Late notice BUT DON’T BE LATE THIS THURSDAY!! Blacklandia is hosting an open mic night at the Riverside Main Library during Artswalk, from 6-7:30 PM! We want any and all spoken word lovers to come show up and show out. Snacks, drinks, and more will be provided, and don’t forget to pick up These Black […]

Poet-TRY 15—Old and New Bohemians: Romantics, Symbolists, Beatniks, Hippies, Punks and BeyondPoet-TRY 15 with Stephanie Barbé Hammer Welcome! Thank you for being a part of Inlandia’s Writers Craftlab.  “Old and New Bohemians—Romantics, Symbolists, Beatniks, Hippies, Punks and Beyond” with Stephanie Barbé Hammer starts January 27! This is a generative 6-week class for poets (and fiction writers […]

Pura Madre Workshops for Latine Moms Deadline to register for Creative Writing Workshops: December 31, 2025 Session begins January 10, 2026 Deadline to register for Visual Arts Workshops: February 13, 2026 Session begins March 7, 2026 All workshops are FREE. Space is limited. To register, please visit: tinyurl.com/PuraMadre Inlandia Institute Pura Madre Creative Workshops for Moms […]

Start the New Year with an Inlandia Writing Workshop! Registration is now open for a variety of NEW and ongoing workshops. Classes begin January 5, 2026. Sign up today and become part of the Inlandia community of writers! Class size may be limited. $50 EACH • 5 SESSIONS OVER 10 WEEKS • ENROLL TODAY! https://tinyurl.com/Winter2026CWW […]

An Evening with Susan Straight and Sacrament Wednesday, November 19, 6:30-8:00 PM; doors open at 6:00 Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts 3834 Main Street, in downtown Riverside FREE. All are welcome. Join us at the Culver Center on Wednesday, November 19, to celebrate the launch of Sacrament by Susan Straight, acclaimed local […]

Oral History Interviews and Community Power: Riverside Women Creating Change Saturday, November 8, 3:30-4:30 PM; doors open at 3:00 Center for Social Justice & Civil Liberties 3855 Market Street, Riverside FREE. All are welcome. With Nicolette Rohr and Deborah Wong of the Inlandia book Riverside Women Creating Change. Come learn how oral history is a vibrant tool for bottom-up knowledge, […]

A Celebration of Black Teen Poetry Thursday, November 6, 6:00-7:30 PM Riverside Main Library Upstairs Reading Room 3900 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside 92501 FREE. All are welcome. Join Inlandia’s Blacklandia Events Series at Riverside Main Library for a First Thursdays Artswalk celebration of Black Youth Poetry! Poet Romaine Washington will host a lineup of teen […]

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 […]

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. Teaching […]

This workshop has been cancelled. We hope to offer it again at a future date. Your Place: The Unexpected Power of Writing About Place with Brian Dunlap Explore the elements of the literature of place. Learn how to use the culture, history, and geography of place in narrative and verse—and write stories and poems about […]

Search Party Book Launch On Saturday, July 12, please join Inlandia for the launch of Search Party by 2022 Eliud Martínez Prize-winner, René Solivan. The prize for Search Party was awarded posthumously due to René’s untimely passing in July 2023, but his family, friends, and fans will be there to celebrate the publication of his […]

Summer Sundays with Sebraé! The adventure begins Father’s Day, June 15. Join Inlandia and Sebraé Harris—AKA Starlite Crystal—at RAM for six alternating Sundays beginning June 15. Experience story adventures and explore the museum with “scavenger quests” to forge together the PAINTING OF PEACE! For kids and their families. FREE. Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn […]

Youth Writer’s Camp with Brandon Allen Begins Saturday, June 7! Youth Writer’s Camp is a 10-week youth-focused program using creative writing and poetry as coping tools, working with mental health, poetry, and book production professionals all culminating in publishing young people’s works. Limited to 15 participants. FREE, but registration is required. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/YouthWritersCamp Dates: Saturdays, June 7-August 9, 2025 Time: 10am-12pm  […]

Launch and Poetry Reading – Law of the Letter Friday, June 6 – Launch of the 2023 Hillary Gravendyk Poetry Prize winner LAW OF THE LETTER by Elizabeth Galoozis at the Pop-Hop, 5002 York Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90042. Elizabeth will be joined by poets Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo and Lisa Eve Cheby for readings and all-around […]

Indie Author Book Bash Join Inlandia during First Thursdays Artswalk, June 5, for an INDIE AUTHOR BOOK BASH at Riverside Main Library! Buy books or sell them. Talk to WRITERS. Exchange business cards. Eat snacks. A book bash is like a MONSTER MASH, but with books and authors, instead of monsters. Be curious. Become inspired. […]

Sunday, May 18 – Inlandia: A Literary Journey launches its annual All-Teen Issue on Sunday, May 18, 2025, from 2:00–3:30 PM PDT. Join us and celebrate the teens who created, edited, and curated the art, creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry for this issue of our online journal! This Zoom event is free, but registration is […]

Saturday, May 17 – The Inlandia at the Maloof Events Series presents a book launch and celebration for Keep Sweet, a new novel by author Victoria Waddle, published by Inlandia Books. 5131 Carnelian St, Rancho Cucamonga. 12:00-3:00 PM. Books will be available for sale and signing. This event is FREE, but an RSVP is requested: […]

Sunday, May 4 – First Sundays at RAM First Sundays at RAM “Flutter with Butterflies!” Join Nicole Cloeren and Puppets a la Carte for a butterfly story, then learn a simple movement piece with butterfly puppets. This puppet play date is FREE at Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside. 1:30 PM in the […]

Thursday, May 1 – First Thursdays Artswalk celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Month with Jocelyn Yow, Councilmember and Mayor Pro Tem of Eastvale and author of the children’s picture book, Voting with Mommy. Councilmember Yow will be joined by Eugene Moy of the Save Our Chinatown Committee and Judy Lee of the Harada House […]

Sunday, May 4 – Join Inlandia and UCR Arts on Sunday, May 4, for Conversations at the Culver as we celebrate the launch of Thatcher Carter’s new novel, Razed – published by Inlandia Books.  Thatcher will be joined by writers Kate Anger, Ellen Estilai, and Romaine Washington for a conversation about writing and publishing after […]

Mental Health & the Black Community Anthology Call for Submissions! Submission window open March 1-July 31, 2025 A new Blacklandia anthology is being planned on the theme of Mental Health & the Black Community. Let’s talk about it! Blacklandia and Inlandia Books are looking for original work that helps to destigmatize the topic of mental […]

Spring workshop registration is now closed. Visit us later for updated summer and fall workshops. Creative Writing Workshops Writing for Children with José Chávez Alternating Mondays, 4/7, 4/21, 5/5, 5/19, and 6/2/25, 6:00-8:00 PM PT, on Zoom. (All Levels) This workshop is designed to meet the needs of those who wish to write or are […]

The Hillary Gravendyk Prize, Sponsored by the Inlandia Institute 2025 marks the ten-year anniversary of this substantial prize. This year’s judges are Brenda Hillman (National) and Megan Gravendyk Estrella (Regional). One National and one Regional Winner will each be awarded $1000 and book publication, and additional books may be chosen for publication by the editors. […]

Join Inlandia’s 100 Rejections Club Register: https:tinyurl.com/100RejectionsClub For $100 year, join the 100 Rejections Club! You cannot get published without submitting, and getting rejected is an inevitable part of the process. Designed to take workshop participants to the next level with their writing, 100 Rejections Club is a way to hold yourself accountable while racking up those […]