In “Parable of the Sower,” Octavia E. Butler writes about a brutal, mid-2020s Southern California ravaged by wildfire, earthquakes and an addictive pharmaceutical that fuels a destructive drug ...

Grant Hoskins noticed the uptick of people coming in for a certain book after the fires. The Vroman’s bookseller saw all sorts of readers, teens, college students, parents and grandparents, “as broad ...

If you’ve ever thought a bookstore would be the best place to wait out a cold, stormy Southern California day, well, you’re right. Yesterday, I caught up with Pasadena’s most celebrated new bookstore ...

Her love for books landed her in the exact area of the author who inspired her. Nikki High signed a lease on a 621-square-foot space on Pasadena’s North Hill Avenue to open her Black woman-owned ...

Two previously unpublished, newly discovered early works written by science-fiction author Octavia Butler will be e-collected and e-published in e-book form by Open Road Media, a digital publisher. “A ...

Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar. This week we take a look at past books that touch on subjects related to ...

Sometimes, you have to time travel to help heal generational wounds. "Kindred," a new FX series on Hulu, is based on the 1979 novel by Octavia E. Butler. (All eight episodes are now streaming.) The ...