Gerard Brennan
brennanfiction(at)gmail.com
Publications
- Novella, The Point, Pulp Press 2011 (re-released by
Blasted Heath in 2013)
- Novel, Wee Rockets, Blasted Heath, 2012
- Novel, Fireproof, Blasted Heath, Fight Card Books, 2012
- Novella, Welcome to the
Octagon, 2013
- Novella, Wee Danny,
Blasted
Heath, 2013
- Novella, Bounce, Verbal Arts Centre (commissioned for
the Killer Books festival), 2013
- Novella, Breaking Point, Blasted Heath, 2014
- Novel, Undercover, Blasted Heath, 2015
- Novel, Disorder
(German translation), Polar Verlag, scheduled for late 2017
Relevant Work History
- Freelance Writer at Culture NI
(http://www.culturenorthernireland.org), 2010 to 2011
- Webmaster at Crime Scene NI, a blog devoted to Northern Irish
crime writing
- University Tutor at QUB, Introduction
to Creative Writing module; September 2014 to December 2015. Module
includes prose, poetry and drama (screen, stage and radio)
Writing Awards
- Arts Council of Northern Ireland, SIAP award, received five
times between 2007 and 2015 (four times for literature, once for drama)
- Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Travel Award, received to
support a trip to Long Beach CA to attend Bouchercon (a crime fiction convention) as
a panel member and a representative of Northern Irish crime fiction, 2014
- Northern Ireland Screen, Script Development award, received
twice for screenplays titled The Point and Time, 2008 and 2014 respectively
Theatre Production
- An
Irish Possession,
One-man show written and performed for The Black Box Lunchtime Theatre,
directed by Conor Maguire, 2010
- The
Sweety Bottle,
Regional tour via Brassneck Theatre Company, 2013 (March to April)
- The
Sweety Bottle, Eight
performances at The Grand Opera House via Brassneck Theatre Company
(transferred from the Baby Grand to the Auditorium due to popular demand –
the first play to achieve this at the Grand Opera House in its history),
2013 (August)
Education
- Masters, Creative Writing, Queen’s
University Belfast, 2011-2012
- PhD, Creative Writing thesis titled ‘Disorder’
(a novel) ‘Behaviourism and Hammett's Hardboiled Crime Fiction Legacy’ (a
critical component), Queen’s University Belfast, 2013-present (PhD
defended Dec 2016, submitted Jan 2017 – graduated in July 2017)
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