Among Communists by Sinéad Morrissey with Scott McKendry

Join us to launch the long-awaited memoir from TS Eliot award-winning Belfast poet, Sinéad Morrissey, who will be in conversation with Scott McKendry.

Belfast is on fire. But rather than attending to the conflict raging around her, the young Sinéad Morrissey is obsessed with the Cold War, East Germany and the utopia of the USSR. She is also writing everything down.

Set against the backdrop of a vanished culture of Belfast Communism – its endless meetings thick with cigarette smoke, its protests, marches, sports days, holidays, discos and jumble sales – Among Communists (Carcanet Press, 2026) tells a history of the Northern Irish conflict unlike any other while simultaneously charting a young writer’s journey into writing poetry.

The event will be followed by a book signing. 

On the evening, a special edition hardback, from No Alibis Bookshop, will be available to purchase. Or you can pre-order the special edition here.