

the latest from @stephpilavin and @starry.steph

we got pictures with some rescue pigeons at the lumon office (severance shooting location). it was iconic. we shall probably never beat this day tbh
pretend you never saw it coming if we end up adopting a pigeon 🫣 🐦

would strongly recommend being the menace who reads 111 books every summer alone.
because sometimes it leads to staying at the Beverly Wilshire, partying at Fox Studios, and STILL being too scared to speak to R.F. Kuang even when it’s just the two of you in an elevator.

we had a fabulous time at the Long Bright River premiere & after party (tysm peacock for the invitation)!
Liz Moore, Nikki Toscano, Amanda Seyfried, and the whole team put SO much into this harrowing series.
we’re ready to binge the rest on March 13 🫡 #LongBrightRiver

the Great Florida Road Trip of 2025 featuring scopalomine, dramamine, diphenhydramine, peppermint oil, goggles, ginger, alcohol wipes, and @kyle.matthew.watkins. don’t worry, i survived











this was a deeply emotional read that i want to place in everyone’s hands right now.
📚 books mentioned:
- Detained: A Boy’s Story of Survival and Resilience by D. Esperanza and Gerardo Iván Morales
thank you to Atria/Primero Sueño Press for gifting me this copy. @atriabooks @primerosuenopress
#memoirs #memoirbookrecs #detained #atriapartner #primerosueno #primerosuenopress #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram

thank you SO much to my Saga Crew family (Savannah and Cam are the BEST) for a wonderful in-person Forbidden Book Club! ⚗️
it was super exciting to visit the Simon & Schuster offices for the first time, meet new bookish friends who traveled from all over, and yell at Stacey as a group for hurting our heart and leaving us on a brutal cliffhanger. there was even an attempted tattoo prank which made us all belly laugh!
this influencer program is truly one of the most welcoming and inclusive i’ve ever experienced. Savannah, Cam, and the whole Saga team are legends and made us all feel special.
i can’t wait for next time!!
📚 books mentioned:
- A Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan
#aforbiddenalchemy #bookclub #SagaSaysCrew #sagasays #sagapressbooks #romantasybooks #fantasybooks #staceymcewan #bookcommunity #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram

continue to read with intention (and delight and whimsy and all that good stuff) by joining the Celestial book club!! we have amazing picks, i promise!
📚 books mentioned:
- Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier
- Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase
- Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
#bookclub #bookcommunity #pacificislander #pacificislanderbooks #celestial #binderybooks #diversebookclub #fantasybooks #fantasybookclub #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram @clarionbooks @theshelfstuff @harpercollins @bindery_books

kind of rude that there’s no chameleon emoji??!? someone make this happen, please.
we had SUCH a special, wholesome, heartwarming, laugh-out-loud night in community. thank you so much to the 1 in a Chameleon team for inviting me!
🎭 show mentioned: 1 in a Chameleon @1inachameleon
📍location: LOFT393, Tribeca NYC
more about the show:
Fresh from sold-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, award-winning storyteller Narie Foster (The Moth, Generation Women) brings to Tribeca her life-affirming, thought-provoking comedy about trying to blend in everywhere…yet belonging nowhere.
This raw, hilarious one-woman show from a former engineer and entrepreneur (Forbes 30 Under 30) investigates the natural tension between wanting to fit in and wanting to be authentically ourselves. 1 in a Chameleon guides the audience on a self-acceptance journey of comedic storytelling, nuanced theatricality, and piercing insights, helping us uncover our true colors in a world full of reasons to hide.
Cameron King (Wyld Woman: The Legend of Shy Girl, The Ballad of Keith King, Butchery Lessons) joins to direct the expanded New York City debut of 1 in a Chameleon at LOFT393 in Tribeca. A collaboration across a creative team hailing from Sleep No More, Jacob’s Pillow, The Drew Barrymore Show, Target Margin Theater, and Ars Nova, the space offers an immersive experience in a beautiful loft transformed into a chameleon’s terrarium. 1 in a Chameleon invites audiences to connect — with themselves, with each other, and with humanity.
At age 35, Brooklyn-based Narie Foster left a successful corporate career (co-founder of M.M.LaFleur, consultant at Bain & Company, Venture Partner at JAZZ venture capital firm) to become a writer and performer, much to the chagrin of her Thai and Canadian scientist parents. Pulling from her former lives, Narie embraces the performance realm with a love of navigating chaos, an interest in human behavior, and a worldview that appreciates both art and science.
🦎☀️🌿
#1inachameleon #newyorkcity #nyctheatre #offoffbroadway #nycinfluencer #theatrelife #theatrereview #immersivetheatre #starrysteph #bookstagram

