Dublin-born Brendan Landers has had a varied career as a writer, novelist, journalist, publisher and editor. His journalism has appeared in a wide variety of mainstream Irish, Canadian and US publications, including The Irish Times, Suburbia Magazine, The Globe and Mail (Canada), The Vancouver Sun, This Magazine, Compass Magazine and Emmy Magazine (USA).

He has also written for a number of publications that cater to the expatriate Irish community and people of Irish ancestry, including Irish America Magazine (New York), The Irish Post (Great Britain), The Irish Echo (Australia),The Celtic Connection (Vancouver) and The Toronto Irish News.

He was Publisher and Managing Editor of Ireland’s Eye, a magazine for Irish Canadians, and Editor of the Irish Canada News, a Toronto-based monthly newspaper. He was also copy editor with the Northern Miner, a daily internet publication and weekly hard-copy newspaper which caters to the North American mining industry.

Brendan’s short fiction has won prizes in the Dalkey Creates writing festival, the Dunlavin Arts Festival Short Story Competition, the James Plunkett Memorial Award, the Sunday Tribune/Education Matters Short Story Competition and the Toronto Star Short Story Competition. Other accolades include Canada’s Off The Wall Award for Fiction.

His first novel Milo Devine was published to critical acclaim by Poolbeg Press and his short stories have appeared in publications such as The Blue Nib, Whispers & Shouts (Ireland), The Sunday Tribune (Ireland), Ireland’s Own (Ireland), Ireland’s Eye (Canada), The Celtic Connection (Canada), The Toronto Star (Canada), The White Wall Review (Canada) and Storyteller Magazine (Canada).

He has appeared as a commentator on the Ryan Tubridy Show (RTE Radio), Hearts and Minds (BBC TV), Newstalk Radio, CBS News (USA), Near FM (Dublin) and the BBC World Service.

He is married and is the father of a 26-year-old young man.

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