Sunny Side Up Celebration with Katie Sturino

We’re so excited to welcome Katie Sturino—body acceptance advocate, founder of Megababe, and now debut novelist!—to Lovestruck for a feel-good summer night celebrating her hilarious and heartwarming rom-com .

Join us for an evening of books, banter, and body confidence as Katie sits down with Smart Bitches, Trashy Books contributor, Amanda Diehl, to chat all about her main character, Sunny Greene—a 35-year-old recently-divorced PR queen who’s done playing small. (Think: a size-inclusive, dog-loving Carrie Bradshaw with a complicated love life and killer taste in swimsuits.) Get the scoop on Dennis the dreamy mailman, Ted the sexy business tycoon, and that ex who won’t go away. Plus, we'll dive into the real-life inspiration behind Sunny’s story and the empowering message at its heart.

Your event ticket includes a pre-order of Sunny Side Up, so you’ll be among the first to get your hands on Katie’s debut!

Come solo, bring your besties, and get ready for a night full of laughs, heart, and maybe even a few “omg same” moments. Let’s toast to self-love and rom-coms with real women at the center. We can’t wait to see you there!

EVENT DETAILS:

• 6:00 PM: Doors Open – Get settled in and ready for the discussion!
• 6:30 PM: Discussion Begins – Katie and her Amanda Diehl will dive into Sunny Side Up
• 7:15 PM: Q&A Session – Your chance to ask the author anything!
• 7:30 PM: Signatures, Snapping Pics, and Salutations – Meet Katie get your book signed, and snap a photo!
• 8:30 PM: Event Wraps Up – Thanks for joining us!

Tickets are limited, so grab yours soon! If the event sells out, you can join the waitlist. Should any spots open up, you’ll have 24 hours to register before we offer them to the next person.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Katie Sturino is an entrepreneur, author and body acceptance advocate. Through her personal platform @katiesturino, she lends her voice and personal style to raise awareness for size inclusivity, empowering women of all sizes to find their confidence and celebrate their style. Her regular content series, #SuperSizeTheLook and #MakeMySize have gone viral, reaching millions of people and attracting global media attention.

Katie is also the founder of MEGABABE, an innovative beauty brand offering non-toxic, solution-oriented products that allow people to feel more comfortable and confident in their own skin.

With her book Body Talk, an illustrated workbook released in 2021, and her debut novel Sunny Side Up (Celadon Books, 2025), Katie leans into her signature candor and humor to tell stories that empower women to improve the relationship they have with their body.

ABOUT SUNNY SIDE UP
From body-acceptance advocate and MEGABABE founder Katie Sturino comes a heartwarming and hilarious debut.

Sunny Greene is thirty-five, recently divorced, facing the looming prospect of going solo to her little brother’s wedding, and currently trying to find anything plus-sized in the Bergdorf Goodman swimsuit department that doesn’t make her want to cry. It’s not going well. But isn’t rock bottom the perfect place to start a climb?

She decides it’s now or never. Sunny has her PR empire, her gorgeous Chelsea apartment, her two dogs, and her loyal best friends. Maybe it's time to just love her body and accept herself for who she is. With a new commitment to confidence, her journey begins. Who says a plus-sized divorcee can’t put herself first, feel beautiful, and date up a storm?

Of course things are never straightforward in the dating world. Is fate knocking at her door with Dennis, the charming and down-to-earth mailman, or should she be with Ted, the business tycoon who seems ready to make her size-inclusive swimsuit brand a reality? And what should she do about her ex, who shows up unexpectedly, eager to reconnect?

With the same candor and confidence her followers love, Sturino brings us Sunny Greene, a Carrie Bradshaw for the next generation, and her journey through the trials and triumphs of dating, friendship, and finding yourself.

ABOUT OUR CONVERSATION PARTNER
A romance fan and passionate reader, Amanda Diehl has had many iterations of bookish jobs from an author publicist to a bookseller and bookstore event coordinator. She's been writing about romance and helping manage the daily stream of editorial content at the website Smart Bitches, Trashy Books for over a decade. In her free time, she enjoys collecting taxidermy, playing video games with smooching mechanics, and making the best damn gluten-free lasagna.

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