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Matt has been appointed Championships Poet 2010 at Wimbledon in collaboration with The Poetry Trust.

For all media enquiries and requests to interview Matt please contact:
Kate Wright-Morris or Truda Spruyt at Colman Getty on 020 7631 2666 or kate@colmangetty.co.uk / Truda@colmangetty.co.uk

NB For enquiries re forthcoming publication Where Earwigs Dare please contact: Stacey Despard, Marketing and Publicity Manager, Green Books on 01803 863260 or stacey@greenbooks.co.uk

About Matt
Poet, performer, enemy of all that’s difficult and upsetting, Matt Harvey performs up and down the country in arts centres, small theatres and village halls. He’s also found at festivals and in conferences and colleges.

“Very funny…” Independent
“...not only funny but tender and true” Guardian
“fabulously understated” Dorset Echo

Matt is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live and for the last two years has written the Desktop Poetry slot in the Guardian. He is the creator of Empath Man, who had his own mini-series on Radio 4 – “Very funny, very satirical” The Times – and his recent Edinburgh show also garnered excellent reviews – like these from the Fest magazine and allthefestivals.com.

Other News:
The Songbook of Unsingable Songs – composer Stephen Deazley ‘s settings of Matt’s words – premiered in Glasgow on Nov 2nd and received rave reviews from the Herald and the Scotsman

Here are some links to recent clips of , The Hug, Torquay Boys and Curtains...

Last year the Open University commissioned Matt to write a poem celebrating their 40th anniversary, and Flavio Ferrari’s short film of Matt’s Centenary Icons poem is on video loop in The Science Museum.

Meanwhile the film on Transition Towns as broadcast on BBC1 South West in 2009 is on YouTube and the Transition Town podcast is quite good too.
Matt’s latest book (for kids) Shopping with Dad is illustrated by Miriam Latimer and published by Barefoot Books. Meanwhile The Hole in the Sum of my Parts (pub. The Poetry Trust) is in its 4th imprint as David Hughes' illustrations continue to lure people in…