MATTHEW HOLLIS was born in Norwich in 1971. Ground Water (Bloodaxe, 2004) was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the Whitbread Prize for Poetry and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. He is co-editor of Strong Words: Modern Poets on Modern Poetry (Bloodaxe, 2000) and 101 Poems Against War (Faber, 2003), and editor of Selected Poems of Edward Thomas (Faber, 2011). Now All Roads Lead to France: the Last Years of Edward Thomas (Faber, 2011; Norton, 2012) won the Costa Biography Award and the H. W. Fisher Biography Prize and was Sunday Times Biography of the Year. In 2016 he published limited letterpress and hand-made pamphlets, Stones (Incline Press, 2016) and East (Clutag Press, 2016). Leaves, a pamphlet poem, will be published by Hazel Press in 2020.
‘Hollis writes a knowing, lyrical poetry set against a landscape of big skies and battened-down horizons. He combines worldly wisdom with more detailed, vernacular understanding to produce poems that speak with a sense of purpose and place.’
Simon Armitage
Forthcoming Events + News
Thursday 19 November 2020, 7.30pm
CAMBRIDGE LITERARY FESTIVAL
Hazel Press Launch
with Sean Borodale, Ella Duffy and Anna SelbyLeaves, a longer poem by Matthew, is published by Hazel Press on 19 November 2020 in a limited edition, and launched at the Cambridge Literary Festival alongside works by Sean Borodale, Ella Duffy and Anna Selby.
To purchase a ticket for the event click here.
To purchase a copy of Leaves from London Review Bookshop click here, or to see the entire series, click here.
For further details:
Cambridge Literary Festival
tel 01223 515335
hello@cambridgeliteraryfestival.com
cambridgeliteraryfestival.comHazel Press
hazelpress.co.uk/contactLondon Review Bookshop
tel 020 7400 1340
bookbox@lrb.co.uk
londonreviewbookbox.co.uk/collections/hazel-press-launch
Saturday 3 October, 2020, 2pm
EDWARD THOMAS LITERARY FESTIVAL
A Gathering of Poets
with Zaffar Kunial, Daljit Nagra and Yvonne RiddickFor further details:
Details: tel 01730 262601
education@petersfieldmuseum.co.uk
www.petersfieldmuseum.co.uk
New poem published in New Statesman
The Blackbird of Spitalfields has been published in New Statesman, 9 September 2020.
Friday 6 December 2019, 7.30pm
SEAMUS HEANEY HOMEPLACE, Bellaghy, Co. Derry
The Enabling Note: Seamus Heaney and Beowulf
with Bernard O’Donoghue and Rosie Lavan2019 marks the twentieth anniversary of publication of Seamus Heaney’s ground-breaking translation of Beowulf and we are delighted to welcome Faber poetry editor and poet Matthew Hollis, poet Bernard O’Donoghue and academic Rosie Lavan to explore this iconic translation.
Featuring discussions on and readings from Beowulf, this event will explore the success of Heaney’s translation, the story at the heart of Beowulf and the enduring appeal of this oldest of stories.
Details: tel 028 7938 7444
seamusheaneyhome@midulstercouncil.org
www.seamusheaneyhome.com
Sunday 10 November 2019, 10am
POETRY IN ALDEBURGH, Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
The Waste Land – A Performance
with Richard ScottThe Waste Land is commonly regarded as the most influential poem of modern times. It has been said to reflect the catastrophe of the First World War; it has been said to explore sexual relations, mythology, spirituality, moral decay. It has been described as a poem about rebirth; it has been described as a poem about death. It has been considered as among the most truthful poems of the age; it has been labelled a masterful fake. Drawing upon archive images and recordings, Matthew Hollis recounts the story of the poem’s invention and its skilful editing by Ezra Pound. He is joined by Richard Scott for a dramatic reading of the complete poem.
To purchase tickets click here.
Details: tel 01728 687 110
www.poetryinaldeburgh.org
Saturday 9 November 2019, 9pm
POETRY IN ALDEBURGH, Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Poetry and Song
with Richard ScottIn this rare and intimate event, Richard Scott (poet and countertenor) and Matthew Hollis (poet and guitarist) will explore the confluence of music and poetry by performing a variety of songs, moving from the Renaissance to folk, including John Dowland, W. B. Yeats and Jolie Holland. They will also be in-conversation and reading interconnected selections from their own poetry.
