Josephine Balmer

Poet, classical translator, scholar, critic. Motors on Cotes de Provence rose.

[Josephine Balmer @jobalmer]

Bette consulting Liddell & Scott's Greek dictionary for take your dog to work day

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Thank you @arionjournal!

[Arion @arionjournal]

Arion highlights Josephine Balmer whose Things We Leave Behind was The Observer’s poetry book of the year for 2025. Purchase it here: https://t.co/fwd30LfN5N

And you can enjoy a selection in Balmer and Elena Theodorakopoulos’ 2024 Arion contribution here: https://t.co/0bCOawenqC

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@MickPuck Mesmeric. It's always been one of my favourite tracks.

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Josephine Balmer ( who has done some great classical translations) reviews my Talking Classics. https://t.co/37pOnOf4YO

[Josephine Balmer @jobalmer]

@wmarybeard A great pleasure Mary!

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

Josephine Balmer has done some great classical translations, so I enjoyed what she had to say about Talking Classics https://t.co/37pOnOf4YO

[Josephine Balmer @jobalmer]

@wmarybeard I really enjoyed writing about the book Mary!

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@sapphicapuella Indeed. Many happy returns Naso!

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New Year poem for The Observer https://t.co/nRhs0CQaQ7

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Very thrilled by this lovely review of my Selected Poems from @ShearsmanBooks in today’s The Observer @ObsNewReview by the incredibly thoughtful @JadeCuttle.

https://t.co/yMQkaj6Kwq

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Very happy to have a poem in the latest issue of the lovely @theinterpreter6

https://t.co/dHxvSxOxV6

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@sapphicapuella @ProfArleneHH @ShearsmanBooks Ooh just seen this. Brilliant news!

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Looking forward to reading from 'Things We Left Behind: Selected Poems' at the next @ShearsmanBooks event with Jennifer Morag Henderson & special guest Yang Lian.
7.30 pm. Tuesday 14th October, Swedenborg Hall, Bloomsbury Way, London WC1
https://t.co/Vuof6xG2EE

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@liamguilar Thanks Liam!

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Publication day! A blog on my Selected Poems which is out today. @ShearsmanBooks @p_nikolaou

https://t.co/0l47xI7cjn

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My Selected Poems have arrived! Available from @ShearsmanBooks now! https://t.co/CwjGQNkpE3

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Just published in this week’s New Statesman

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@sapphicapuella @ae_stallings Er no. I do often wonder if I really wrote it though.

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@sapphicapuella @RebeccaMenmuir Oooh looks fascinating!

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@Emma_Cole1 Congratulations Emma! Having heard you talk about the project I know it’s very well deserved!

[Arion @arionjournal]

Arion highlights Josephine Balmer and Elena Theodorakopoulos whose “Archaeology of the Heart” appears in our fall issue and lends one of its featured images to our cover. Subscribe here to be among its first readers: https://t.co/OVKEt2QeNf