Honestly, no better hype person than your mother. Thank you, @vromansbookstore.bsky.social — you made her day. I’ll be there Tuesday, January 6 at 7 PM for a conversation with Mike Rothschild about The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging. vromansbookstore.com/event/2026-0...

Hello Book Friends!! Come join at one (or more!) of our 20+ January events. Hope to see you soon! See our events page for details and updates: vromansbookstore.com/events

@lataco.bsky.social and Mike The Poet Sonksen share Mike's 25 Best L.A.-Centric Books Of 2025: Books that educate us, warn us, and prepare us for what’s coming. lataco.com/25-best-la-b...

We're open NYE (9am-4pm) and New Year's Day (1:30pm-9pm)! Ring in 2026 with us! 🎉✨✨✨

Come join us on Sunday, February 1, at 4 PM! Gian Sarder will be signing copies of LAND OF DREAMS and talking about the book and all things writerly with the PHENOMENAL author Janelle Brown! Preorder now and pick up at the event! vromansbookstore.com/book/9781662...

So many books. So little time. If you need any help adding to your "to-read" or "last-minute-gift" lists, here are a few of the books our staff just couldn’t put down this year: https://pen.org/best-books-of-2025-pen-america-staff-picks/

The Oldtime Family String Band w/ Natalie Brejcha of Pasadena Conservatory of Music on the Vroman's Paseo! Our final PCM collaboration of the year. Another great season of music. Thank you PCM!

On the shelves at Vroman's in Pasadena!

Just a friendly reminder to surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, theatre, bakery, bookstore, and café.

Thank you for supporting independent, trustworthy reporting from LAist and NPR. Donate now and you'll be automatically entered to win $200 to shop at Vroman's Bookstore – perfect for your 2026 reading list! support.laist.com/radio/defaul...

While I've confirmed that the dog does not come with the book, I do still think you should get one or more of Zack's Yokai books. I have one queued up at my local store, Vroman's, as I type. Get spooky.

Chris Aldrich typed up a physical card to represent a checkin for #IndieWeb Camp #SanDiego 2025 this past weekend and it's beautiful. artlung.com/blog/2025/12... @chrisaldrich.bsky.social #typewriter Follow Chris's website for info on his Typewriter events in #Pasadena at Vroman's!

Donate now, and you'll be automatically entered to win $200 to shop at Vroman's Bookstore — perfect for your 2026 reading list! Start here: LAist.com/Donate Listener and reader contributions make up the largest source of funding for LAist. Thank you for supporting independent reporting!

The perfect book to alert @amiberger.bsky.social has just published does not exi- (With @libro.fm, your favorite indie bookstore benefits from your audiobook habit. As you may guess, @vromansbookstore.bsky.social is my beneficiary) libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

1. How did I not know about @katecbowler.bsky.social? 2. HOLY HELL IS THIS A GOOD BOOK. If you don't know her either, maybe find her earlier books? If you do and fall in love, maybe pre-order? If you're in LA, maybe pre-order from @vromansbookstore.bsky.social or @booksoupofficial.bsky.social?

I continued to write Small Stories and give away books -SHOP YOUR LOCAL INDIE BOOKSTORE IF YOU'RE IN LA MAY I SUGGEST @vromansbookstore.bsky.social OR @booksoupofficial.bsky.social - and whatnot but I knew I'd left people behind and I didn't like that. I'm supposed to lift spirits.

Everyone has a boxing story. What's yours? RINGS OF DISSENT: Boxing and Performances of Rebellion; edited by Rudy Mondragon, Gaye Johnson, and David Leonard. Out Now! vromansbookstore.com/book/9780252...

