booksvscigarettes Radical reading group with Cara McLoughlin

Fridays 30 October, 27 November, 18 December 2026, noon

booksvscigarettes is an (intermittent) monthly reading group where we come together to explore radical texts—no preparation required. Inspired by Paolo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, we are trying something different to out manoeuver the inner (or outer) voices that can make these events feel exclusive or intimidating.

You don’t need to read the book beforehand. You don’t need a degree. You don’t need to have set foot in a gallery before. Come with beginner’s eyes, read a chapter together, ask questions, and shape what we read next. This isn’t a tutorial—it’s community learning in action and practice.

Current text: Paolo Friere, Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1968)

Copies of excerpts will be available at CCA.

Free and open to all.

Bring your curiosity.

CCA is supported by Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Derry City & Strabane District Council, Garfield Weston Foundation.