Sinéad Morrissey was the first poet to read
in The Helicon, alongside Michael Longley,
when HomePlace opened its doors ten
years ago. We are thrilled to welcome
Sinéad’s return. For this long-awaited visit
the topic for discussion will be her literary
career and her new memoir, published by
Carcanet in March 2026. 

Sinéad Morrissey is the author of six
collections and selected poems Found
Architecture, all published by Carcanet,
and the recipient of the T.S. Eliot Prize,
the Forward Prize and E M Forster Award.

In 2020 Sinéad was named the European
Poet of Freedom by the City of Gdańsk,
Poland and in 2024 she was the recipient of
the Seamus Heaney Award (Japan). She has
served as Belfast Poet Laureate and in 2019
was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
of Literature. She is Professor of Creative
Writing at Newcastle University and
Director of the Newcastle Centre for
the Literary Arts.

Tickets are £15 and available HERE