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The Back Room

Cocktails and conversations with your favorite authors

  • Cocktail

    Days Gone By

    January 12, 2021 /

    Nikka Days • Chartreuse • Club Soda Download printable recipe card

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    Sarah Sullivan
  • Cocktail

    New York Sour

    January 12, 2021 /

    Bourbon • Lemon • Red Wine Download printable recipe card

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    Sarah Sullivan
  • Cocktail

    Sweater Weather

    December 22, 2020 /

    Whiskey • Maple Syrup • Autumn Bitters Download printable recipe card

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    Sarah Sullivan
  • Cocktail

    London Sour

    November 25, 2020 /

    Gin • Lemon • Earl Grey Simple Syrup Download printable drink card.

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    Tommy Sullivan
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    Earl Grey Old Fashioned

    November 25, 2020 /

    Earl Grey simple syrup • Whiskey • Orange Download printable recipe

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    Tommy Sullivan
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    The Wicked Sister

    October 25, 2020 /

    Absinthe • Lemon • Champagne Download printable recipe card.

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    Tommy Sullivan
  • Cocktail

    The First to Lie

    October 24, 2020 /

    Writer’s Tears Irish Whiskey • Cardamom Bitters Download printable recipe card.

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    Tommy Sullivan
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    The Ninja’s Blade

    October 12, 2020 /

    Gin • Lemon • Matcha Download printable recipe card.

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    Tommy Sullivan
  • Cocktail

    Don’t Look For Me

    October 11, 2020 /

    Writer’s Tears Whiskey • Lillet Blanc • Orange Bitters Download printable recipe card.

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    Tommy Sullivan
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2020/21 Winter Season

Dec. 6 @ 7 PM ET – Lori Rader-Day, Samantha Downing, Stephen Mack Jones, and Gary Phillips with host Karen Dionne

Dec. 20 @ 1 PM ET – Joseph Finder, Heather Gudenkauf, Lisa Unger, and David Heska Wanbli Weiden with host Hank Phillippi Ryan

January 10 @1 PM ET – James Benn, Fiona Davis, Deanna Raybourn, Lauren Willig with host Hank Phillippi Ryan

January 24, 7 PM ET – Amy Sue Nathan, Kelly Simmons, Lori Nelson Spielman, and Wade Rouse with host Karen Dionne

January 31, 7 PM ET – Lisa Gardner, Julia Heaberlin, Joe Ide, and John McMahon with host Karen Dionne

February 7, 7 PM ET – Hallie Ephron, Patti Callahan Henry, Caroline Leavitt, and Marjan Kamali with host Hank Phillippi Ryan

February 28, 7 PM ET – V.M. Burns, Ellen Byron (writing as Maria DiRico), Abby Collette, and Daryl Wood Gerber with host Karen Dionne

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Now more than ever, it’s vitally important to support the independent bookstores that have had to shift the way they do business during the Covid-19 pandemic.

We encourage readers to visit indiebound.org to locate an independent bookstore near you. If you can’t visit the bookstore in person, you can order by phone or online, either through their own website (preferred), or at bookshop.org. We want them to be there when it’s time to reopen!

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Code of Conduct

The Back Room has a zero tolerance policy for harassment of any kind. If a person engages in harassing behavior, The Back Room staff will take prompt action in any form they deem appropriate, including expulsion from The Back Room sponsored event. If someone’s behavior has made you uncomfortable, or if you witness the same happening to someone else, you should immediately contact The Back Room staff. In this virtual landscape, we ask that you remain respectful as you would for an in person event.

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Hank Philippi Ryan reflects on the reason she and Hank Philippi Ryan reflects on the reason she and Karen started The Back Room:⁠ ⁠ "We both felt nostalgic for being in the same room with people. There’s a wonderful call and response element to a book talk—the author is telling stories and answering questions, and that’s great—but the special part is the audience reacting. With laughter, or agreeing nods, or even applause. That’s incredible fuel for the speaker and builds such a bond between author and audience."⁠ ⁠ The format of Back Room events brings back some of that connection with one-on-one conversations between the author and small groups.⁠ ⁠ If you haven't yet attended one of our events, why not give it a try! Registration is free but space is limited so register today at bksp.org
Are you ready for another great evening of #cockta Are you ready for another great evening of #cocktailsandconversations with your favorite authors?⁠ ⁠ January 24, 7 PM ET join our women’s fiction panel with Amy Sue Nathan, Kelly Simmons, Lori Nelson Spielman, and Wade Rouse (writing as Viola Shipman) with host Karen Dionne.⁠ ⁠ Space is limited so register soon at bksp.org⁠
The Public Library of Cincinnati's first bookmobil The Public Library of Cincinnati's first bookmobile, circa 1927.⁠ ⁠ Via @arch2o.magazine
Did you miss a Back Room event?⁠ ⁠ During our Did you miss a Back Room event?⁠ ⁠ During our intro, we play a fun get-to-know-you game with our authors, asking them random questions from our question card pack.⁠ ⁠ Subscribe to our Back Room YouTube channel or browse the videos on our website to enjoy excerpts of these opening sessions!⁠ Link in bio.⁠
Wine drinkers take notice! 🍷 This Back Room coc Wine drinkers take notice! 🍷 This Back Room cocktail is a twist on a whisky sour with a red wine float on top! ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Visit our Cocktail Collection on bksp.org to download the recipe card and to register for an upcoming evening of #coctailsandconversation with your favorite authors! ⁠⠀
• TODAY 1 PM ET•⁠ ⁠ Historical fiction aut • TODAY 1 PM ET•⁠ ⁠ Historical fiction authors James Benn, Fiona Davis, Deanna Raybourn, and Lauren Willig join Back Room host Hank Phillippi Ryan for an afternoon of great conversation!⁠ ⁠ Unfortunately event registration is full. ⁠ ⁠ If you have registered, we look forward to seeing you!⁠ ⁠ If you weren't able to register in time, be sure to catch the 20 questions portion on our YouTube channel or website. And stay tuned for author book recommendations!

Our Authors

Brian Andrews · Finola Austin · Melanie Benjamin · James Benn · Lucy Burdette · V.M. Burns · Ellen Byron · Michele Campbell · Jennifer J. Chow · Abby Collette · Megan Collins · Liv Constantine · Fiona Davis · Karen Dionne · Samantha Downing · Hallie Ephron ·  Tori Eldridge · Joseph Finder · Lisa Gardner · Daryl Wood Gerber · Alexia Gordon · Heather Gudenkauf · Rachel Howzell Hall · Julia Heaberlin · Patti Callahan Henry · Edwin Hill · Joe Ide · Greer Macallister · Stephen Mack Jones · Marjan Kamali · Ausma Zehanat Khan · Angie Kim · William Kent Kruger · Jon Land · Caroline Leavitt · Christina McDonald · Jenn McKinlay · Hannah Mary McKinnon · John McMahon · Kristina McMorris · Paula Munier · Amy Sue Nathan · Gary Phillips · Lori Rader-Day · Deanna Raybourn · Wade Rouse · Hank Phillippi Ryan · Kelly Simmons  · Julia Spencer-Fleming · Lori Nelson Spielman · Sarah Stewart Taylor · Lisa Unger · David Heska Wanbli Weiden · Wendy Walker · Lauren Willig

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Back Room events begin with a quick round-robin game of 20 questions with our featured authors. Wonder what their answers are going to be?




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