Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nikki High is taking a big leap with Octavia's Bookshelf in Pasadena. She's had her moments of doubt, but concluded, "We have to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Grand Central; Illustrations by Tara Jacoby/For The Times) The book was first published in 1993, and speaking for myself, I read ...

When Octavia Butler published 1993’s Parable of the Sower — a sci-fi novel about California burning in 2024, following a presidential election of a candidate whose slogan is “Make America Great Again” ...

The KUOW Book Club is reading "Fledgling" by Octavia Butler in September 2024. This is the KUOW Book Club, and we’re wrapping up "Fledgling" by Octavia Butler. I'm your club guide, Katie Campbell. I ...

Influential writer Octavia Butler’s literary legend may spread to a new type of fanbase with the introduction of a graphic novel adaptation of “Parable of the Talents,” originally published as a novel ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nikki High, owner of Octavia's Bookshelf (all photos by and courtesy Rio Apollonia De Leon) LOS ANGELES — Nearly 40,000 acres have burned in Southern California in the last two weeks, with at least 25 ...