“In these carefully crafted, deeply felt poems, Matt Nicholson keeps pushing at the edges of what language can do to build common ground. A book with a big heart.” – Helen Mort With their roots in Pinter and Larkin, Nicholson’s hard-edged vignettes and captured dead-pan voices accumulate to present a collective Northern psycho-scape of reluctant resilience and stoic resistance.” – Bob Beagrie “Matt Nicholson is an exceptional poet and Side-eye is his finest collection to date taking, as the title suggests, a sideways glance at life through the refracting eye of poetry.” – Ian Parks

“Proof that poetry can break your heart and mend it again” – Helen Mort “A collection by a poet who knows their voice and the world is a richer place because of it” – Wendy Pratt “A body of work both beautifully intricate and thrillingly unsettling” – Russ Litten

New in 2020 – “…a collection to treat like a long-term companion. Share space with it” – Becky Cherriman “Heck; it’s refreshing” – Peter Knaggs “Compelling and memorable” – Paul Waring “…a bold and clear-sighted, masterfully crafted collection” – Anna Saunders

Second collection, part of The Humber Sound Series – “…a poised, yet humble stride between moments of harshness and beauty, laced with vivid and tangible snapshots of everything in between.” – Genevieve L. Walsh

Debut collection as part of The Humber Sound Series – “An outstanding debut collection from one of the best new voices on the scene.” – Matt Abbott