To purchase tickets click here.
Details: tel 01728 687 110
www.poetryinaldeburgh.org
seamusheaneyhome@midulstercouncil.org
New poem published in The Analog Sea Review
‘The Collector’ has been published in the second issue of The Analog Sea Review: An Offline Journal, Summer 2019. To purchase a copy click here. For further details:
Basler Strasse 115 • 79115 Freiburg • Germany
PO Box 11670 • Austin, Texas 78711 • United States
ISBN 978-1-7322519-5-3
www.analogsea.com
New poem published in The Guardian
A Swallowtail at Turf Fen has been published in Into thin air: Carol Ann Duffy presents poems about our vanishing insect world, The Guardian, 27 April 2019.
For details of the accompanying event on Monday 29 April at the Stratford Circus Arts Centre event, click here.
New poem published in Modern Poetry in Translation
Ruin has been published in Modern Poetry in Translation: Our Small Universe, 2019, Number 1. To see the edition mapped click here, or to purchase a copy click here.
Saturday 11 May 2019, 6.00pm
SEA FEVER, Wells Maltings, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Poetry and Music: Matthew Hollis and Richard ScottMatthew Hollis, guitar, and Richard Scott, counter-tenor, will perform music by John Dowland, Jolie Holland and Luke Kelly, with texts by W. B. Yeats and Patrick Kavanagh. They will also discuss how poetry and music are intertwined though rhythm, cadence and feeling.
To purchase tickets click here.
Details: tel 01328 710885
www.seafeverliteraryfestival.com/contact
www.seafeverliteraryfestival.com
Saturday 11 May 2019, 2.00pm
SEA FEVER, Wells Maltings, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
The Waste LandMatthew Hollis explores The Waste Land. Twice. Firstl with a sound and vision talk, secondly as a two-voiced dramatic reading of the poem with fellow poet Richard Scott.
To purchase tickets click here.
Details: tel 01328 710885
www.seafeverliteraryfestival.com/contact
www.seafeverliteraryfestival.com
Monday 29 April 2019, 7pm
STRATFORD, Stratford Circus Arts Centre, Theatre Square, London
Carol Ann Duffy and FriendsPoet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and Poetry Live! present an evening of poetry in response to the collapse in the global insect population.
Readings from the Carol Ann Duffy, Imtiaz Dharker, Daljit Nagra, Fiona Benson, Zaffar Kunial, Sean Borodale, Andrew McMillan, Ella Duffy, Mark Pajak, Matthew Hollis and Yvonne Reddick.
To purchase tickets click here.
Details: tel 020 8279 1080
info@stratford-circus.com
www.stratford-circus.com
Saturday 6 April 2019, 10.30am
LONDON, Royal Opera House, Linbury Foyer
Books at Brunch: Richard Scott and Matthew HollisRichard Scott, poet and countertenor, will be joined by Matthew Hollis, poet and guitarist, to celebrate his debut poetry collection, Soho.
Scott will be performing music by John Dowland, Jolie Holland and Luke Kelly. As well as presenting work with text by W. B. Yeats and Patrick Kavanagh, he will also be reading from Soho, and with Hollis, will discuss how poetry and music are intertwined.
Scott was born in London in 1981 and studied at the Royal College of Music and Goldsmiths, University of London. His pamphlet, Wound, won the Michael Marks Poetry Award 2016 and his poem, Crocodile, won the 2017 Poetry London Competition. Soho (Faber & Faber) is his first book. It has been shortlisted for the T.S.Eliot Prize. He teaches poetry at the Faber Academy.
Hollis is the author of Ground Water, shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Whitbread Prize for Poetry. Now All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Edward Thomas won the Costa Biography Award and was Sunday Times Biography of the Year.
To purchase tickets click here.
