Welcome to Yostwrites
Stories for curious kids, reluctant readers and anyone
who still believes ordinary places can hide extraordinary secrets.
"The only thing worse than being bored, is being bored at school. I’d rather clean the toilet with my teeth or scrub a thousand belly buttons with my toothbrush." Boringitis
Boringitis - released late 2026.
Matt Yost
(That's me). I'm a writer, teacher, professional renovation avoider. I've been working with little people and slightly less little people for a long time, and for twenty years I've spent my days listening to children laugh, argue, invent stories and ask impossible questions. My books are built from those moments.
I write stories that kids actually want to read, and adults find a little strange...but that's the point. You'll find it all here - Novels, short stories, poetry and so much more.
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Boringitis
The world's most boring teacher has infected the school with boringitis, and only one class can stop him.
"Simply hilarious."
The remainder of this book is full of horrible things that Mr Brown's class did to their teacher. Now before you go any further, promise me, PROMISE ME that you won't try any of them...
Unless your teacher deserves it of course.
Unless
The King and the Jester
When your life is on the road, but your dad parks the caravan and builds a fence, who even are you any more? Mina and Georgi find a secret in an abandoned barn, but when you're a kid and everyone hates you, just surviving could be the biggest adventure of all.
"The sort of story that gets under your skin and stays there."
"And, what did you bring, girl?” The mayor spat the words through his teeth, and Mina stared down at her shoes. “After all,” he continued, “what on earth would the King want with you?"
Mashed potato boy
Life's tough when you're ten, but it's tougher when the bullies won't leave you alone, your mum's sick, and you're faced with an impossible choice that could destroy everything. Equally parts hilarious and touching.
"This is the funniest book I've ever read..."
"I'll deal with it. I’m not scared of Flicker.”
A shadow — an enormous shadow — fell over me. I looked up. It was Flicker.
Matt's scribbles...
Hello and welcome to blog three from me. I'm currently in bed, with the electric blanket on, a sore throat and aching eyes, and I'm torn between feeling sorry for myself and being grateful that I get to rest. Teaching is equally wonderful and soul-destroying, so the thought of adding a day of complete bed rest to today's handbrake turn into a brick wall actually sounds delightful.
So what to write to you all? Well, let's keep this one simple. I thought I'd post some samples from some of my pieces. Read, share, dissect, and analyse away until your hearts' content. It occurs to me that this is a pretty arrogant process really, assuming that people will want to read what you write, or even that it's actually resembling something that's any good. I figure that you lot are probably the best judge of that, and at the end of the day, you signed up for this, so you have no one to blame but yourselves!