Kelly Coon | TAKE UP SPACE, Y'ALL w/ Amy Christine Parker

Sat Sep 06 2025 at 03:30 pm to 05:00 pm UTC-04:00

Oxford Exchange | Tampa

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Kelly Coon | TAKE UP SPACE, Y'ALL  w\/ Amy Christine Parker
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Join authors Kelly Coon & Amy Christine Parker. as they discuss Kelly's newest release TAKE UP SPACE, Y'ALL.
About this Event

Make your own rules and treat your body well in this uplifting, inspirational, and fact-filled guide to navigating social media, taking care of yourself, and loving your body by top plus-size model Tess Holliday and award-winning author Kelly Coon.
Take Up Space, Y’all gives teen readers a joyful, can’t-put-this-down reading experience with advice and colorful anecdotes from body positivity activist, top plus-size model, and inclusivity consultant, Tess Holliday. Tess Holliday has been on a mission to shift society’s mindset on what is beautiful, what is healthy, and what matters most of out life and living authentically. Now she and co-author, Kelly Coon, are combating the immense pressures society places on teens–from grades to social status to looks–and acknowledging these can have a negative impact on one’s physical and mental health. Let Tess, Kelly, and various professionals guide you to taking up all the space you need by:


  • making good eating choices for your body
  • choosing fashion that defines you
  • steering clear of social media trolls
  • seeking help from trusted adults in hard situations
  • and more!


Through fun quizzes, bite-sized stories from Tess’s life, writing prompts, and digestible sidebars, this guide is sure to empower you to unleash self-love and to conquer societal pressures while having fun at the same time.

Kelly Coon is an educator with more than twenty years’ writing experience. She was executive editor for Blue Ocean Brain, a high school English teacher, and is a published fiction and nonfiction author for teens and adults. She’s written articles for The Washington Post, Scary Mommy, ThoughtCo, and more.


Amy Christine Parker is the author of five young adult thrillers that blend horror, mystery, and the paranormal into stories meant to haunt and charm you. Her books have been nominated for multiple state awards and are best read with the lights on (which she fully supports, being terrified of the dark herself). When she’s not busy writing, she enjoys devouring movies, and taking ghost tours wherever she travels because why sleep soundly when you’re on vacation? She lives in Florida with her husband, two daughters, and two very mischievous cats.

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Oxford Exchange, 420 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, United States

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