Hayley Gullen
@hayleygullen.com
“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” is available to buy now! https://linktr.ee/ThisMightSurpriseYou
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Hayley Gullen
@hayleygullen.com
· Sep 26
“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” is out now.
It’s a graphic memoir: comics can do things that no other medium can. I’ve tried to be as honest as possible while also making you laugh. I’ll break your heart while giving you a hug.
Buy it here:
linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
#cansky
It’s a graphic memoir: comics can do things that no other medium can. I’ve tried to be as honest as possible while also making you laugh. I’ll break your heart while giving you a hug.
Buy it here:
linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
#cansky
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Love Hayley's rendition of the Rosemarkie Pictish cross-slab here. This is a very puzzling monument. Why does it have no figural elements, like the Tarbat slabs with their hunters, or the Conan Stone with its mythological figures? Is it because Rosemarkie was a bishop's see, not (just) a monastery?
My WIP is about Pictish symbol stones and modern international politics/misinformation.
(It’ll make sense eventually.)
Still early days but one of the big challenges is drawing Celtic knotwork. Every single pattern has to be learned from scratch.
Still, I’m pretty excited about it.
(It’ll make sense eventually.)
Still early days but one of the big challenges is drawing Celtic knotwork. Every single pattern has to be learned from scratch.
Still, I’m pretty excited about it.
December 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Love Hayley's rendition of the Rosemarkie Pictish cross-slab here. This is a very puzzling monument. Why does it have no figural elements, like the Tarbat slabs with their hunters, or the Conan Stone with its mythological figures? Is it because Rosemarkie was a bishop's see, not (just) a monastery?
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I’m very happy to keep talking about cancer, but…
I don’t want to be talking about cancer forever.
Crazy, I know!
I don’t want to be talking about cancer forever.
Crazy, I know!
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I’m very happy to keep talking about cancer, but…
I don’t want to be talking about cancer forever.
Crazy, I know!
I don’t want to be talking about cancer forever.
Crazy, I know!
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My WIP is about Pictish symbol stones and modern international politics/misinformation.
(It’ll make sense eventually.)
Still early days but one of the big challenges is drawing Celtic knotwork. Every single pattern has to be learned from scratch.
Still, I’m pretty excited about it.
(It’ll make sense eventually.)
Still early days but one of the big challenges is drawing Celtic knotwork. Every single pattern has to be learned from scratch.
Still, I’m pretty excited about it.
December 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My WIP is about Pictish symbol stones and modern international politics/misinformation.
(It’ll make sense eventually.)
Still early days but one of the big challenges is drawing Celtic knotwork. Every single pattern has to be learned from scratch.
Still, I’m pretty excited about it.
(It’ll make sense eventually.)
Still early days but one of the big challenges is drawing Celtic knotwork. Every single pattern has to be learned from scratch.
Still, I’m pretty excited about it.
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My WIP is about Pictish symbol stones and modern international politics/misinformation.
(It’ll make sense eventually.)
Still early days but one of the big challenges is drawing Celtic knotwork. Every single pattern has to be learned from scratch.
Still, I’m pretty excited about it.
(It’ll make sense eventually.)
Still early days but one of the big challenges is drawing Celtic knotwork. Every single pattern has to be learned from scratch.
Still, I’m pretty excited about it.
December 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My WIP is about Pictish symbol stones and modern international politics/misinformation.
(It’ll make sense eventually.)
Still early days but one of the big challenges is drawing Celtic knotwork. Every single pattern has to be learned from scratch.
Still, I’m pretty excited about it.
(It’ll make sense eventually.)
Still early days but one of the big challenges is drawing Celtic knotwork. Every single pattern has to be learned from scratch.
Still, I’m pretty excited about it.
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The idea of “playing the cancer card” is a useful one but it can’t give you full diplomatic immunity.
4/4
4/4
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The idea of “playing the cancer card” is a useful one but it can’t give you full diplomatic immunity.
4/4
4/4
My Christmas cards are starting to reach people and this warms my heart
(I design my own cards each year and this brings me great joy every time)
(And they’re not even slightly cancer-themed this year!)
(I design my own cards each year and this brings me great joy every time)
(And they’re not even slightly cancer-themed this year!)
December 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
My Christmas cards are starting to reach people and this warms my heart
(I design my own cards each year and this brings me great joy every time)
(And they’re not even slightly cancer-themed this year!)
(I design my own cards each year and this brings me great joy every time)
(And they’re not even slightly cancer-themed this year!)
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From my WIP.
What more can any of us ask for, really?
What more can any of us ask for, really?
December 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
From my WIP.
What more can any of us ask for, really?
What more can any of us ask for, really?
From my WIP.
What more can any of us ask for, really?
What more can any of us ask for, really?
December 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
From my WIP.
What more can any of us ask for, really?
What more can any of us ask for, really?
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I want to be seen as a full human being, which means I need to ask my friends and family to keep calling me out on my bullshit.
1/4
#cansky
1/4
#cansky
December 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I want to be seen as a full human being, which means I need to ask my friends and family to keep calling me out on my bullshit.
