AT OUR TABLE
PEOPLE · CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER · VERANDA · SOUTHERN LIVING · FORBES · PARADE
Books. Travel. Taste.
A Private Literary Membership
Join first. Then reserve.
Escapes with the authors you love, in extraordinary places.
Your $449 membership is your seat at the table — first access to every escape, held seats on the nights that sell out, and the authors at dinner, not behind a signing line.
Upcoming Escapes
Mary Kay Andrews & Kristy Woodson Harvey · The Lowcountry · Nov 19–20
Members Only Night · New York City · Mar 11
Members book first.
Join for $449/yearRecent EDGE EscapesParis · Nantucket · Cambridge
Paris · India Hicks & Jo Piazza
Nantucket · Elin Hilderbrand
Cambridge · Alice Hoffman
Upcoming EscapesReserve a seat
How it works
Join first. Then reserve.
1. Join — $449/year
2. Reserve — members book Escapes and scarce nights first
3. Sit at the table — in person when you travel; live with the author every month from home
You join before you reserve. Membership unlocks the ticket window. Escape tickets are separate.
This Month Inside EDGE
Author photo: Nina Subin
Someone Else's Husband
Mount Kilimanjaro & New York City
with Kimberly McCreight
Friday, October 30 · 3:00 PM ET
Included with membership — join from anywhere. Recordings are not included.
As Featured In
FORBES — "The Book Everyone Is Taking To Paris This Summer": EDGE Escapes and The Parisian Heist, the ultimate summer travel pairing.
PEOPLE — "I Took a Trip to Elin Hilderbrand's Nantucket — Here's What It Was Like": People's Carly Tagen-Dye joins EDGE Escapes on the island.
VERANDA — "Your Favorite Author Could Be Your Next Travel Companion": EDGE Escapes brings bibliophiles face-to-face with the novelists behind their favorite books.
SOUTHERN LIVING — "3 Expert Book Club Hosting Tips I Wish I'd Known Sooner": EDGE Escapes founder Juliana Fraioli Wilson shares her secrets.
Members sit with the authors, at the table.
This summer on Nantucket with Elin Hilderbrand. Paris with Jo Piazza, India Hicks, and Jane Bertch. Cambridge with Alice Hoffman. San Francisco and Greenwich with India Hicks. Next, members reserve first for the Lowcountry with Mary Kay Andrews and Kristy Woodson Harvey, Nov 19–20 — and every month, a live virtual night with the author of that month’s book.
The people around the table become part of the experience.
What Your Membership Unlocks
A year inside the world of EDGE Escapes
FIRST ACCESS TO EVERY ESCAPE
You reserve Escapes and ticketed nights before anyone who isn’t a member.
LIVE VIRTUAL AUTHOR NIGHTS
Member-only, included with your year; no extra ticket for the live night. Recordings are not included.
HELD SEATS ON SCARCE NIGHTS
A small held seat block for members on our most sought-after author nights and Escapes.
MEMBER TICKET WINDOW
Join first, then reserve — you reserve Escapes and ticketed nights before anyone who isn’t a member.
YOUR MEMBER HOME
Your private login for the calendar and what’s next (not a social club).
MEMBER PRIVILEGES
Occasional invitations from hotels, restaurants, designers, and brands in the EDGE world.
Inside EDGE Escapes,
you'll connect with some of the most celebrated authors in the world
We don't just plan trips.
We build worlds.
What our members say
"Juliana doesn't just plan trips, she builds worlds. My EDGE Escapes dinner was unlike anything I've experienced: Lilly Pulitzer dresses chosen days in advance, a room so stunning it stopped conversation, and real conversation with a bestselling author about her actual writing process. This isn't a signing line and a quick photo. It's the kind of once-in-a-lifetime experience only Juliana and her team know how to create. I left with new friends, including journalists from Condé Nast, People, Veranda, and Southern Living. If you love books and travel, there is nothing else like EDGE Escapes."
— Rosanna B.
"I'm not sure I have the words to describe just how magical my experience with EDGE Escapes was. It truly felt like stepping inside one of my favorite books and getting to live out a book lover's dream. Every detail felt thoughtful, special, and completely unforgettable. EDGE Escapes isn't just a book club. It's a chance to step into the stories you love, meet people who love books as much as you do, travel to beautiful places, and experience those 'could you even imagine?' bookish moments in real life."
— Jenn R.
"EDGE Escapes created an absolutely unforgettable event. Every detail was beautifully curated, creating an intimate, elegant experience unlike anything else. EDGE Escapes exceeded every expectation!"
— Katie A.
Our Story
EDGE Escapes began in 2020, when travel came to a standstill and Juliana Fraioli Wilson — a lifelong traveler — found herself looking through international cookbooks the way she'd normally be planning trips. This is when she realized that immersion through a book could take her somewhere long before a plane could. She then built a private membership around the idea: one book a month, each a new destination, virtual meetings with experts local to those locations, shared stories and travel notes, closing with a live conversation with the book-of-the-month's author.
When travel returned, those conversations became trips. Today, EDGE Escapes is a private membership run by Juliana and her husband Ryan Wilson, built around access — intimate evenings with storytellers in the places that inspired their work. The idea hasn't changed since that first stack of cookbooks: extraordinary people, extraordinary places, and a seat at the table you can't get anywhere else.
Where EDGE Members Stay
Some of our favorite properties — from Newport, Rhode Island to the French Riviera & beyond
FAQs
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