Jeremy Roberts is a resident of Napier where he lives with his wife and daughter. He MC’s at Napier Live Poets, interviews poets on Radio Hawke’s Bay, and is poetry editor for the VINES journal. His work has been published widely – including NZ Listener, Landfall, Takahē, JAAM, Poetry NZ, and Phantom Billstickers. Jeremy has performed and recorded poems with musicians in Aotearoa, Austin, Saigon, and Jakarta. His first poetry collection was ‘Idiot Dawn’ (poems 1981-87). ‘Cards on the Table’ was published by IP Australia, in 2015. He was awarded the Earl of Seacliff poetry prize in 2019. A poetic memoir - 'The Dark Cracks of Kemang' was published in 2022 (IP Australia).

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