Octavia E. Butler News

Featured Article: “Octavia Butler’s Science Fiction Predicted the World We Live In.” Text by Lynell George and Visuals by Ainslee Alem Robson.

Sixteen years after her death, the writer Octavia Butler is experiencing a renaissance. Butler’s work grappled with extremism, racial justice and the climate crisis in creative ways that are sobering and prescient. She is, increasingly, a writer recognized as one of the most important voices and visionaries of the 20th century, and now the 21st.

This article from 19th News features interviews from Dr. Shannon Malone and other community members. 

Read about Butler earning the 2022 Forrest J Ackerman Award for Lifetime Achievement by the members of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society at their October 6 meeting.

An article about our school renaming and Octavia E. Butler's induction into the Women's Hall of Fame. 

An article about our Renaming Ceremony.

An article in LA Parent featuring our mural by Lynell George about Octavia's life in our community. 

An article about the PUSD Board decision to rename the school after Octavia E. Butler.

Mars’ Perseverance Landing Site Named After Science Fiction Author Octavia E. Butler

Smithsonian's reporting on the Octavia E. Butler Landing on Mars.

Welcome to ‘Octavia E. Butler Landing’

An article detailing Octavia E. Butler Landing on Mars.

This Pasadena Now article details our first Octavia E. Butler Library Science Fiction Contest.