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Matt Cain is a writer, broadcaster, and a leading commentator on LGBTQ+ issues. He was Channel 4’s first Culture Editor, Editor-In-Chief of Attitude magazine, has written for all the national newspapers and appeared on BBC Breakfast, Lorraine, Good Morning Britain, The Today Programme, Front Row and Woman's Hour.

Matt is also an ambassador for Manchester Pride and a patron of LGBT+ History Month. In 2021 he received an honorary doctorate from Bolton University and in 2023 he addressed the Cambridge Union. In the New Year's Honours List 2025 Matt was awarded an MBE for services to LGBTQ+ culture.

Matt's breakthrough work of fiction, The Madonna Of Bolton, became Unbound’s fastest crowdfunded novel ever before it was published in 2018. In 2021
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Matt Cain Hi Jason, I tend to find my confidence wavers after I've experienced any rejection or criticism. Before Shot Through the Heart was published I wrote t…moreHi Jason, I tend to find my confidence wavers after I've experienced any rejection or criticism. Before Shot Through the Heart was published I wrote two books that were rejected by loads of agents and then loads of publishers. It can be terrible when this kind of thing happens and really hard to keep believing in yourself. I have certain rituals I do to try and zone myself off from negativity like listening to my favourite rousing music or going for a long walk on my own and giving myself a pep talk in my head. But it can be tough - and I have lots of sympathy for your friends because I've totally been there! Please wish them the best of luck from me! Matt(less)
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“But if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that trying to be anyone other than yourself will never make you happy. Any road, how do you know people won’t like you if you don’t ever show them the real you?”
Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

“And if I love him a little bit more today, I’ll love him a whole lot more tomorrow.”
Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle
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“Yeah, but one thing I've learned is that if you try to do that, you never do put the past behind you - it just tags along in the present. And it burrows into you like some kind of poison. It's only by facing up to it and dealing with all the feelings it brings up that we can learn from it and move on.”
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