Jonathan Bennett is a novelist and poet. The author of six books, including the novels: The Colonial Hotel, Entitlement and After Battersea Park; two collections of poetry, Civil and Civic, and 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, The Walrus, Quill and Quire, Southerly, Cordite, Antipodes, Matrix, This Magazine, and Descant. Born in Vancouver, raised in Sydney, Australia, Jonathan lives in the village of Keene, near Peterborough, Ontario. More at: jonathanbennett.com