2026
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A Couple of Publications
Happy to have another poem up at Ink Sweat & Tears. ‘Lightly a god, if he wishes, can save a man, even from far off’ by Matt Bryden tugs you down into the abstract but it is there you will find something even more beautiful than his language.’ Thanks to Sabine Wilson-Patrick for these words… Continue reading
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The Best Advice, a Writing Panel with the RLF
6pm on 8th October at Exeter Central Library I’m really excited to be taking part in a panel discussion with Rebecca Tantony and Louise Adjoa Parker in October. This will be my second panel with Rebecca hosting (our first was in St Agnes in June and it was a great occasion). Thanks to Rebecca and… Continue reading
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Good Grief! Navigating Grief in Poetry – 4 week course starts in September
There are a couple of spaces left on the Good Grief! course I am running at the Phoenix Arts Centre in September. (thanks to Clare Bryden for the flyer) Here is the blurb I wrote for the ‘studio’ version of the course I taught for the Poetry School last year: In Levels of Life, Julian Barnes… Continue reading
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Songs for Ibba
Ten years ago, I spent two weeks teaching Creative Writing in a girl’s school in Ibba, in Western Equatoria state in South Sudan. We used drama and song (‘Waterloo Sunset,’ ‘Up on the Roof,’ ‘Under the Bridge’), text-less books and story cubes to create poems and narratives. It was certainly interesting to pit my English as a… Continue reading
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My Ear is Full of Milk
Broken Sleep’s new anthology My Ear is Full of Milk is a fantastic thing. Comparisons with Samuel Beckett, who wrote Waiting for Godot with Ollie and Stan in mind, make perfect sense. The surreal mixes with the existential within these pages. It also serves as a primer for the best work of the comedy duo.… Continue reading
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Finished Creatures
It’s always great to see a new issue of Finished Creatures, edited by Jan Heritage. Her online launches understand the pleasure of sharing work with like-minded people (there’s an in-person launch in London, too). I often find that editors choose poems I don’t particularly care for, but Jan always picks the ones I would hope… Continue reading
About Me
An award-winning poet and educator based in the South West of England.
Matt is a fine communicator who engages audiences and groups quickly and easily. He enables and energises people, whatever their age or background. He is not afraid to explore unusual routes to engage people and it is this precisely that so often generates a successful outcome. People are surprised by him and, in turn, they frequently surprise themselves.
Pat Winslow, poet