Capital Area District Libraries’ expert selectors have curated a dynamic Black History Month reading list for all ages, ...

The historic fires in Los Angeles meant many students lost homes, schools, or both. Now, as some schools reopen, families are ...

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re living in an Octavia Butler novel. The fires the queen of Afrofuturism predicted would ...

As wildfires scorched the Los Angeles area in January 2025, a number of Snopes readers and commentators (archived) pointed out similarities between current events and the plot of Octavia Butler's ...

A period of personal reflection during the 2020 pandemic inspired her to open her own bookstore in her and Octavia E. Butler’s hometown. “I wanted to create something that didn’t exist ...

In the 1993 speculative fiction classic, American science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler, who lived in nearby Altadena, predicted the catastrophic Los Angeles fires. View this post on Instagram ...

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 ...

Jones to persuade him to join his legal team. Where sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler is buried alongside abolitionists, and where a park is named after artist Charles White whose work portrayed ...

6 PARABLE OF THE SOWER (Grand Central, $19.99). By Octavia E. Butler. A young Black woman in early 2020s California must navigate a society decimated by climate change and greed. 7 YELLOWFACE ...

As America faces growing uncertainty in 2025, certain books resonate more than ever, offering valuable lessons on power, ...