Kyle is now on his LAST book on the reading road to rings - but equally as important, he finally understands why we’re all obsessed with Akwaeke Emezi.
📚 books mentioned:
- Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
@groveatlantic @kylewatkinsphotography
#readingroadtorings #bookproposal #bookengagement #freshwater #akwaekeemezi #grovepress #literaryfiction #fantasybooks #nycinfluencer #bookstagram #starrysteph

🌲 i am always delighted to see a really big tree, what can i say?? but seriously, this was a touching story involving love, loss, and nature.
thank you so much to @redwoodmusical & @relayinfluence for inviting me!
🎭 show mentioned: Redwood
📍: Nederlander Theatre
starring Idina Menzel, De’Adre Aziza, Michael Park, Zachary Noah Piser, Khaila Wilcoxon
#newyorkcity #musicaltheatre #nyctheatre #broadway #nycinfluencer #theatrelife #theatrereview #redwood #redwoodmusical #broadwaymusical #relayinfluence #idinamenzel #starrysteph #bookstagram

in which i rob HarperCollins (without remorse) once again.
SHELVES AND THE CITY HAUL EEP!
📚 books mentioned:
- The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson
- (SKin) by Ibi Zoboi
- The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill
- The Queen’s Spade by Sarah Raughley
- Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
many many thanks to @harpercollins @harpervoyagerus @epicreads @avonbooks @williammorrowbooks
#shelvesandthecity #shelvesandthecityla #bookhaul #bookunboxing #harpercollins #rfkuang #katabasis #bookbrandtrip #bookishbrandtrip #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram

honestly rude that these aren’t the most popular books in the whole world, y’know?
📚 books mentioned:
- The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
- The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
- The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
#sffbooks #scifibooks #fantasybooks #bestfantasybooks #bestscifibooks #thebrokenearth #thebrokenearthtrilogy #thefifthseason #nkjemisin #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram @orbitbooks_us @hachetteus

can you believe i used to just … not rent clothes from Nuuly? wild times.
(full 30 min Shelves and the City vlog just dropped!!!)
thank you to harpercollins for a beautiful weekend. @harpercollins @harpervoyagerus @avonbooks @epicreads
wanted to be transparent about the items that were gifted to me, but this video wasn’t altered by that in any way! @nuuly @outofprint
#shelvesandthecity #satc #shelvesandthecityla #nuuly #nuulyoutfits #nuulyrentals #outofprintpartner #bookish #gifted #outofprint #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram #harpercollins @astrthelabel @klassy @freepeople @anthropologie @sweetenforme_

⬇️ what’s one thing you love about your local library?
!! CALL TO ACTION !!
please join me in the fight to save our libraries. here are four things you can do RIGHT NOW!
@_everylibrary_ is the only national political action committee that works to support and defend public and school libraries, and they put together a simple website that helps you take immediate action.
we’re working hard to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.
visit saveimls.org to:
1) sign the petition
2) send emails
3) call your reps
4) submit letters to the editor
#nationallibraryweek #everylibrary #saveourlibraries #fightbookbans #saveimls #forourlibraries #fundlibraries #supportlibraries #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram









