Joe Bennett (NZ)

After ten years in New Zealand, Joe Bennett asked himself what the hell he was doing there. Other than his dogs, what was it about these two small islands on the edge of the world that had kept him - an otherwise restless traveler - for really much longer than they seemed to deserve? It wasn't the s...

In between penning his hugely acclaimed and bestselling travelogues, A LAND OF TWO HALVES and MUSTN'T GRUMBLE, Joe Bennett is also one of the foremost newspaper columnists in his adoptive home, New Zealand. In punchy, pithy, perfectly formed 800-word packages, Joe skewers all manner of modern foible...

As successful books these days seem to involve celebrities, animals or recipes, this book is clearly going to be extremely successful. On a regular basis, Joe Bennett - dog lover and delightfully erudite columnist - comments on aspects of modern life. And each year there is the nerve-wracking task ...

A characteristically colourful and quirky exploration of the weird and wonderful world of Dubai from acclaimed author of Where Underpants Come From , Joe Bennett Boom town, modern marvel, commercial hub, where middle-east meets wealthy west, playground for tourists, crawling with ex-pats, built b...

Joe Bennett was born into the middle classes of England in 1957. Life was stable, suburban and sunny. Computers weren’t around to ruin his childhood, nor terror of paedophiles, nor fast food. He had it easy. Aged 29, he came to New Zealand for one year to teach. Aged 51, he’s still here....

Alive: aboveground, animate, animated, breathing, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, capable of life, chipper, conscious, endowed with life, enjoying health, enlivened, eupeptic, existent, fine, fit, fit and fine, full of beans, healthful, healthy, in condition, in fine fettle, in fine whack, in good cas...

Fifteen years ago, Joe Bennett left England for a holiday. Now it's time to come back. But how is the England of his memory different from the England of the motorway? Identikit High Streets, imported cheeriness ('Welcome to Sunny Grimsby!'), chicken tikka poker machine pubs -- things aren't what th...

Joe Bennett is a well-known and contentious columnist and commentator who lives and works from Christchurch. A successful author of travel books - Mustn't Grumble, and A Land of Two Halves in recent years, and indeed currently researching underpants manufacturing in China for his next travel book, J...