Jim Bennett was born in Liverpool in 1951 and adopted into the Bennett family at 2 years of age. He began writing poetry and short stories in the 1960’s and was performing his poetry in O’Connor’s Tavern in Liverpool long before he was of age to go in legally. He had several jobs after leaving University but in 1976 gave up working in the conventional sense to pursue a life of writing, lecturing and performing his poetry.
Jim has written freelance journalism, short stories and poetry for the years since. His lecturing has included creating courses in Transport and Safety Studies, Creative Writing, Media, Journalism, Speculative Writing, Travel Writing and various Poetry Courses, for Universities and other educational organisations.
He has written 57 books ranging from Transport Studies, Children’s and Poetry, and in addition has written many songs and had a CD of his poetry and songs released, and many booklets and brochures of his poetry have been produced to tie in with various performances.
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You can also visit The Poetry Kit, which is a website that Jim runs.
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