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Poet, performer, enemy of all that’s difficult and upsetting, Matt Harvey performs up and down the country at festivals, cabarets, 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 also the creator of Empath Man, who recently had a mini-series on Radio 4 – “Very funny, very satirical” The Times – and now has a facebook profile (see below).

Matt’s recent Edinburgh show also garnered excellent reviews – like these from the Fest magazine and allthefestivals.com.

He also featured in a Guardian EdFest podcast. Other podcasts can be found on Traydio.

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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...

Recently 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. There are also youtube versions of Kippers for Life and Curtains

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 3rd reprint as David Hughes' illustrations continue to lure people in…