Details: tel 020 7304 4000
www.roh.org.uk/contact
www.roh.org.uk
New poem published in The Analog Sea Review
‘The Headland’ has been published in the inaugural issue of The Analog Sea Review: An Offline Journal, 22 June 2018. To purchase a copy, click here. For further details:
The Analog Sea Review
Basler Strasse 115 • 79115 Freiburg • Germany
PO Box 11670 • Austin, Texas 78711 • United States
ISBN 978-1-7322519-0-8
www.analogsea.com
Saturday 9 June 2018, 3pm
LONDON, Kings Place, St Pancras Room
Poet in the City Presents: Richard Scott
Poetry and Lyrics FestivalTo celebrate the publication of Soho (Faber & Faber, 2018), Matthew Hollis, guitar, and Richard Scott, countertenor, will be performing music by John Dowland, Jolie Holland and Luke Kelly, with texts by W. B. Yeats and Patrick Kavanagh. Interspersing music with his own poetry, Richard will also be reading from Soho, and, together with Matthew, discussing how poetry and music are intertwined through rhythm, cadence and feeling.
To purchase tickets click here.
Details: tel 020 7520 1490
info@kingsplace.co.uk
www.kingsplace.co.ukThe exquisite
— Poet in the City (@PoetintheCityUK) June 9, 2018iamrichardscott</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/FaberBooks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">FaberBooks's Matthew Hollis blew us away… #poetryandlyrics pic.twitter.com/DeeEXg7BT6
In Pursuit of Edward Thomas, BBC Radio 4, Sunday 7 January 2018, 4.30pm
The poet Edward Thomas died at the Battle of Arras one hundred years ago on 9th April 1917. He’d been a poet for little more than two years and his collected works amount to only a slim volume. Nevertheless he is regarded as among the greatest of English poets. What made him so? Poet and editor, Matthew Hollis, follows a journey Thomas made by bike in the spring of 1913 from London into south west England. It was a journey that produced a prose book for Thomas, In Pursuit of Spring, but it was also a journey that turned him towards poetry. Producer: Tim Dee.
To listen to the programme, originally broadcast on 6 April 2017, click here.
Tuesday 14 November 2017, 7pm
LONDON, Faber & Faber, Bloomsbury House
100 Years of Edward Thomas: A Poet at WarEdward Thomas was killed at the Battle of Arras in 1917; one hundred years on, he is regarded as one of the greatest poets of century. But he might not have become a poet at all, and he might not have gone to war, if not for the intervention of one man – the American poet, Robert Frost.
Matthew Hollis is the author of Now All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Edward Thomas, winner of the Costa Award for Biography and the H. W. Fisher Biography Prize, and Sunday Times Biography of the Year. Join him as he brings Thomas’s thrilling and fateful story vividly to life in this centenary celebration of poetry, friendship and the Great War.
To purchase tickets click here.
Details: tel 020 7927 3818
members@faber.co.uk
www.faber.co.uk/faber-members
New poem published in Literary Review
Anglia has been published in Literary Review, July 2017.
Sunday 9 July 2017, 7pm
FROME FESTIVAL, Rock Lane Chapel
The Life and Work of Edward ThomasWith biographer Matthew Hollis (Now All Roads Lead to France) and poems read
by Stephanie Cole, James Laurenson and Martin Bax. They will illuminate how
Thomas came to poetry and his death on the Western Front in 1917. Digital show in cafe area of Thomas’ own photos from his book, In Pursuit of Spring (1913) by kind permission of the Thomas Archive, Cardiff University.Download the festival programme here.
Details: Box Office, tel 01373 455420 / 01373 453889
office@fromefestival.co.uk
www.fromefestival.co.uk
New poem published in New Statesman
Wastwater has been published in New Statesman, 18 June 2017.
Saturday 10 June 2017
PETERSFIELD, St Peter’s Church, Hampshire
Edward Thomas Study Centre InaugurationThe lectures will be Edna Longley on ‘Edward Thomas and Early Twentieth-Century Print Culture’, Guy Cuthbertson on ‘Edward Thomas and the Arts & Crafts Movement’, Richard Emeny on Edward Thomas and Steep’ and Matthew Hollis on ‘Thomas’s Path to Poetry; Frost, Steep, and his Path to War’. There will also be readings from Thomas’s poetry and prose, given by Edward Petherbridge, Michelle Magorian, Tom Durham and Michael Longley. The afternoon will conclude with the inauguration of the Edward Thomas Study Centre at Petersfield Museum, after which attendees will have the opportunity to inspect the collection and facilities there.
The full programme for the Study Day can be downloaded here.
