Hundreds of People Showed Up to the Grand Opening of Octavia’s Bookshelf

Octavia’s Bookshelf proprietor Nikki High had hoped that the opening of her caller bookstore focusing connected books by Black, Indigenous, and radical of colour authors would beryllium attended by 20-30 people. Instead, by the clip the doors opened February 18th, determination were hundreds of radical lined up for 10 blocks to get in. 300 radical showed up for opening day, including writer Terry McMillan.

Nikki High was moved to tears by the turnout.

After her grandma passed away, Nikki High quit her firm occupation to unfastened her imagination bookstore. Her GoFundMe attracted nationalist attraction and raised implicit $20,000 to assistance marque this imagination a reality. If opening time is immoderate indication, this is simply a concern the assemblage is anxious to support.

Octavia’s Bookshelf is named aft the celebrated Black sci-fi writer Octavia Butler, who lived successful Pasadena. It’s located astatine 1361 N. Hill Ave and is unfastened 10 americium to 7 p.m. each day. It besides has a Bookshop.org storefront for online shopping. You tin besides travel the bookstore connected Instagram and TikTok.

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