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A few months back, the Inspire Foun­da­tion ran a cam­paign they called Man Week. Designed to call atten­tion to the ter­ri­ble loss occur­ring amongst young men deal­ing with depres­sion and sui­cide (accord­ing to the Aus­tralian Bureau of Sta­tis­tics, the cur­rent sui­cide rate for men in Aus­tralia is more than three times the rate of women) it attracted the atten­tion of many, includ­ing Gavin Heaton, the Ser­vant of Chaos, and all-​​around good guy, Mark Pol­lard. On their prompt­ing, sev­eral of the Aus­tralian tech and broader geek com­mu­nity con­tributed their own tales of deal­ing with man­hood, as did I.

In fact, telling my tale inspired me to start get­ting fit again and to deal openly with a num­ber of issues in my life. That jour­ney is being pro­gres­sively chron­i­cled here.

The other tales in the book are inspir­ing, trou­bling, thought­ful and go to show that deal­ing with being a man and all that means in a soci­ety like Aus­tralia that is often ret­i­cent to dis­cuss per­sonal issues is a uni­ver­sal issue.

And today, the telling of those tales comes to fruition, as we have pub­lished The Per­fect Gift for a Man, in eBook and paper­back form. You can buy the printed book from Blurb​.com or you can pur­chase the eBook ver­sion from The Per­fect Gift for a Man web­site. ALL the prof­its from the book are being donated to The Inspire Foun­da­tion.

If you’re keen to get a quick snap­shot of what it’s all about, take a look at the social media release.

Please buy a copy and give it to a man in your life, espe­cially if he is deal­ing with issues that may be trou­bling. Our sto­ries may just help him to know he’s not alone.