Joe Bennett (writer)

Joe Bennett (left), Andrew Holden (editor of The Press) and Rod Oram

Julian "Joe" Bennett ^[1] (born 20 April 1957) is a writer and columnist living in Lyttelton, New Zealand.

Born in England, he emigrated to New Zealand when he was twenty nine. Before his writing career, he worked as a high school teacher at one of Christchurch's leading high schools, Christ's College. Bennett is a columnist for Christchurch's newspaper The Press and has also authored several books.

From the "Introduction" to Fun Run and Other Oxymorons he describes himself as follows:

"If anything holds these articles together it is that I like people but not in herds. I distrust all beliefs, most thought and anything ending in ism. Most opinion is emotion in fancy dress."

Bennett is a seasoned hitchhiker and has a dog called Blue. He has previously had two dogs called Baz and Jess. He is fond of dogs and this is reflected in the titles and cover art of many of his books.

He has also been in segments on the New Zealand comedy show Moon TV hosted by "That Guy" Leigh Hart in a segment called "Bookzone: A Show About Books"

Selected bibliography

• Just Walking the Dogs (1998) ISBN 1-877161-49-7
• Sleeping Dogs and Other Lies (1999) ISBN 1-877161-67-5
• Fun Run and Other Oxymorons (2000) ISBN 0-684-86136-4 (A collection of his first two books).
• So Help Me Dog (2000) ISBN 1-877270-02-4
• Sit (2001) ISBN 1-877270-10-5
• Doggone (2002) ISBN 1-877270-34-2
• Barking (2003) ISBN 1-877270-49-0
• Unmuzzled (2004) ISBN 1-877270-85-7
• A Land of Two Halves (2004) ISBN 0743257138 ISBN 074326357X
• Dogmatic (2005) ISBN 1-877393-11-8
• Down Boy (2006) ISBN 1-877393-25-8
• Mustn't Grumble: An Accidental Return To England (2006) ISBN 0-7432-7627-2
• Where Underpants Come From (2008) ISBN 1847370012 ISBN 978-1847370013
• The World's Your Lobster (2009) ISBN 9781869508104
• Hello Dubai (2010) ISBN 9781847376749

References

1. ^ Bennett, Joe (2003). "Jules". Barking. Hazard Press Publishers. ISBN 1877270490. 

External links

• joebennett.co.nz
• Archive of Bennett's columns at The Press

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