Matthew Stewart was born in Farnham, Surrey, in 1973. Following a comprehensive school education, he took a degree in modern languages at St Peter's College, Oxford.

For over twenty years, he has lived in Extremadura, Spain, where he works as the export manager and blender for a local winery, VinaOliva. His poems have been widely published in UK magazines and he blogs at http://roguestrands.blogspot.com.

His second HappenStance pamphlet Tasting Notes,was launched in London at the Poetry Book Fair in 2012. It was a unique launch, in that the poetry (about wine) was delivered as the punters tasted the wine itself. There is also a film of Matthew reading Tasting Notes, some of it set among the vineyards. Not to be missed!

Publications:

• Whatever You Do, Just Don't, HappenStance 2023
• The Knives of Villalejo, Eyewear, 2018
• Tasting Notes, HappenStance, 2012
• Inventing Truth, HappenStance, 2011