Any other writer, I would be mortified the foster kittens had gotten to it and NEVER offer it, even for free, on Patreon but I feel like a protector of wildness like @tempestwilliams.bsky.social respects their hustle. (It's an utterly lovely book. Preorder it from @vromansbookstore.bsky.social)

If you’re in the LA area, join me and @rothschildmd.bsky.social at Vroman’s Bookstore on January 6 for a conversation about my book The Conspiracists and the cultural forces shaping conspiracy belief today. 7pm | Book signing to follow

SEA MONSTERS!!! The Misfits A Sea Monster Conundrum is available for pre-orders now. PLUS, @dansantat.bsky.social and I will be at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social in January to gab about the book! OOF!!!! @vromansupstairs.bsky.social #booksbooksbooks #Misfits @vromansbookstore.bsky.social #kidlit

I am on record as being a big Emma Staub fan because she's a goddamn consistent joy of a writer and her books are deeply human and very funny but OH THIS BOOK IS SO GOOD EVEN FOR STAUB MAYBE PREORDER IT AND IF YOU'RE IN LA MAYBE PREORDER IT FROM @vromansbookstore.bsky.social?

Tonight! Come see Elline Lipkin read from Girl in a Forest at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social in Pasadena! vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-1...

Frequent cartoon contributor for The New Yorker magazine, @tbtoro.bsky.social was at the store presenting and signing his new book--AND TO THINK WE STARTED AS A BOOKCLUB... Seth MacFarlane calls Tom's book, "Hilarious, whip-smart, and riveting.” Get your signed copy while supplies last!

Local hero & international best-seller Amy Meyerson sharing words of wisdom for aspiring authors! Such as: come up w lots of ideas cuz you're gonna need them! And, start with the ending in mind and write towards that. Signed copies of Amy's new novel--THE WATER LIES--available, while supplies last!

Book Soup World famous bookstore in Hollywood Famous for Hunter S. Thompson last appearance! David Lynch, Patti Smith, Muhammad Ali, Annie Leibovitz, David Byrne were regulars. Its fascinating history will feature in The Story Of.... Look out for it! #RingsideReport @badbrad2024.bsky.social

🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Future Lab with Lee Schneider: Falling in Love with Books, featuring Pat Walker of Vroman's Bookstore. Have a listen:

Dec 14th, join us and the Ukelele Orchestra of the Western Hemisphere!! A genre-bending ensemble playing new wave anthems, dance-pop bangers, torch song heartbreakers, Top 40 hits, and deep cuts from the collective musical subconscious! Don't miss this unique musical experience!

Join us on Dec 20th as we celebrate the holidays with the Pasadena Conservatory of Music's very special brass quintet! Musicians: Mike Zonshine (trumpet) Mike Davis (trumpet) Melia Badalian (horn) Lori Stuntz (trombone) Blake Cooper (tuba)

Join us on Dec 13 for a special outdoor concert as we celebrate the holidays with the Pasadena Conservatory of Music (PCM)! Musicians: Danny Janklow (saxophone) Sam Hirsh (piano) Ahmet Türkmenoğlu (bass)

This Sunday--Dec 7th @1:00pm--Join us as we celebrate the holidays with the Pasadena Conservatory of Music (PCM) performing a variety of holiday classics! Musicians: Danny Janklow (saxophone) Gary Fukushima (piano) Ahmet Türkmenoğlu (bass)

This Saturday--Dec 6th @1:30pm--The Pasadena Conservatory of Music will be putting on a special musical storytime with featured book: Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner. Caregivers and children aged 3-9 will enjoy story, craft activities, creative movement and a mini-concert!

"When you walk into a bookstore, you're walking into the future of your cultural and intellectual life. Booksellers show you a way forward towards more of yourself, a way you might not have known existed for you--but is still entirely your own. They are mapmakers of possibility." - Ocean Vuong

Palestinian author and activist Tareq Barconi discusses his new memoir FIRE IN EVERY DIRECTION, a love-story/coming-of-age tale that balances humor and loss, nostalgia and hope, as it takes us from the Middle East to London, and from 1948 to the present. In conversation with inimitable Robin Kelley.

