Based on https://tryexceptpass.org/article/threaded-asynchronous-magic-and-how-to-wield-it/

async_wielding.py

import asyncio
import signal
from threading import Thread
import time

from decorators import logger


@logger
async def do_some_work(x):
  await asyncio.sleep(x)


@logger
def more_work(x):
  time.sleep(x)


@logger
def block_the_main_thread():
  loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
  loop.run_until_complete(do_some_work(5))

  tasks = [asyncio.ensure_future(do_some_work(2)),
           asyncio.ensure_future(do_some_work(5))]

  loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.gather(*tasks))


def start_loop(loop):
  asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
  loop.run_forever()  


@logger
def on_a_new_thread():
  new_loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
  t = Thread(target=start_loop, args=(new_loop,))
  t.start()
  
  new_loop.call_soon_threadsafe(more_work, 20)
  asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(do_some_work(5), new_loop)
  last_future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(do_some_work(10), new_loop)

  # Since we know which coroutine will finish last, 
  # we can stop the loop when it's done
  last_future.add_done_callback(lambda f: new_loop.stop())


if __name__ == '__main__':
  block_the_main_thread()
  on_a_new_thread()

decorators.py

import datetime
import inspect


now = datetime.datetime.now


def format_fn(func, *args, **kwargs):
  
  fkwargs = ', '.join(f'{k}={v}' for k, v in kwargs.items())

  rv = f'{func.__name__}('
  if args: 
    rv += ', '.join(str(a) for a in args)
  
  if kwargs:
    rv += ', '.join(f'{k}={v}' for k, v in kwargs.items())

  rv += ')'
  return rv


def logger(func):

  def inner(*args, **kwargs):
    fn = format_fn(func, *args, **kwargs)
    print(f'[{now()}] Entering {fn}')
    rv = func(*args, **kwargs)
    print(f'[{now()}] Exiting {fn}')
    return rv

  async def inner_async(*args, **kwargs):
    fn = format_fn(func, *args, **kwargs)
    print(f'[{now()}] Entering {fn}')
    rv = await func(*args, **kwargs)
    print(f'[{now()}] Exiting {fn}')
    return rv
  
  return inner_async if inspect.iscoroutinefunction(func) else inner