Jonathan Bennett's latest book is Entitlement: a novel. He is the author of three
previous books including the critically acclaimed novel, After Battersea Park, a book
of poetry, Here is my street, this tree I planted, and a collection of short stories,
Verandah People, which was runner up for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. He is a
winner of the K.M. Hunter Artists' Award in Literature. Jonathan has a new book of poems, Civil and Civic, forthcoming in spring 2011.
Jonathan
Bennett's other writing has appeared in many periodicals and journals including: the Globe
and Mail, Quill and Quire, Antipodes: A North American Journal of Australian Literature, Matrix and Descant. Born in Vancouver, raised in Sydney, Australia, Jonathan lives in Peterborough, Ontario.
Critical praise
"Entitlement...is a good book with a crackerjack ending."
- Globe and Mail
"Fast-paced and packed with poignant plot, it is the type of read that keeps you on the edge of your seat, as if
you were watching a thriller film."
- Sacramento Book Review (on Entitlement)
"Was there ever a question that Jonathan Bennett was fast on his way to cementing his place in Canadian literature?
There isn't anymore."
- January Magazine (on Entitlement)
"Bennett's storytelling is effortless in its pace and time shifts, and his dialogue glints like a sharpened knife."
- Walrus Magazine (on Entitlement)
"unsettling, raw and vivid...with ravishing language, Bennett's ability to animate lives within a landscape that
dwarfs the human, makes for a memorable read."
- Kirkus Review (on Verandah People)
"Bennett has a way with a sentence . . . A minimalist with a deft, sure touch, he does a lot with a little, flinging
a swaying bridge between the realm of ordinary prose and incandescent poetry."
- Edmonton Journal
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