Tuesday Writers Group – Gifford Historical Museum and Cultural Center Book Club
The Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation is proud to collaborate with Tuesday Writers to help bring relevant fiction to young students in Gifford. To donate to the Book Club, please click…
WQCS Interview
Listen to the wonderful WQCS interview with Tania Ortega-Cowan about our poetry competition and hear some of our winning poets read their poems. Click to listen
Xaque Gruber Recommends!
Our favorite, local, Hollywood screenwriter and one of our fabulous writing workshop presenters, Xaque Gruber gives us a chronological list of his favorite films about writers and writing to help…


Save the historic house and support literary programs that nurture passion for writing
Mission: The Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation is dedicated to preserving the author’s home and nurturing writers through a series of literary offerings including writers groups, summer camps, workshops, and poetry festivals.
Vision: Honoring writer Laura (Riding) Jackson’s belief in the promise of language by creating community through the literary arts.