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Thursday, June 6, 2024

First Thursdays Arts Walk – Loud and Clear: The Voices of Gay and Trans Literature

Riverside Main Library Community Room

3900 Mission Inn Avenue

Riverside, CA 92501

7:00-8:00 PM; doors open at 6:30 PM

Free and open to the public.

Celebrate Pride with Inlandia Institute and Riverside Public Library at Riverside Main Library on Thursday, June 6, as LGBTQIA+ community members share literary passages by LGBTQIA+ authors who have influenced, encouraged, shaped, and inspired them. The program begins at 7:00 PM in the Community Room.

There will also be an open mic that is open to all! Please bring a (3-4 minute) passage by an LGBTQIA+ author you’d like to share.

Free and open to all. Join us – and be inspired, too.

How to do Justice to Diversity in Fiction — Journey to Merveilleux City with Stephanie Barbé Hammer and Romaine Washington

How do we, as writers, tell the stories of characters whose lived experience is different from our own? How do we create a world in our work that’s true to the multicultural spaces we inhabit – without risking the misappropriation of those cultures? Join Romaine Washington and Stephanie Barbé Hammer in conversation about Stephanie’s new novella, Journey to Merveilleux City, finalist for the Foreword Indie book award, Mystery category.

Thursday, June 27, 7 PM PT. FREE. On Zoom. Registration required. https://tinyurl.com/DiversityInFiction