Upcoming Speaking Engagements, and Book Signings

I have given about 400 talks and slide shows on a variety of my books. A partial list of the venues where I have spoken includes the following: American Museum of Natural History, Mystic Seaport, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Mount Vernon, Mariner's Museum and Park, Tenement Museum, South Street Seaport, National Archives, Politics & Prose Bookstore, Gret Lives Lecture Series at the University of Mary Washington, Porter Square Bookstore, Harvard Bookstore, Concord Bookshop, Larchmont Yacht Club, Nantucket Whaling Museum, Mississippi Book Festival, New Bedford Whaling Museum, Cape Cod Natural History Museum, Nantucket Atheneum, Yale University, House of Seven Gables, Boston Athenaeum, Boston Public Library, Concord Festival of Writers, Town Hall Seattle, Darien Library, Miami Book Festival, Lemuria Bookstore, Stoneridge Independent Living, Newbridge on the Charles Independent Living, Fishers Island Museum, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Wayland Library, Jamestown Public Library, Massachusetts Historical Society, Eldredge Public Library, Corinthian Yacht Club, Marblehead Museum, Essex Meadows Independent Living, Darien Sail & Power Squadron, Bath Maritime Museum, Hyannis Yacht Club, and scores of other libraries, museums, historical societies, and independent living facilities throughout New England and beyond.

If you are interested in having me as a speaker for any of my books, please contact me via the contact form on this website (see tab above).

July 2026

The New National Museum of the United States Navy

July 2, 2026

I will be recording from my home office a talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution PLUS a brief introduction to The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail -- which will be aired through Navy channels and on Youtube at a later date.

Beverly Farms Public Library

July 9, 2026

6 PM

32 Essex Street

Beverly, MA

Talk sponsored by the Bookshop of Beverly Farms

Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail

Tales of Cape Cod

July 13, 2026

7 PM

Olde Colonial Courthouse

3046 Main Street in Barnstable Village

Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail

Marblehead Museum

July 15, 2026

7 PM

170 Washington Street

Marblehead, MA

Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail

The Bookstore of Gloucester

July 16, 2026

5:30 PM

The talk will be at the Sawyer Public Library

61 Main St.

Gloucester, MA

Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail

Brookline Booksmith

July 17, 2026

7 PM

279 Harvard Street
Coolidge Corner
Brookline, MA

Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail

Stoneridge Senior Living

July 21, 2026

3 PM

186 Jerry Browne Road
Mystic, Connecticut 06355

Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail

Darien Public Library and

the Darien Sail & Power Squadron

July 23, 2026

7-8 PM

1441 Post Rd.

Darien, CT

Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail

Bank Street Books

July 25, 2026

4 PM

80 Stonington Rd.
Mystic, Connecticut 06355

Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail

The Country Bookseller

July 30, 2026

6 PM

Talk at and co-sponsored by the Wolfeboro Public Library

259 South Main St.

Wolfeboro, NH

Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail

August 2026

The Historic Winslow House

August 4, 2026

11 AM

634 Careswell Street

Marshfield, MA

Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail

Roslindale Branch of the Boston Public Library

August 6, 2026

6 PM

4246 Washington St

Roslindale, MA

Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail

Roaring Fork Club

August 17, 2026

5 PM

Basalt, CO

PRIVATE EVENT

"Authors in Conversation" with Mitzi Rapkin on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail

First Draft, a podcast in partnership with Lit Hub

August 18, 2026

6:30 PM

Live taping, open to the public

TACAW

400 Robinson Street
Basalt, CO

In conversatioin with Mitzi Rapkin on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail

September 2026

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum

September 2, 2026

6:30 PM

303 Pearl Street NW

Grand Rapids, MI

Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

September 3, 2026

6:30 PM

1000 Beale Ave

Ann Arbor, MI

Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

Mattapoisett Free Public Library

September 16, 2026

5:30 PM

7 Barstow Street

Mattapoisett, MA

Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution PLUS a brief introduction to The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail

American Independence Center

September 24, 2026

6 PM

1 Governors Lane

Exeter, NH

Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

History Book Festival

September 25-27, 2026

Time TBD

Lewes, Delaware

Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail

October 2026