journalism + new media
Bill Bennett disambiguation page
It’s not easy sharing a name with famous people when you’re a writer. If I’m not the Bill Bennett you were looking for, try Wikipedia’s William Bennett disambiguation page. It offers a number of alternatives. I’m not one of them. Nor am I one of these:
William J Bennett |
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Dr William J Bennett almost ran for president. Thankfully the moment passed. He was George Bush Senior’s “Drug Czar” and, like me a writer, with a best-selling children’s book. I sometimes get his hate mail. |
Bill Bennett |
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Film director and producer Bill Bennett was living and working in Sydney at the same time as me. This sometimes caused confusion, particularly as we both described ourselves as writers and both often featured in the pages of The Sydney Morning Herald. |
Billy Bennett |
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A well-known British comedian from the 1920s, he was billed as ‘almost a gentleman’. The same could be said about me. Some say Billy influenced Monty Python. The image clicks through to a record review and there’s more information on Wikipedia. |
Billy Bennett |
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It’s hard being a cowboy from Leatherhead, but this good ol’ boy from Arizona makes a decent fist of it. You’ll find he plays both kinds of music; country AND western. There’s some downloadable music on the website, but I don’t think Hank done it this way. |
billbennettnz |
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| This is the name I use online when I can’t use my name. The last time I looked on Google there were 1,270 results; pretty much all me. It’s also the name of my Twitter account. I'm an experienced editor and writer, living in Auckland, but these days I'm mainly working as a freelance writer. Find our more on my business page. | |
Bill Bennett |
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Sometimes people looking for me spell my name incorrectly. It’s Bill Bennett (possibly William Bennett or even William Francis Bennett), not Bill Bennet, Bill Benett or Bill Benet — I’ve seen all three. |