https://mattalton.com mattalton Mon, 04 May 2026 11:20:08 +0000 https://mattalton.com en https://mattalton.com/Home Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:10:04 +0000 mattalton https://mattalton.com/Home Matt Alton <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be6da765f6621dbdb8c5a2a79d5feb1a408272ba62ac3d93789a724c22e66435/waystospeak-still4.png" data-mid="247364963" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/be6da765f6621dbdb8c5a2a79d5feb1a408272ba62ac3d93789a724c22e66435/waystospeak-still4.png" /> Matt Alton is a writer and performer based in Manchester, whose work explores the welfare system, chronic illness and the visibility of such conditions. His prose blends stories from his life with retellings of fairytales and religious stories, asking how things could be otherwise. The Blue Shoes, published by Disabled Tales, worked through how to use the fairytale form to tell a disabled story without relying on ableist tropes. His poetry has been published in magazines and anthologies including Under the Radar and Broken Sleep's Masculinity: an anthology of modern voices. A film-poem, made with artist Chris Alton, jointly won the Exeter Contemporary Award. https://mattalton.com/Poetry Mon, 04 May 2026 11:17:59 +0000 mattalton https://mattalton.com/Poetry Site under construction https://mattalton.com/Essays Mon, 04 May 2026 11:18:08 +0000 mattalton https://mattalton.com/Essays Site under construction https://mattalton.com/Video Mon, 04 May 2026 11:18:06 +0000 mattalton https://mattalton.com/Video Site under construction https://mattalton.com/Journalism Mon, 04 May 2026 11:20:08 +0000 mattalton https://mattalton.com/Journalism Site under construction https://mattalton.com/Research Mon, 04 May 2026 11:18:04 +0000 mattalton https://mattalton.com/Research Site under construction https://mattalton.com/Contact Mon, 04 May 2026 11:13:44 +0000 mattalton https://mattalton.com/Contact ︎ matthewalton@gmail.com︎ @mattaltonpoet