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The year 2020 was rough for local bookstores. Many independently owned bookstores were negatively impacted by the pandemic as businesses were forced to shut down and booksellers were struggling to ...
Read more30 L.A. writers choose L.A.’s best literary places
When you think of the most “literary” places in Los Angeles and/or Orange County, what streets or neighborhoods come to mind? We put that question to several Southern California writers, along with...
Read moreDespite having a population of approximately 500,000, the Northeast San Fernando Valley used to not have any bookstores or art galleries. That is until 2001, when L.A. Poet Laureate Luis J. Rodrigu...
Read moreFeatured on: The Orange County Register
Check out our co-founder Trini Rodriguez, and our program coordinator Andrea Lopez discussing Tia Chucha's Social Justice Book Club on The Orange County Register, July 30, 2020.
Read moreA Sylmar bookstore offers bilingual reading sessions for kids on Instagram Tia Chucha's bookstore is filled with books in English and Spanish, so they wanted to continue their efforts toward litera...
Read moreFeatured on: Los Angeles Times
Across L.A., a thriving ecosystem of independent bookstores is engaged in conversations about inclusiveness in bookselling, especially as Black and antiracist-themed titles have come to dominate So...
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