14 Dec 2016

Superheroes & Six Packs


This is more of a curious observation more than anything else, but there is an interesting trend I’ve noticed with regards to men in acting. When I was about 8, I made the conscious decision watching Terminator 2, just as Arnie commits the ultimate sacrifice for mankind and lowers himself into the liquid steel, that […]

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Back to school
30 Sep 2016

Back to school


The Being ManKind mission revolves around the central principle that for every book we sell, another copy is donated to a school or youth organisation. With the launch event feeling like a distant memory, the next major task has been to plan the best way of getting the stories read and discussed by young people. […]

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08 Sep 2016

Ed joins the team!


The last blog I wrote was when I was just about to write about my experiences with Crohn’s Disease and living with an ileostomy bag. Since then, I have actually joined the team at SBL and am now heading up the Arts Wing of the company…so these blogs need to a bit more high-brow now, […]

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The big launch
22 Aug 2016

The big launch


Time waits for no man, and neither – as we’ve come to learn at our cost – does it offer much leniency for printing deadlines. Here at Being ManKind HQ we’ve been living life on the edge since our mission was nearly derailed by two separate printing companies, but the balance finally swung in our […]

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The word is spreading…
20 Jul 2016

The word is spreading…


It has been an incredibly eventful couple of weeks for the Being Mankind team. Following the launch of our website and online pre-ordering system, we have received an overwhelming positive response for the project.  Joe, our friendly marketing and community manager has been beavering away on Facebook and Twitter to share our mission far and […]

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