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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 6:30pm

Featured Book: Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit by Amy Stewart
Healdsburg - Thumbprint Pairings are playful pairings of authors, books & bottles that take place at Thumbprint Cellars, two doors down from Copperfield's Books. Author presentations are followed by a book signing and wine tasting.

After a year on the job, New Jersey’s first female deputy sheriff has collared criminals, demanded justice for wronged women, and gained notoriety nationwide for her exploits. But on one stormy night, everything falls apart. With wit and verve, book-club favorite Amy Stewart brilliantly conjures the life and times of the real Constance Kopp to give us this “unforgettable, not-to-be-messed-with heroine” (Marie Claire) under fire in Miss Kopp Just Won’t Quit.

Event Location:
Thumbprint Cellars
102 Matheson Street
Healdsburg (benjclark)… (more)

Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart

Constance Kopp, the feisty heroine of Amy Stewart’s charming novel Girl Waits With Gun, sounds like the creation of a master crime writer. At nearly 6 feet tall, Constance is a formidable character who can pack heat, deliver a zinger and catch a criminal without missing a beat. Based on the little-known story of the real Constance Kopp, one of America’s first female deputy sheriffs, the novel is an entertaining and enlightening story of how far one woman will go to protect her family. (Muscogulus)… (more)

Part 1 of our Books and Booze series begins at Juniper Restaurant.

The drunken botanist by Amy Stewart Thursday October 10, 2013 @ 6PM AT JUNIPER RESTAURANT Tickets $10 (Includes appetizers, and a cash bar featuring cocktails inspired by recipes from the book) Call Juniper @ 970.926.7001 to make reservations

The drunken botanist by Amy Stewart

Who knew that horticulture was such an intoxicating subject? In her follow-up to the New York Times bestsellers Wicked Bugs and Wicked Plants, Amy Stewart explores the odd, unusual, and surprisingly common plants that have produced the world's greatest spirits.

Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet? In The drunken botanist, Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries. Of all the extraordinary and obscure plants that have been fermented and distilled, a few are dangerous, some are downright bizarre, and one is as ancient as dinosaurs-but each represents a unique cultural contribution to our global drinking traditions and our history. This fascinating concoction of biology, chemistry, history, etymology, and mixology-with more than fifty drink recipes and growing tips for gardeners-will make you the most popular guest at any cocktail party.

Location: Street: 295 Main Street C101 City: Edwards, Province: Colorado Postal Code: 81632-7932 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Briony Morrow-Cribbs' incredible copper plate etchings were used to illustrate the New York Times bestselling books Wicked Plants and Wicked Bugs by Amy Stewart. She most recently illustrated Neil Gaiman's collection of stories Unnatural Creatures. She'll be discussing and demonstrating the process she uses to create her wondrous images. Originally from Whidbey Island, Washington, she moved to Battleboro, Vermont and co-founded Twin Vixen Press. In 2012 she received her MFA from the UW-Madison and currently resides in Madison, WI.

