John Byrne (columnist)

Irish writer, cartoonist, performer, and broadcaster

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John Byrne, sometimes known as John M. Byrne (born in Dublin, Ireland)[1] is a writer, author, cartoonist, performer, and broadcaster.

## Early career

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Byrne started his career as a communications officer for UNICEF in Malawi. After returning to England in 1989 he started a "live cartoons" show, a combination of stand-up comedy, art class and audience participation and performed at festivals, school libraries and corporate events.

## Biography

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Byrne's cartoons have featured regularly in a wide range of newspapers and magazines. He has also worked for Christian Herald, Private Eye, the BBC's in-house magazine Ariel, Voluntary Sector magazine, Young Performers magazine, and as a careers advisor and agony uncle for The Stage newspaper.

## Broadcasting

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Byrne's broadcasting and writing credits include TV and radio work for BBC TV, BBC World Service, Nickelodeon, ITV, Channel Five, Virgin Radio and 'script doctoring' roles for several shows and musicals.

## Selected bibliography

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* Writing Comedy (3rd Edition)
* A Singer’s Guide to Getting Work (with Julie Payne)
* The Little Book of Cool at School
* Drawing Cartoons that Sell[2]
* A Dancer’s Guide to Getting Work (with Jenny Belingy)
* The Bullybuster’s Joke Book

## References

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1. ^ "About John Byrne", Learn Cartooning Live website, "About John". Archived from the original on 26 January 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2010., accessed 14 December 2011
2. ^ "John M. Byrne". HarperCollins Publishers. Archived from the original on 31 January 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2010.

## External links

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* Performing Careers, Byrne's professional website
* Byrne's profile as a tutor for London Art College

* Children's literature portal

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* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

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* United States
* Netherlands

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* Yale LUX

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