Journalism and Nonfiction for the Department of Writing. The award-winning Hawthorn follows most recently in the footsteps of 2013 Audain lecturer and local CBC Radio host Jo-Ann Roberts. Hawthorn’s most recent book, Deadlines: Obits of Memorable British Columbians, was based on his Globe obituaries, but his Winter 2014 course will focus on the exciting world of sports journalism—a topic he also knows well. Hawthorn will present the perennially popular Southam Public Lecture in early 2014.