Vroman's Bookstore
@vromansbookstore.bsky.social
California's oldest independent bookstore since 1894, Vroman's Bookstore is your one stop shop for books, magazines, gifts, and more!
We host several events weekly. Hope to see you soon! : https://vromansbookstore.com/events/calendar
We host several events weekly. Hope to see you soon! : https://vromansbookstore.com/events/calendar
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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
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
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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
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
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🎙️ 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:
Falling in Love with Books, featuring Pat Walker of Vroman's Bookstore
In this conversation with Lee Schneider, Pat Walker discusses the...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
🎙️ 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:
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A new episode of The Future Lab is live. Have a listen to: Falling in Love with Books, featuring Pat Walker of Vroman's Bookstore https://share.transistor.fm/s/1d7e9116
Falling in Love with Books, featuring Pat Walker of Vroman's Bookstore | The Future Lab with Lee Schneider | Episode 30
In this conversation with Lee Schneider, Pat Walker discusses the importance of bookstores as community hubs and places of cultural culture.Drawing from his experiences as a bookseller in Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, CA, Pat believes that the genre of science fiction/fantasy is more popular...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
A new episode of The Future Lab is live. Have a listen to: Falling in Love with Books, featuring Pat Walker of Vroman's Bookstore https://share.transistor.fm/s/1d7e9116
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!
Don't miss this unique musical experience!
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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!
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)
Musicians:
Mike Zonshine (trumpet)
Mike Davis (trumpet)
Melia Badalian (horn)
Lori Stuntz (trombone)
Blake Cooper (tuba)
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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)
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)
Musicians:
Danny Janklow (saxophone)
Sam Hirsh (piano)
Ahmet Türkmenoğlu (bass)
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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)
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)
Musicians:
Danny Janklow (saxophone)
Gary Fukushima (piano)
Ahmet Türkmenoğlu (bass)
December 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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)
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!
December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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
- Ocean Vuong
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 AM
"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
- 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.
November 22, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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.
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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
September 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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
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November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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
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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...
vromansbookstore.com/book/9780500...
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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...
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...
Rooted in Fire is available now: vromansbookstore.com/book/9780063...
November 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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...
Rooted in Fire is available now: vromansbookstore.com/book/9780063...
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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...
If you’re in the area, we’d love to see you: vromansbookstore.com/event/2026-0...
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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...
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...
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...
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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...
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!
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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)!
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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!
November 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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...
vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-1...
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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...
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!
Join us this Tuesday as Pyet and Dr. Claudia Serrato discuss Rooted in Fire!
November 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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!
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
"A sweet feel-good story that asks us to look beyond color to see the beauty in everyone."
—Kirkus Reviews
November 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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
"A sweet feel-good story that asks us to look beyond color to see the beauty in everyone."
—Kirkus Reviews
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You’re Invited to Another Southern California Type-In!
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November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
You’re Invited to Another Southern California Type-In!
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(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)
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY CHARMING BOOK!
YOU SHOULD GET IT!
(If you’re in LA, get it at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social)
Cover reveal for my next book, due out from Bancroft Press in October 2026! Huge thanks to illustrator Nikki Attree for the drawing and Christine Van Bree for cover design! See more of Nikki's drawings here: nikkiattree.net
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
(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)
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!
Signed copies of "Eternal Ruin" (book two of the "Immortal Dark" Trilogy) available while supplies last!
November 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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!
Signed copies of "Eternal Ruin" (book two of the "Immortal Dark" Trilogy) available while supplies last!