Location: Street: 102 E Jefferson St Additional: City: Spring Green, Province: Wisconsin Postal Code: 53588 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Cocktail Book Signings Highlight Tales of the Cocktail’s Shots of Inspiration More than 35 cocktail authors will be available for book signings at the on-site Octavia Bookstore, being held throughout this summer’s Tales of the Cocktail® Please join Octavia Books at Tales of the Cocktail® 2013 where we are back with the on-site book store in the lobby of Hotel Monteleone at the most spirited festival this summer. Browse the expansive offering of spirits literature and meet the world’s most accomplished cocktail writers, including this year’s Spirited Awards finalists. These signings give unprecedented access to mixologists, bartenders, master distillers and special editions that are hard to find elsewhere. This is your chance to get to meet these knowledgeable authors, discuss their work and get a signed copy of their book. Some authors include Jeff Berry, Mark Ridgwell, David Wondrich and Amy Stewart. And, along with the books, we will be offering a wide selection of Bitters from around the world, including rare and hard-to-find labels. 10% of all sales will go to the New Orleans Culinary and Cultural Preservation Society, a non-profit organization committed to preserving the unique culture of cocktails and cuisine in New Orleans and beyond. The on-site bookstore hours are Wednesday - Saturday from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and Sunday from 10:00 AM till sometime in the afternoon. Tales of the Cocktail is an internationally acclaimed festival of cocktails, cuisine and culture held annually in New Orleans. The event brings together the best and brightest of the cocktail community—award-winning mixologists, authors, bartenders, chefs and designers—for a five-day celebration of the history and artistry of making drinks. For more information on Tales of the Cocktail, visit the website at www.TalesoftheCocktail.com Shots of Inspiration Schedule Book Signing Schedule Wednesday, July 17, 2013 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Brian van Flandem, Author of Craft Cocktails 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Brian van Flandem, Author of Craft Cocktails 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Tomas Estes, Author of Tequila Ambassador Mark Ridgwell, Author of Spirits Explained 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Dushan Zaric and Jason Kosmas, Authors of Speakeasy: The Employees Only Guide to Classic Cocktails 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Matt Seiter, Author of Sanctuaria: The Dive Bar of Cocktail Bars 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Natalie Bovis, Author of Edible Cocktails: Garden to Glass USBG Beverage and Bartending Compendium 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM Phil Greene, Author of To have and have another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion USBG Beverage and Bartending Compendium 5:30 PM to 6 PM Jeff Berry, Author of Beachbum Berry Remix and Beachbum Berry;s Sippin’ Safari Thursday, July 18, 2013 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM Phil Greene, To have and have another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion Dan Dunn, Author of Living Loaded 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM Steve Luttman, Author of How To Be A Brazilian 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM Bernie Lubbers, Author of Bourbon Whiskey Our Native Spirit: Sour Mash and Sweet Adventures 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM Bernie Lubbers, Author of Bourbon Whiskey Our Native Spirit: Sour Mash and Sweet Adventures Mark Ridgwell, Author of Spirits Explained 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM Sherri Brooks Vinton, Author of Put ‘Em Up Fruit Mark Ridgwell, Author of Spirits Explained 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM Steve Luttman, Author of How To Be A Brazilian Davin de Kergommeaux, Author of Canadian Whiskey: The Portable Expert 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM Matt Seiter, Author of Sanctuaria: The Dive Bar of Cocktail Bars Davin de Kergommeaux, Author of Canadian Whiskey: The Portable Expert 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Jonathan Pogash, Author of Mr. Boston 75th Anniversary Edition 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM Matt Seiter, Author of Sanctuaria: The Dive Bar of Cocktail Bars Kent Westmoreland, Author of Baronne Street 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM Sherri Brooks Vinton, Author of Put ‘Em Up Fruit Jared Brown, Author of Mixellany Guide to Vermouth & Other Aperitifs 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM David Wondrich, Author of Punch and Imbibe 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM USBG Beverage and Bartending Compendium Katie Loeb, Author of Shake, Stir, Pour: Fresh, Homegrown Cocktails 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM Lauren Mote and Jonathan Chovancek of Bitter Sling Extracts Kara Newman, Author of Cocktails for a Crowd Friday, July 19, 2013 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM Steve Luttman, Author of How To Be A Brazilian 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM Steve Luttman, Author of How To Be A Brazilian 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM Matt Seiter, Author of Sanctuaria: The Dive Bar of Cocktail Bars Dan Dunn, Author of Living Loaded 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM Matt Seiter, Author of Sanctuaria: The Dive Bar of Cocktail Bars Iván Saldaña Oyarzabal, Author of The Anatomy of Mezcal 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM Sherri Brooks Vinton, Author of Put ‘Em Up Fruit Iván Saldaña Oyarzabal, Author of The Anatomy of Mezcal 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM Bernie Lubbers, Author of Bourbon Whiskey Our Native Spirit: Sour Mash and Sweet Adventures Jim Meehan, Author of The PDT Coctkail Book: The Complete Bartender’s Guide from the Celebrated Speakeasy 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM Amy Stewart, Author of Shake ‘Em Up!: A Practical Handbook of Polite Drinking Davin de Kergommeaux, Author of Canadian Whiskey: The Portable Expert 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM Davin de Kergommeaux, Author of Canadian Whiskey: The Portable Expert 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM Mark Ridgwell, Author of Spirits Explained 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM Clint Lanier and Derek Hembree, Authors of Bucket List Bars Mark Ridgwell, Author of Spirits Explained 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM Clint Lanier and Derek Hembree, Authors of Bucket List Bars Katie Loeb, Author of Shake, Stir, Pour: Fresh, Homegrown Cocktails 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM Sherri Brooks Vinton, Author of Put ‘Em Up Fruit Katie Loeb, Author of Shake, Stir, Pour: Fresh, Homegrown Cocktails 4:30 to 5:00 PM Bill York, Author of The Bitter End USBG Beverage and Bartending Compendium 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM Jared Brown, Author of Mixellany Guide to Vermouth & Other Aperitifs USBG Beverage and Bartending Compendium 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM Ian Williams, Author of Rum: A Social & Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776 Saturday, July 20, 2013 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM Iván Saldaña Oyarzabal, Author of The Anatomy of Mezcal 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM Jim Meehan, The PDT Coctkail Book: The Complete Bartender’s Guide from the Celebrated Speakeasy Iván Saldaña Oyarzabal, Author of The Anatomy of Mezcal 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM David Wondrich, Author of Punch and Imbibe 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM Clint Lanier and Derek Hembree, Authors of Bucket List Bars Darcy O’Neil, Author of Fix the Pumps 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM Clint Lanier and Derek Hembree, Authors of Bucket List Bars Kent Westmoreland, Author of Baronne Street 1:30 to 2:30 PM Steve Luttman, Author of How To Be A Brazilian Mark Ridgwell, Author of Spirits Explained 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM Bill York, Author of The Bitter End Wayne Curtis, Author of And a Bottle of Rum 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM Amy Stewart, The drunken botanist Wayne Curtis, Author of And a Bottle of Rum 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM Matt Seiter, Author of Sanctuaria: The Dive Bar of Cocktail Bars Nancy Fraley, Co-Author of A World Guide to Whiskey Distilleries 4:30 PM to 5:00 PM Ian Williams, Author of Rum: A Social & Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776 USBG Beverage and Bartending Compendium Sunday, July 21, 2013 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Marcia Skinner, Author of The Dysfunctional Family Drink Book

