Accessing reading material in prisons is hard, but 'Freedom Reads' founder and former inmate Reginald Betts went beyond books ...

If you hear the word "sci-fi," are you immediately turned off by a book? Well, it's time to give these five books a chance.

Over 30 years ago, Octavia Butler imagined a Los Angeles, consumed by fires, and last week, the cemetery where the iconic author is buried caught fire amid the ongoing wildfires impacting ...

This is KUOW's book club, and we just read through the first half of Octavia Butler's "Fledgling," the final novel the acclaimed author wrote before she passed away in 2006.

FILE – Science Fiction writer Octavia Butler poses for a photograph near some of her novels at University Book Store in Seattle, Wash., on Feb. 4, 2004. (Joshua Trujillo/seattlepi.com via AP, File) ...

Octavia E. Butler didn’t like to wait for inspiration. In fact, the celebrated science fiction author denounced the idea of waiting for one’s muse. “Habit is more dependable,” she advised.

The works in it are inspired by the prescient writing of the speculative fiction author Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006), and the biographical and personal details she shares with Artist (who legally ...

Octavia’s Bookshelf, a Pasadena bookstore named for the inspiring author, is an activity hub that is working tirelessly to support Butler’s beloved Los Angeles enclave. For more information on ...

FILE – Science Fiction writer Octavia Butler poses for a photograph near some of her novels at University Book Store in Seattle, Wash., on Feb. 4, 2004. (Joshua Trujillo/seattlepi.com via AP, File) ...

FILE – Science Fiction writer Octavia Butler poses for a photograph near some of her novels at University Book Store in Seattle, Wash., on Feb. 4, 2004. (Joshua Trujillo/seattlepi.com via AP, File) ...

ALTADENA — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did catch fire ...

ALTADENA — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did catch fire ...