I was born in 1970 and raised in Devon (in the UK). I moved to Hampshire just before my eleventh birthday. When I left school I eventually worked in the building trade, and after many years started my own business. I did this for a few years but in the end ill health forced me to stop. Then, not long after, I had a break down ending up in one of my first stays in hospital. Afterwards I became aware of a child hood I didn't know about (through having what I later found out was a mental block). I didn't receive the help I should have from the health service sadly, and after years of this I started to complain and then campaign on child abuse awareness issues. Amongst all this I started to write again, having stopped for years. And in 2010 I published my first book 'Whispers From Within'. I've been on the radio with my poetry and the issues above. Much of my poetry raises awareness of child abuse and its consequences in later life. Something I obviously feel very strongly about. I've been published a few times, read my poetry to the public (including at two anti child abuse rallies held in London in both 2009 and 2010), I'm trying to add to this all the time. I'm now also well on my way to my second book, which will be completed in 2012. You can find out more about me here or from my websites:
http://www.Bsafe1stalways.com AND
http://www.thepoetjohn.com , via the videos from there (links to them also on YouTube, Vimeo, VodPod and DailyMotion)or even better from my first book 'Whispers From Within'. Available many UK Libraries and one in Ireland. Above all: I'm a survivor of all types of Child Abuse, surviving the system and... with others trying to expose failings, so at least some good may come from it all. All I do is try and make sure that... it's not all for nothing And that's a brief insight into me.
There are more than sixty copies of my book 'Whispers From Within' (ISBN: 978-095581034-3) in UK LIBRARIES, with one in Ireland, and more are being added all the time.
PLEASE DO CHECK YOUR COUNTY LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOGUE, or contact me direct. All copies have been donated and placed by me. In 2010 and 2011 I added some to the library stock, and in 2012 I am adding more.
You can see many links to videos of work from 'Whispers From Within' and the second book not released yet, here:
http://www.bsafe1stalways.com/whisper... OR
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