Location: Street: Hotel Monteleone lobby Additional: 214 Royal Street City: New Orleans, Province: Louisiana Postal Code: 70130 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Event takes place at ArtBar, 119 Gold Ave SW, in downtown Albuquerque If you’ve got plants (and happy hour) on your mind, Friday, April 19, at 7pm, Bookworks welcomes back to Albuquerque best-selling author and journalist Amy Stewart for a cocktail hour at ArtBar to toast her new cocktail book, The drunken botanist: The Plants that Create the World’s Great Drinks. Stewart, a writer for the New York Times and Washington Post, offers a sweet, old-fashioned letter-press style tome that is one part recipe book, one part natural history of intoxicating plants. The drunken botanist explores “the twin alchemical processes of fermentation and distillation, from which wine,beer and spirits issue forth” and details the plants, mixers, and garnishes that compose local favorites like margaritas and sangria and old fashioned cocktails in Stewart’s trademark wit and repartee. VIP (Very Important Potation) tickets are available at Bookworks or online at https://www.bkwrks.com/amy-stewart. Each VIP ticket is good for one copy of The drunken botanist when it is released March 19 and a sign-and-sip with Amy Stewart at the ArtBar April 19.

Location: Street: 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW City: Albuquerque, Province: New Mexico Postal Code: 87107-3157 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

7PM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 Cocktail Event | Amy Stewart: The drunken botanist Join Fine Gardening editor Amy Stewart, cofounder of GardenRant.com, for a cocktail booksigning and presentation of The drunken botanist: The Plants that Create the World's Great Drinks.

Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet? In The drunken botanist, Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol. Of all the plants that have been fermented and distilled, a few are dangerous, some are downright bizarre, and one is as ancient as the dinosaurs. Her concoction of biology, chemistry, history, etymology, and mixology—complete with more than fifty drink recipes and growing tips for gardeners—will make you the most popular guest at cocktail parties.

