Nigel Roberts, guest poet (pictured above at the 2010 TRANS TASMAN Poetry Symposium, 'Home and Away' held at the University of Auckland)

In Sydney – RhiZomic Poetry Party with guest poets, Lyn Hard and Nigel Roberts

Poetry Party and open-mic. featuring: Nigel Roberts and Lyn Hard.
Date: Wednesday November 24,
Time: 7-9 PM
Event: RhiZomiC Poetry (the last Wednesday of every month)
Venue: Kerrie Lowe Gallery
Address: 49 King Street,Newtown
Free entry.

You are cordially invited to RhizomiC Poetry's end of year Party featuring: Nigel Roberts & Lyn Harding

Lyn Hard was born in Texas in 1938 and came to Australia in 1977. He was head Librarian at the Australian Defence Force Academy until retirement in 1998. He has published 2 books of verse: Dancing on the Drainboard (1993) and Australia Suite (1998). Another book is due out shortly. Lyn lives in Sydney.

Nigel Roberts is well known for his lack of interesting hobbies . However he arrived in Balmain in 1969 and participated in the local blood sport , then known as poetry. His modest success here was promoted by the editng , printing & stapling of .. Free/Poetry , News & Weather, Packaged Deal... and others of the late sixties early seventies little mag revolution.
Roberts says that he took up poetry as tool to examine his own life .. and while he was at it ... the lives of others. In doing so he has published three collections : In Casablanca / for the waters (1977) Steps for Astaire ( 1984 ) & Deja vu Tours (1995 ). This year he has edited, with Martin Edmond , Steal Away Boy - The Collected Poems of David Mitchell for Auckland University Press. Roberts' Selected & New poems should be in the hands of his publisher next year.

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Kerrie Lowe and Elisabeth Johnson
Kerrie Lowe Gallery
49 - 51 King St, Newtown 2042
Phone - 9550 4433 / Fax - 9550 1996
Web - www.kerrielowe.com
Mon-Sat 10am - 5.30 pm / Thurs till 7