Matt Abbott | Poet

Matt Abbott is a poet, educator, and activist from Wakefield, UK. His début one-man show 'Two Little Ducks' earned 5* reviews at Edinburgh Fringe 2017 and on a 2018 UK theatre tour. The show's poems were published by Verve Poetry Press in 2018. Matt's début kids' poetry collection 'A Hurricane in My Head' was published by Bloomsbury in 2019.

Matt also runs LIVEwire Poetry and is known for fronting indie/alternative band Skint & Demoralised from 2007-13 and 2019.