Early booking for this event is strongly advised. The cost of attendance, including lunch, other refreshements and admission to Petersfield Museum, is £20 for members of the Edward Thomas Fellowship, £25 for non-members and £15 for students and people aged 18-25. There is a £5 reduction if lunch is not required. Booking should be made using this form.
Saturday 6 May 2017, 2pm
WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA, Alderman Peel High School
Poetry-next-the-Sea with Helen MortDetails: Box Office, tel 01328 738243
fmfraser7@googlemail.com
poetrynextthesea.co.uk/schedule
In Pursuit of Edward Thomas, BBC Radio 4, Thursday 6 April 2017, 11.30am
The poet Edward Thomas died at the Battle of Arras one hundred years ago on 9th April 1917. He’d been a poet for little more than two years and his collected works amount to only a slim volume. Nevertheless he is regarded as among the greatest of English poets. What made him so? Poet and editor, Matthew Hollis, follows a journey Thomas made by bike in the spring of 1913 from London into south west England. It was a journey that produced a prose book for Thomas, In Pursuit of Spring, but it was also a journey that turned him towards poetry. Producer: Tim Dee.
To listen to the programme, broadcast on 6 April 2017, click here.
New article on Edward Thomas published in The Reader
Thaw, an article on Edward Thomas’s poem, has been published in The Reader, Spring 2017.
Stones broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Sunday 4 December 2016, 4.30pm
Matthew joins Paul Farley on The Echo Chamber to read and discuss Stones, published by Incline Press.
To listen to the programme, broadcast on 4 December 2016, click here.
Saturday 5 November 2016, 8pm
ALDEBURGH, Jubilee Hall
Poetry in Aldeburgh with Tom PaulinJoin us for a rare reading by Tom Paulin, one of the most important poets of his generation. He will be joined by Norfolk poet Matthew Hollis who will be launching East, his limited edition handmade pamphlet of East Anglian poems.
East is published by Clutag Press as part of the Five Poems Series, in a limited printing of hand-made, hand-sewn copies.
Details: Box Office, tel 01242 850270
www.poetryinaldeburgh.org
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-aldeburgh-2016-tickets
New poems published in The Rialto
The White Hart and The Wife’s Lament have been published in The Rialto, Autumn 2016.
Channel 4, Britain's Ancient Tracks with Tony Robinson
Matthew joins Tony Robinson along the Icknield Way to talk about Edward Thomas in Channel 4’s new series Britain’s Ancient Tracks.
To watch the programme, broadcast on 15 October 2016, click here.
Saturday 15 October 2016, 2.30pm
BRIDLINGTON, Sewerby Hall
Bridlington Poetry FestivalJoin Matthew Hollis for the launch of Stones, a limited letterpress poem, delivered with a captivating account of the making of the publication in traditional metal type. A poem of around 200 lines, Stones takes its setting from the Lake District, where Matthew was living when he began working on it in 2006. It has taken a decade and over 300 pages of drafts to complete.
Stones is published by Incline Press in a limited printing of hand-set, hand-sewn copies.
Details: Box Office, tel 01482 392699
lama.admin@eastriding.gov.uk
www.litup.org.uk/whats-on-bridlington
Friday 14 October 2016, 4pm
CHELTENHAM, Little Big Top
Cheltenham Literature Festival with Blake MorrisonTwo leading poets read from their new publications. Faber & Faber Poetry Editor and author of the Forward and Whitbread Prize-shortlisted Ground Water, Matthew Hollis introduces Stones, a swirling meditation on loss and recovery set in the beautiful surroundings of the Lake District. Blake Morrison’s first full collection for almost thirty years, the ardent and elegiac Shingle Street is a stunning evocation of the Suffolk coast and a powerful observation of the erosion of our land, lives and values.
Stones is published by Incline Press in a limited printing of hand-set, hand-sewn copies.
Details: Box Office, tel 01242 850270
boxoffice@cheltenhamfestivals.com
www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature/whats-on
Stones – 'Bembo' edition
A new edition of Stones, a poem by Matthew, is published by Incline Press in October 2016 in a limited edition of fewer than 400 letterpress copies. Entirely redesigned and reset in Bembo type, this elegant new edition is available direct from Incline Press, the London Review Bookshop and Collinge & Clark.