COCKTAILS FOR ATTENDEES | That's right, we're serving drinks right from the pages of Amy Stewart's new book! Hope you like Primm's Ginger Beer, Vodka, and limes, because we're serving Moscow Mules!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Amy Stewart is the award-winning author of six books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world. She has written for The New York Times and the Washington Post; appeared on NPR's Morning Edition, Good Morning America, and the PBS documentary The Botany of Desire; and lectured at Cornell, Google's mountainview campus, and botanical gardens and garden clubs nationwide. Three of her books have been New York Times bestsellers, and she is the recipent of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, an American Horticulture Society's Book Award, and a California Horticultural Society Writer's Award. Two of her books, Wicked Bugs and Wicked Plants, have been adopted into national traveling exhibits and appeared at botanical gardens and museums nationwide. A cofounder of the popular gardening blog GardenRant.com, Stewart lives in Eureka, California, where she owns an antiquarian bookstore called Eureka Books with her husband. More »

Location: Street: 6428 S McClintock Dr. City: Tempe, Province: Arizona Postal Code: 85283 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Tuesday, April 16 at 7PM

Bestselling Author Amy Stewart speaking & signing The drunken botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks

Book & tickets for the signing now available!

We are psyched to welcome one of our favorite people in the world, Amy Stewart, back to BookPeople! We're huge fans of Wicked Plants and Wicked Bugs and her new book, The drunken botanist, is right up our alley - it explores, "...the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol." Oh, yes.

This is going to be a very special event. Amy and the folks at Liber & Co. (a local independently-owned company that makes phenomenal small-batch cocktail ingredients) have created an original recipe for The BookPeople Botanical, a delightful cocktail featuring Liber & Co's fine wares mixed with Tito's Handmade Vodka.

What's more: the good folks at Austin's The Great Outdoors Nursery will be giving away a gift basket full of green-thumb goodies.

It's going to be a great night! Join us!

PLEASE READ:

The speaking portion of this event is free and open to the public.

Tickets are only required for the signing portion of the event.

Tickets are only available with the purchase of a copy of The drunken botanist from BookPeople. Books & tickets for the signing line are now available in-store and via our website. When ordering online, we will automatically assign you a ticket for the signing line. There is no separate "ticket" item to add to your cart - just order the book and we will automatically reserve a ticket for you with your book. If you cannot make it to the event and would like a signed copy, you can order one from us. Simply write "SIGNED COPY" in the comments field during checkout. We ship all over the country and internationally. Signed books will ship out after the event. Many thanks to tonight's sponsors:

Location: Street: 603 N Lamar Blvd City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78703-5413 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Who knew that horticulture was such an intoxicating subject? In this follow-up to the New York Times bestsellers Wicked Bugs and Wicked Plants, Amy Stewart explores the odd, unusual, and surprisingly common plants that have produced the world’s greatest spirits. The drunken botanist (Algonquin, $19.95) uncovers the enlightening botanical history and the fascinating science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, fruits, and even a few fungi. With a delightful two-color vintage-style interior, over fifty drink recipes, growing tips for gardeners, and advice that carries Stewart’s trademark wit, this is the perfect gift for gardeners and cocktail aficionados alike. What’s Books & Books’ signature drink? Find out tonight as Amy Stewart unveils her own concoction created in honor of our very own bookstore! Botany, Books & Booze – what could be better? 8pm

Location: Street: 265 Aragon Ave City: Coral Gables, Province: Florida Postal Code: 33134-5008 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Amy Stewart, author of The drunken botanist, at Great Lakes Distillery Wednesday April 10, at 7:00 pm

Co-sponsored by Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens, this event is being held at Great Lakes Distillery, which is located at 616 W. Virginia St., in Milwaukee.

Join us for an entertaining talk by bestselling gardening expert Amy Stewart at Milwaukee’s own award-winning distillery. In her new book, Stewart mixes up an intoxicating concoction of history, biology, chemistry, etymology and mixology—topping it off with more than 50 drink recipes. The drunken botanist uncovers the enlightening botanical history and the fascinating science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, fruits, and even a few fungi. Strewn with growing tips for gardeners and witty advice, this is a perfect fit for gardeners and cocktail aficionados alike.

Cocktails will be available for purchase, including selections from the book.

About the Author: Amy Stewart is the award-winning author of six books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world, including three New York Times bestsellers: Wicked Bugs, Wicked Plants, and Flower Confidential. She is the cofounder of the popular blog Garden Rant and a contributing editor at Fine Gardening magazine. She and her husband, Scott Brown, live in Eureka, California, where they own an antiquarian bookstore called Eureka Books.

Location: Street: 616 W. Virginia St. City: Milwaukee, Province: Wisconsin Postal Code: 53202 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)