Matt Abbott

Matt Abbott is a poet, award-winning lyricist, and educator from Wakefield (UK). His spoken word stage show 'Two Little Ducks' gained critical acclaim at Edinburgh Fringe and on a UK theatre tour in 2017/18. The show's poems were published by VERVE in 2018. Matt's debut kids' poetry collection, 'A Hurricane in My Head', was published by Bloomsbury in 2019.

Matt is one of the UK's leading facilitators of school poetry visits. He's also written poetry commissions for global brands including Mercedes-Benz, PHILIPS, Kellogg's, and Leeds United FC. His debut novel 'Bouncing Bricks' was shortlisted for the Sid Chaplin Award in 2025 and his debut adult poetry collection 'Peacocks Can't Swim' will be published by Broken Sleep Books in 2027.