PHILIP J
Writer · Teacher · Publisher
26 books. Four continents. One purpose:
to help you change your road-blocks into starting-blocks.
BRADBURY
The Author
Twenty-six books.
A life lived fully.
Philip J Bradbury is a writer, publisher and teacher/trainer with twenty-five years of experience across accounting, business, men's groups, grief counselling, and personal growth. He has written across nearly every genre — thrillers, fables, poetry, humour, and books on living life with intention.
From busking to building houses, truck driving to university lecturing, Philip has pursued a life of radical versatility — always guided by a single conviction: that the next chapter is always better than the last.
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A Library of Lives
Each book is a world unto itself — a different voice, a different register, but always the same author's fingerprint: warm, honest, and insisting that you can be more than you think.
26 books across fiction, poetry, fable & inspiration
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Browse by Genre
Five shelves. One author.
Whether you come for the thrillers or stay for the fables — there is always something more to discover.
Thrillers
When dreams and nightmares collide.
Gripping narratives where ordinary lives are pulled into extraordinary peril. Each thriller probes the scar tissue of the human soul — the wounds we conceal and the courage we discover when there is nowhere left to run.
Design Philosophy
"I know about the emergence of a kinder, more connected world — and I've equipped myself to help others through the current insanity."
Philip J Bradbury has spent time with indigenous elders across four countries, delivered personal development courses in New Zealand, South Africa, and Australia, and distilled those decades of human experience into books that challenge you to become who you actually are.
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Reader Voices
What readers say
"The wording is poetic and beautifully written. This book is best delved into rather than being read from cover to cover — less about being entertained and more about being challenged to grow personally."
Anna Louise
New Zealand
"Short and to the point yet insightful. The stories within can be read at face value but if contemplated at depth can provide insights to the spirit of who we are as humans."
Julian Harvey
Australia
"This book will inspire you to take that first fearful step of your predestined journey called life. It will help you find out who you really are by recognising who you really aren't."
Jill Bonner
Australia
"Short and to the point yet insightful. The stories within can be read at face value but if contemplated at depth can provide insights to the spirit of who we are as humans."
Jenny Smedley
United Kingdom
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Videos, Podcasts & Newsletter
Philip publishes weekly stories on Substack, hosts two podcast series, and maintains video channels on YouTube and Rumble — always writing, always sharing.
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About Philip
Philip J Bradbury was born early in his life and started writing stories as he emerged into the world... no, actually, he didn't writing start till after his 40th birthday and, to date has written 26 author-managed books - novels, novellettes, short stories, flash fiction, songs, a screen-play and non-fiction books to help you change your road-blocks into starting-blocks.