For further details or to purchase a copy:
Incline Press, tel 0161 627 1966
books.inclinepress@btinternet.com
www.inclinepress.com/stonesLondon Review Bookshop, tel 020 7269 9030
bookshop@lrbbookshop.co.ukCollinge & Clark, tel 020 7387 7105
info@collingeandclark.co.uk
Friday 20 May 2016, 7pm
BRISTOL, At-Bristol, Anchor Road
Bristol Festival of IdeasContemporary Poets and Utopia with Fleur Adcock, Dean Atta, Helen Dunmore, Anna Hoghton, Sarah Howe, Nick Laird, Tim Liardet, Andrew McMillan, Hollie McNish, Daljit Nagra, Ruth Padel, Jo Shapcott, Michael Symmons Roberts and Jane Yeh.
To launch the May 2016 season and the May Bristol800 Weekender, ‘two days debating the practical aspects of creating utopia’, the Festival of Ideas commissioned 15 leading poets to each write a new poem on the utopian theme. They present their work tonight, talk about what inspired them and join the debate on creating perfect worlds. Hosted by historian and presenter David Olusoga.
Details: Box Office, tel 01179 151000
www.ideasfestival.co.uk/about/contact
www.eventbrite.co.uk
Selected Poems of Edward Thomas: Faber Nature Poets Edition
Selected Poems of Edward Thomas, edited by Matthew, is reissued in a new hardback edition by Faber and Faber on 19 May 2016 as part of a new series of Faber Nature Poets.
For further details, or to order a copy, please select a retailer:
Amazon | Faber & Faber | Guardian Bookshop | Waterstones | Wordery
East
East, a pamphlet by Matthew, is published by Clutag Press as part of the Clutag Five Poems Series in May 2016 in a limited edition of 100 numbered copies, available signed by the author or in uninscribed editions. For further details or to purchase a copy:
Clutag Press:
info@clutagpress.com
www.clutagpress.com/east
Sunday 10 April 2016, 7pm
CAMBRIDGE, Old Divinity School
Cambridge Literary Festival with Don PatersonAn evening in the company of award-winning poets Don Paterson and Matthew Hollis. Don Paterson will read from his acclaimed new collection, 40 Sonnets which has just won the Costa Poetry Award. Matthew Hollis is launching his first publication since Now All Roads Lead to France won the Costa Award for Biography. Stones is published by Incline Press in a limited printing of numbered, hand-set and hand-sewn copies issued just in time for the Festival.
Details: Box Office, tel 01223 515335
admin@cambridgeliteraryfestival.com
www.adcticketing.com/whats-on/
Stones – 'Verona' edition
Stones, a longer poem by Matthew, is published by Incline Press in April 2016 in a limited edition of 160 numbered letterpress copies, in Verona type, signed by the author. For further details or to purchase a copy:
Incline Press, tel 0161 627 1966
books.inclinepress@btinternet.com
www.inclinepress.com/stones
New poem published in The Reader
Commute has been published in the The Reader, Summer 2015
New poem published in The Guardian
Causeway has been published in the Guardian’s Keep it in the Ground campaign, curated and introduced by Carol Ann Duffy, 20 May 2015.
To listen to the actor James Franco read the poem click here.
To read all the commissioned poems click here.
BBC Radio 4, The Cultural Front, Saturday 2 May 2015, 10.30am
BBC Radio 4, The Cultural Front
with Francine StockIn the last in the series covering 1915, Francine Stock looks at how the harrowing effects of World War I began to make themselves apparent in art, music and poetry. With contributions from Dr David Code, University of Glasgow, Dr Anna Farthing, Professor Edgar Jones of King’s College London, John Forrester, Dr Dorothy Price, University of Bristol, and poet Matthew Hollis.
To listen to the broadcast, click here.
New poem published in Ploughshares, USA
Beck has been published in the Spring 2015 edition of Ploughshares.
