Welcome to
Literary Sips!
I am beyond excited to share and invite you to join me on my next chapter, Literary Sips. It is a chapter that celebrates my (and our!) love of and relationship with literature, sisterhood, connectivity, and community. Passions that have marked my personal and professional chapters from my college days to career to love, marriage, and a baby carriage to becoming a bestselling author to my breast cancer journey.
Each chapter has become a celebration of how life-changing experiences, however big or small, led me to discover new sisterhoods. And, how they helped me realize the importance of embracing the present, my life, passions and dreams.
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That is how and why this new chapter came to be written.
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Literary Sips is a novel series of experiences for us all to enjoy. More then just a great read—It is where books joyfully come to life in gatherings, spirited conversations and atmospheres that celebrate our love of reading and the beauty, magic, and power of sisterhood.
It is where we will sip into a world where every chapter inspires and connects us.
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Join me!
Together in Our Next Chapter,
Immersive
Events
You will e​ngage in atmospheres of sisterhood and sophistication that celebrate our love of literature, connectivity and sisterhood. More then a passive observance, these events bring literature to life with themed sips, bites, interactive experiences and lively conversations led by women in our community who are game-changers, entrepreneurs, authors or experts. They will inspire, educate, entertain and empower as we sip into a world where every chapter connects, entertains and inspires us!
Upcoming Experiences
FEBRUARY: LITERARY SIPS Monthly Book Club
February Picks!
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Tampa Bay’s Morning Blend
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Host Roxanne Wilder and I share our February picks with a nod to Valentine’s Day; a classic gothic love story and its scorching hot new movie adaptation; a tale of sisterhoodly avengement, a pysholgoical thrill, and a Literary Sips Jr. choice! We’re also launching an invitation for you to send in a photo of the book you’re reading and the ‘sip’ you’re paring it with —which we’ll feature in our March Literary Sips book club segment! Happy V and G day!
February: Literary Sips Sipdown
TBBW Monthly Feature & Podcast​​​​​
​TBBW Magazine:
Robyn Ostrem, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay shares how books, life, health and community had her ‘flying the plane, while building it, in this unfiltered, insightful and inspiring conversation.
Sip and read with us each month as prominent individuals from CEO’s to authors to creatives to game-chargers and community leaders reveal their literary favorites, go-to authors, personal connections and memories of characters from their most loved books—plus other surprises that tap further into their love of reading and inner-author—paired with their favorite reading sip!
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Literary Sips Sipdown Podcast!
Details and platform links coming soon!
February 12th: A Galentine’s Soiree
Literary Cousins and Geniuses: A Galentine’s Celebration of Taylor Swift & Emily Dickinson Benefiting Allister’s Compass Fund
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Kendra Scott: Hyde Park, Florida
6:00- 8:00 PM
Join us for a Galentine’s event to ring in a new era of sisterhood! Bestselling author & Literary Sips creator, Julie Edelman hosts this fundraising & literary soiree benefiting Allister’s Compass Fund. Celebrate the lyrical genius of cousins Taylor Swift and Emily Dickinson! Yes they are cousins—Sixth— three times removed according to Ancestry.com!
Together we’ll celebrate literacy, sisterhood & community with Taylor-tinis, Dickenson delights, surprises & the 2nd Accidental Sisterhood Award presentation.
Kendra Scott will generously donate 20% of sales to Allister’s Compass Fund.
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Past Experiences
Book Signing
Sipping and Signing with The Accidental Sisterhood’s Bestselling Author, Julie Edelman!
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The Book Lounge, St. Petersburg
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​I love when I get to sip and see my fellow (or is it feline!) sisters! Join me at my hometown St. Pete’s must go to, sisterhood is us, community centric cozy new literary place and game space! Sip back or linger as I share my romantic thriller, The Accidental Sisterhood—Jenna Blum, New York Times Bestselling author describes it as Liane Moriarity’s Big Little Lies with a Dexterized dash of Candace Bushnell’s Sex and the City! I describe it as a dream come true since I wrote it when I was going through a life changing detour: Breast Cancer! All good now and my detour also led to my novel new sisterhood: Literary Sips! A portion of book sales goes to Moffitt Cancer Center to help find the cure!
Literary Sips Launch
THANK YOU DILLARD’S & GUESTS for Making it a Huge Sip-sess!
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Dillard’s International Plaza—Tampa, Florida
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We were thrilled to launch our Immersive Events in partnership with Dillard’s at International Plaza in Tampa, Florida. The event celebrated our collective love of reading, the power of sisterhood and the iconic chapters of Coco Chanel’s life. Chanel not only wrote the book on classic beauty and fashion, she was an avid reader and sisterhood curator! Thank you Ocean Blue Galleries in St. Petersburg for sharing the amazing diamond dusted Marilyn painting by artist DeVon that further bonded all of us there in sisterhood! Special thanks to U.S. Bank Private Weath Management for gifting my book to all there, The Accidental Sisterhood . AND, mega gratitude to Dillard’s who made this launch possible for your generous support and allowing me the opportunity to share how life changing detours can change into the fulfillment of dreams ….the writing of my book and this launch of Literary Sips being two testaments to that! Last, but not leastly TU TU to the uber talented Juliette Molina, resident Chanel make up artist for co-hosting and making me look fab along with impeccable fashioning by Christina Albrecht! Look forward to sipping into our next chapter together again soon!
​"Books have always been my
Best Friends."
- Coco Chanel
Literary Sips, Jr. Launch
Sip into and Celebrate the Wonderful World of Dr. Seuss and Launch of Literary Sips, Jr.
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Ocean Blue Galleries, St. Petersburg
“Oh the places you’ll go” this holiday season as we celebrate the timeless legacy of Dr. Seuss and the launch of Literary Sips, Jr.—Our novel book club curated just for children to foster their love of reading and further inspire their pure and wonderful imaginations. Join us as we sip hot chocolate, nibble on tasty treats, enjoy fun activities, an appearance from the Grinch, storytime and celebrate the magic of the literary genius and incredible artistry of Dr. Seuss. ‘’Twill be a novel holiday experience for we children of all ages!
Experiencing Soon
​PERFECT PAIRINGS​
Where Our Love of Reading and Connectivity Meets Perfect Sips
​BOOK TO TABLE
Where Culinary Artistry Meets Literary Adventures​​​
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