Matthew Stewart

Last call for tonight...!

Last call for tonight...!

Tomorrow night!

A line-up that would grace any of the top festivals in the country, except we're bringing it to you for free...!

<hemingway shortest story myth reboot>
I never knew how they measured ring sizes, still remember my girlfriend's measurement. Never collected them in the end.

On hols in Usania once went to a poet friend's poetry reading in Canada. Came back across the border to Vermont.
Border guard: What was the purpose of your visit?
Me: I went to a poetry reading.
BG: Did you buy anything?
Me: A poetry book
BG: 🤔 🤯

Thanks, Claire!!!

It’s a great book just buy it

If we don't use our small poetry presses, we'll lose them. This is why I refuse to flinch or shy from asking you to purchase a copy of Whatever You Do, Just Don't, my second full collection.

Here's a sample poem from the book. Just drop me a DM and I'll sort out a signed copy for you...

I only want a single pair of hands to stretch my spine and open me at last...

Copy by copy, every hard-earned sale of a poetry collection is an act of trust, a contract between the poet and the reader that reaches far beyond cash. This is why I refuse to shy away from reminding you about Whatever You Do, Just Don't.

Drop me a DM and I'll sort out your signed copy for you...

Certain numbers accompany us through our lives, connected to our memories of people and places, of significant events. What numbers remain with you decades later? And why?

This poem is taken from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...

Tomorrow night!

A line-up that would grace any of the top festivals in the country, except we're bringing it to you for free...!

Pleased to report that my poem Brambleton Avenue is in the new issue of Poetry London...

Don't forget that Matthew Stewart and Mat Riches will be reading to us tomorrow (Saturday) in St Albans Library at 11.00 am. It's free and open to all with an open mic at the end (sign up on the day from 10.30 am).

Thanks, Shaun!

Watch out if you're in the St Albans area tomorrow...!

Watch out if you're in the St Albans area tomorrow...!

Niall's doing a great job there.

Thanks, Tristan

Lots of good poetry in there!

Thanks!

Pleased to report that my poem Brambleton Avenue is in the new issue of Poetry London...

Excellent, last-minute news: my reading tonight (which was fully booked) has now been shifted to a larger room at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities in Oxford, so extra tickets have come available...

Excellent, last-minute news: my reading tonight (which was fully booked) has now been shifted to a larger room at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities in Oxford, so extra tickets have come available...

I'm afraid my reading in Oxford tomorrow night is now fully booked, but there's no such problem in St Albans on Saturday, so Mat and I would be delighted to see you there...

You had an amazing forward line that season!

i remember York thrashing us with Keith Walwyn and Johnny Byrne up front! And to add insult to injury, when you sold Byrne to QPR, you signed Dale Banton from us!

Last time I was there, St Albans City tonked the Shots in the Isthmian league. Revenge is a dish best served cold...

I'm afraid my reading in Oxford tomorrow night is now fully booked, but there's no such problem in St Albans on Saturday, so Mat and I would be delighted to see you there...

This absolutely reflects the contents of my house!