The Man Behind the Books
Writer · Teacher · Publisher for 25 years.
Philip J Bradbury was born early in his life. He didn't start writing until after his 40th birthday and, to date, has written 26 author-managed books — novels, novelettes, short stories, flash fiction, songs, a screenplay, and non-fiction books designed to help you change your road-blocks into starting-blocks.
He is a writer, publisher (25 books & a magazine), and teacher/trainer with 25 years of experience across accounting, business, men's groups, AIDS counselling, and personal and spiritual growth.
He has known about the emergence of a kinder, more connected world since childhood and has equipped himself with as many skills and as much knowledge as possible — in order to help others through the current insanity and toward what he calls the World of Truth.
Book signing, Queensland
Ipswich Library
A life fully lived
A Life Fully Lived
From time to time, Philip played in other occupations — just because he could. Busking, building houses, truck driving, reporting for a newspaper, editing a national magazine, university lecturing in New Zealand and England. Each chapter added a new layer of understanding to the work.
Writing & Publishing
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Writer of 26 published books
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Publisher of 25 books & a national magazine
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Commissioning Editor for Business Books
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Website Editor & Writer
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Columnist for magazines in four countries
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Reporter for weekly newspaper
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Freelance writer & editor in 10+ countries
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Teacher / trainer for 25 years
Qualifications
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BBS — Bachelor of Business (Economics & Accountancy)
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ACA — Qualified Accountant
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CAT — Certificate in Adult Teaching
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Diploma of Leadership & Management
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Diploma of Business
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Diploma in Transactional Analysis
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Grief Counselling
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Life Coaching
Time with Indigenous Elders
Philip has spent time with indigenous elders and wisdom-sharers to receive information from as many perspectives as possible. He sat with a Hopi Elder from Sedona, a Sangorna in South Africa, several Kaumatua in New Zealand, and an Aboriginal elder near Alice Springs.
"The more people I've talked to, the more similarities there are in their stories… they all point to this moment of disruption to expose and expunge the untruths, in order to move to the next 2,400-year period of Caring, Connection and Communication."13
The Defining Moment
Philip was in the Guinness Book of Records as the shyest person on the planet. At 40 years old, he decided to expunge that huge fear from his life.
He walked into a polytechnic and asked if they needed an accounting teacher — already terrified, already shrivelling. The receptionist laughed. He turned to leave. She stopped him: "No, no sir, I wasn't laughing at you. Our accounting teacher was fired yesterday and I was just placing an advert for a replacement."
A week later, with no training or supervision, he was standing in front of a class. Six months of terror followed — and then the shyness dissolved completely. He has been teaching, coaching, and publishing ever since. Nothing is for nothing.
The Peace Poem
— Philip J. Bradbury