1/4
#cansky
1/4
#cansky
I want to be seen as a full human being, which means I need to ask my friends and family to keep calling me out on my bullshit.
1/4
#cansky
1/4
#cansky
December 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I want to be seen as a full human being, which means I need to ask my friends and family to keep calling me out on my bullshit.
1/4
#cansky
1/4
#cansky
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Yes, my book is available in Canada too!
November 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Yes, my book is available in Canada too!
Yes, my book is available in Canada too!
November 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Yes, my book is available in Canada too!
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227. This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story by @hayleygullen.com
I really enjoyed and appreciated this graphic memoir - a funny, moving and above all honest account of navigating the realities of cancer treatment at the age of 37.
I really enjoyed and appreciated this graphic memoir - a funny, moving and above all honest account of navigating the realities of cancer treatment at the age of 37.
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
227. This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story by @hayleygullen.com
I really enjoyed and appreciated this graphic memoir - a funny, moving and above all honest account of navigating the realities of cancer treatment at the age of 37.
I really enjoyed and appreciated this graphic memoir - a funny, moving and above all honest account of navigating the realities of cancer treatment at the age of 37.
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I appreciated being called brave if I felt the person genuinely meant it and wasn’t just saying it to distance themselves. It still doesn’t feel like the right word, though. How can one be “brave” when simply reacting to a dreadful situation?
2/5
2/5
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I appreciated being called brave if I felt the person genuinely meant it and wasn’t just saying it to distance themselves. It still doesn’t feel like the right word, though. How can one be “brave” when simply reacting to a dreadful situation?
2/5
2/5
You can buy my book here, or from pretty much any bookstore or online outlet in the UK and USA.
5/5
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/this-migh...
5/5
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/this-migh...
This Might Surprise You
'It's as if Hayley has been inside my head and captured every thought I had during treatment . . . an honest, brave, no-holds barred account'Liz O'Riordan, surg…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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First sentence: "Millions of men are set to be denied routine prostate screening"
How about: "Millions of men are set to avoid harm and NHS to avoid wasted money through poorly evidenced screening programme"?
How about: "Millions of men are set to avoid harm and NHS to avoid wasted money through poorly evidenced screening programme"?
This is what happens when as a single condition health charity you’re overly focused on those who die of your condition and you don’t consider outcomes for those who don’t, or the opportunity costs involved for NHS. PCUK are particularly guilty but they’re not alone.
www.thetimes.com/article/4487...
www.thetimes.com/article/4487...
Start prostate cancer testing regardless of advice, Wes Streeting told
NHS advisers are expected to rule against a mass programme for the disease, which causes more than 12,000 deaths a year
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
First sentence: "Millions of men are set to be denied routine prostate screening"
How about: "Millions of men are set to avoid harm and NHS to avoid wasted money through poorly evidenced screening programme"?
How about: "Millions of men are set to avoid harm and NHS to avoid wasted money through poorly evidenced screening programme"?
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If only someone had recently published a book that really humanises the impact of bureaucratic malfunctions in the NHS… 😎
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/this-migh...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/this-migh...
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If only someone had recently published a book that really humanises the impact of bureaucratic malfunctions in the NHS… 😎
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/this-migh...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/this-migh...
If only someone had recently published a book that really humanises the impact of bureaucratic malfunctions in the NHS… 😎
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/this-migh...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/this-migh...
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If only someone had recently published a book that really humanises the impact of bureaucratic malfunctions in the NHS… 😎
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/this-migh...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/this-migh...
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My book is available in the UK and USA from all good bookshops and online outlets, including the publisher, Bloomsbury Green Tree.
It’s one of NPR’s “Books We Love” 2025 so why not get a copy and see for yourself why it’s getting great reviews…
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/this-migh...
It’s one of NPR’s “Books We Love” 2025 so why not get a copy and see for yourself why it’s getting great reviews…
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/this-migh...
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
My book is available in the UK and USA from all good bookshops and online outlets, including the publisher, Bloomsbury Green Tree.
It’s one of NPR’s “Books We Love” 2025 so why not get a copy and see for yourself why it’s getting great reviews…
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/this-migh...
It’s one of NPR’s “Books We Love” 2025 so why not get a copy and see for yourself why it’s getting great reviews…
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/this-migh...
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The transformation of Hayley
I think the cartoon medium is ideal for showing how my appearance changed throughout cancer treatment.
It wasn’t just external changes, though.
I’m now a cartoonist. I wasn’t before - at least not in any serious way. I’m serious about it now.
#cansky
I think the cartoon medium is ideal for showing how my appearance changed throughout cancer treatment.
It wasn’t just external changes, though.
I’m now a cartoonist. I wasn’t before - at least not in any serious way. I’m serious about it now.
#cansky
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The transformation of Hayley
I think the cartoon medium is ideal for showing how my appearance changed throughout cancer treatment.
It wasn’t just external changes, though.
I’m now a cartoonist. I wasn’t before - at least not in any serious way. I’m serious about it now.
#cansky
I think the cartoon medium is ideal for showing how my appearance changed throughout cancer treatment.
It wasn’t just external changes, though.
I’m now a cartoonist. I wasn’t before - at least not in any serious way. I’m serious about it now.
#cansky