Tuesday 10 March 2015, 6pm
CORK, Boole Library, University College
Spring Reading SeriesDetails: tel +353 (0)21 490 2664/2241/3677
englishdepartment@ucc.ie
www.ucc.ie/en/english/news/
BBC Radio 3, Proms Literary Plus, Monday 8 September 2014, 7.45pm
BBC Radio 3, Proms Literary Plus: Robert Frost
with Matthew Sweet and Jay PariniIn 1914 the American poet Robert Frost published his collection North of Boston. It was hailed as ‘one of the most revolutionary books of modern times’ by the English poet Edward Thomas. Matthew Hollis, who has written about the friendship between the two writers, is joined by Frost’s biographer Jay Parini to discuss the poet. Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music.
To listen to the broadcast, click here.
Selected Poems of Edward Thomas: Poets of the Great War Edition
Selected Poems of Edward Thomas, edited by Matthew, is reissued in a new hardback edition by Faber and Faber on 3 July 2014 to commemorate the poets of the First World War.
For further details, or to order a copy, please select a retailer:
Amazon | Faber & Faber | Guardian Bookshop | Waterstones | Wordery
Adlestrop, 100 Years On, 24 June 2014
To listen to Matthew discussing Edward’s Thomas poem on BBC Radio 4’s Bookclub, click here.
To read Matthew’s account of the drafting of the poem, click here.
To follow The Poetry Society’s celebrations of the poem, click here.
Thursday 28 April 2014, 7pm
AUSTIN, Texas, Harry Ransom Center
Harry Ransom Center (HRC) 300 21ST ST W, Austin, Texas 78705
Harry Ransom Lecture: The Road Taken: Edward Thomas, Robert Frost and The Great WarDetails: tel 512-232-5170
Danielle.Sigler@austin.utexas.edu
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/events/
BBC Radio 4, Bookclub, Sunday 3 November 2013, 4.00pm & Thursday 7 November 2013, 3.30pm
BBC Radio 4, Bookclub
with James NaughtieMatthew Hollis discusses his Costa winning biography of the poet Edward Thomas, Now All Roads Lead to France.
To listen to the broadcast, click here.
BBC Radio 4 Extra, Book of the Week, 7-11 October 2013, 2.45pm
Read by Tobias Menzies
Abridged by Richard Hamilton
Produced by Emma HardingTo listen to the broadcast, click here.
New poem broadcast on BBC Radio 4, The Echo Chamber
Wastwater has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s The Echo Chamber.
River Thames article published in New Statesman
Secrets of a River has been published in New Statesman, 26 July 2012.
W. W. Norton
Now All Roads Lead to France: A Life of Edward Thomas is published in the United States by W. W. Norton on 22 October 2012. For details click here, and to purchase a copy from the United States click here.
Now All Roads Lead to France paperback
Now All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Edward Thomas, is published in paperback by Faber and Faber on 5 January 2012.
For further details, or to order a copy, please select a retailer:
Amazon | Faber & Faber | Guardian Bookshop | Hive | Waterstones | Wordery
New films by The Guardian
Sarah Crown joins Matthew for a walk around Edward Thomas’s Hampshire and for a reading from Now All Roads Lead to France in Cameron Robertson’s two films for the Guardian.
New poem published in New Statesman
The Staithe has been published in New Statesman, 12 December 2011.
Now All Roads Lead to France
Now All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Edward Thomas, a biography by Matthew, is published by Faber and Faber on 4 August 2011 simultaneously with his edition of Thomas’s Selected Poems.
Read Matthew’s specially commissioned pieces on the friendship of Edward Thomas and Robert Frost for the Guardian, and on the composition of Thomas’s poem ‘Adlestrop’ in the New Statesman.
Download the Faber podcast and watch Matthew talking about the book here.
Matthew Hollis on Now All Roads Lead to France from FaberBooks on Vimeo.
Read the first reviews: Sunday Telegraph, Independent, Financial Times, Daily Mail, Guardian, Independent (Selected Poems), New Statesman, Literary Review, Irish Times, Irish Examiner, Daily Telegraph and Guardian (Selected Poems), Herald and Spectator. A summary of comments by the Sunday Times, Independent and Mail on Sunday appears here. Commenteries on Thomas appear in the Irish Independent and Independent.
Now All Roads Lead to France has been recognised with a Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award for Non-Fiction.
Ground Water
Ground Water is published by Bloodaxe Books.
Matthew’s recording of Ground Water for The Poetry Archive is available on CD and online. To visit the Archive click here, or to purchase the CD click here.