ON SALE NOW! The revised and updated edition of Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas, available wherever you buy books. #filmsky #booksky 📽 📚 preorder-movie-little-christmas.carrd.co

Congrats, 2025 National Book Award winners! for Fiction: Rabih Alameddine, for Nonfiction: Omar El Akkad, for Poetry: Patricia Smith, for Translated Literature:Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, for Young People's Literature: Daniel Nayeri ✨✨🏆✨✨

Professor Jerry Moore stopped by the store tonight to present his newest book--CAT TALES: A History of the improbable and yet incredible and improbable history of our relationship with cats from fearsome foe to purring "pet" (though are cats reeeeeally pets?). vromansbookstore.com/book/9780500...

We had Chef Pyet DeSpain--1st ever winner of Gordon Ramsay's NEXT LEVEL CHEF--in convo with Dr. Claudia Serrato at Vroman's last night food, discussing food, family, history, and life--and Pyet's new book, ROOTED IN FIRE. Rooted in Fire is available now: vromansbookstore.com/book/9780063...

Happy to share that Vroman’s is hosting the launch for The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging. I’ll be joined by author @rothschildmd.bsky.social, a leading expert on conspiracy movements. If you’re in the area, we’d love to see you: vromansbookstore.com/event/2026-0...

This Sunday at 2:00PM, Vroman's Local Author day presents: Pamela Nickel Williams' memoir, CLEARLY LIES ARE TRUE Donna R. Phillips's story collection, AMONG THE REEDS & OTHER STORIES OF THE SUPERNATURAL vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-1...

From self-taught & award-winning director Morgan Stevenson Cooper comes I CAN MAKE A MOVIE! a heartfelt story about a girl on a mission to make her first movie--and lift her grandpa's spirits along the way. Join Morgan (w. Azie Tesfai) Saturday morning as he reads and signs his new picture book!

A love story and a coming-of-age tale, Tareq Baconi's FIRE IN EVERY DIRECTION spans countries and continents, balances humor and loss, nostalgia and hope, taking us from the Middle East to London, from 1948 to the present. Tareq discusses and signs his memoire this Friday (with Robin DG Kelley)!

A "big-hearted and true" debut novel, Brian Schaefer's TOWN & COUNTRY is set amid a small town's congressional race that forces the candidates, their families, and a clique of gay second homeowners to confront lies, betrayals and shifting allegiances--Brian and Marc Malkin discuss this Thursday!

Join us this Wednesday at 7PM as anthropologist Jerry Moore charts the cat's path from deadly enemy to improbable roommate. Illustrated throughout, CAT TALES: A HISTORY surveys our relationships with cats from the Paleolithic to the present. vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-1...

Star chef Pyet DeSpain--first winner of Gordon Ramsey's Next Level Chef--shares her burning passion for Native American and Mexican American cuisine in "Rooted in Fire: A Celebration of Native American and Mexican Cooking" Join us this Tuesday as Pyet and Dr. Claudia Serrato discuss Rooted in Fire!

Harshini Vankineni reading her debut picture book--What Color is the Baby? : A Celebration of Skin Tones--at Vroman's. "A sweet feel-good story that asks us to look beyond color to see the beauty in everyone." —Kirkus Reviews

You’re Invited to Another Southern California Type-In! boffosocko.com/2025/11/11/y... #typewriters #typein

(Clears throat daintily, stares upwards) THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY CHARMING BOOK! YOU SHOULD GET IT! (If you’re in LA, get it at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social)

New York Times bestselling authors Tigest Girma and Jordan Ifueko at Vroman's discussing Tigest's new novel ETERNAL RUIN & talking about inspiration and representation in literature today. Signed copies of "Eternal Ruin" (book two of the "Immortal Dark" Trilogy) available while supplies last!

Just visited Vroman's Bookstore in beautiful Pasadena and found this #Frankenstein endcap that includes my novel, Chicano Frankenstein (Forest Avenue Press). It's in horrifyingly wonderful company. #horror #scifi