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 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, and Descant. He is on the board
of the Writers' Trust of Canada. 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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