BIOGRAPHY – JEREMY ROBERTS Jeremy Roberts is a resident of Napier, New Zealand, where he lives with his wife and young daughter. He MC’s at Napier Live Poets, contributes to Hawke’s Bay Live Poets, and helps to organise National Poetry Day events. He has appeared at poetry events in many locations, including being an MC at Auckland’s Poetry Live, and currently interviews poets on Radio Kidnappers. He has made neon lights, children’s puzzles, and has been a Primary school teacher and a visual artist. In his late teens he discovered Ferlinghetti and the Beats, Blake, Keats, Coleridge, and Sylvia Plath, while studying at the University of Auckland. The earliest live poetry performances he saw were by Kiwi poets Kendrick Smithyman and Gary McCormick, and the first Kiwi poetry collection he owned was by Sam Hunt. Jeremy’s work has been published in a wide range of journals – including NZ Listener, Landfall, Takahē, JAAM, Poetry NZ, and Phantom Billstickers.

Latest episodes of the podcast Hawke's Bay Poetry Live with Jeremy Roberts

• Hawke's Bay Poetry Live with Jeremy Roberts - 14-08-2024 - Jeremy interviews Annabelle Pearson
• Hawke's Bay Poetry Live with Jeremy Roberts - 14-08-2024 - Jeremy chats with poet Rachael Naomi
• Hawke's Bay Poetry Live with Jeremy Roberts -10-07-2024 - Jeremy chats with poet Peter Bakowski
• Hawke's Bay Poetry Live with Jeremy Roberts -02-07-2024 - 71 Jeremy chats with HB Poet Kay White
• Hawke's Bay Poetry Live with Jeremy Roberts -01-07-2024 - prerec for 20Jun20 - #66 Jeremy interviews Christine Hayvice - FINAL
• Hawke's Bay Poetry Live with Jeremy Roberts -01-07-2024 - 100 Jeremy chats with poet Tim Saunders
• Hawke's Bay Poetry Live with Jeremy Roberts -01-07-2024 - 97 Jeremy reads from 'Seasons' Voices - 30 years of Hawke's Bay Live Poets