September 19, 2025 Inlandia Institute’s Executive Director Resigns, Prepares to “Pass the Baton” Cati Porter says “it is time” for an infusion of new leadership RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Cati Porter has resigned as executive director of Inland Empire’s literary organization after twelve years of leading the nonprofit. Her resignation is effective Dec. 15. “As Inlandia […]
Inlandia’s Cultura Without Borders presents DÍa de los Muertos: Remembering Loved Ones Join us for Artswalk at Riverside Main Library Community Room on Thursday, October 2, from 5:30-7:30 PM, and learn about Día de los Muertos, an indigenous tradition dating back hundreds of years and celebrated throughout Latin America and the United States! Honor your departed loved ones […]
A second launch for Scouts’ Honor by Carlos E. Cortés? Yes, please! We celebrated Scouts’ Honor at the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California in Riverside on August 31 — but if you missed it, don’t worry. We have an encore! This time, it’s in Rancho Cucamonga at the Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for […]
Black Wellness Call for Submissions Minding Our Business – A Blacklandia Anthology on Mental Health and Healing Submit your short stories, essays, creative nonfiction, poems, one-act plays, and art. We invite well-written work that explores mental health struggles and the Black Community. Submissions close on October 31, 2025. Submit to: https://tinyurl.com/InlandiaSubmit The goal of this anthology is […]
Richard Wright and the Chicago Black Renaissance (Sept 4) September 4 is Richard Wright’s birthday! Join Inlandia and Blacklandia at Riverside Main Library for a First Thursdays Artswalk celebration of Wright, author of Native Son and a key creative in the Chicago Black Renaissance of the 1930s and 1940s. Visit the lives and works of […]
Come to the Riverside Book Festival, where books and community come together! For the first time ever, Riverside will have its very own festival of books. More than fifty exhibitors will thrill you with their page-turners! Visit the Children’s Pavilion, delve into Local History & Culture, and peruse the New Books Discovery Zone for horror, fantasy, romance, […]
Inlandia Institute is proud to announce the publication of Scouts’ Honor by Carlos E. Cortés! Please join us for a book launch and celebration of Scouts’ Honor by Carlos E. Cortés on Sunday, August 31, from 1:00-3:30 PM. The program will be held at the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California, 3933 Mission Inn Ave […]
Fall 2025 Writing Workshops Welcome to Inlandia Writing Workshops! Details and registration link below. Writing for Children with José Chávez (BEG-INT) Alternating Mondays, 9/8, 9/22, 10/6, 10/20, and 11/3, 6:00-8:00 PM PT, on ZOOM. $50. Registration required. https://tinyurl.com/Fall2025CWW This workshop is designed to meet the needs of those who wish to write or are writing for children. We’ll […]
Indie Author Book Market Inlandia’s Indie Author Book Market is happening Thursday, August 7, at Riverside’s First Thursdays Artswalk! BOOK MARKET is a twice-a-year opportunity for you to meet, mingle, and share your work with other writers and readers in our community. Are you an Indie Author? Join us! Are you a lover of books? […]
Welcome to the Inlandia Writers Craftlab, a creative space open to writers of all levels to stretch their abilities and learn new skills! If you enjoy taking things apart to see how they work, or looking at things through a microscope, this is your laboratory to experiment, explore, and discover new things about your writing. Find […]