Brendan’s short fiction has been published in The Stinging Fly and in The Honest Ulsterman. The Collins Press published his first creative nonfiction book, At Swim: A Book About the Sea, in 2016. His articles have been published in The Guardian, The Irish Times, The Sunday Times, and The Dublin Review of Books among others.

Brendan has worked in the Irish literature and publishing sector for over a decade. He’s currently Director and Editor of Holy Show, an annual arts journal which also creates staged literary shows that tour nationally. In addition, he runs the National Mentoring Programme for the Irish Writers Centre. He lives in Rialto, Dublin, with his partner and child.