Eric Jay Dolin
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).
November 2025
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Time TBD
American Legion
Manchester, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
National Society DAR, Roger Sherman Chapter
Saturday, November 8, 2025
1 PM
Talk at the New Milford Public Library
24 Main Street
New Milford, CT
Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
March 2026
March 10, 2026
6:30 PM
2118 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
March 23, 2026
8 to 4 PM
Firehouse Center for the Arts
1 Market SquareNewburyport, MA
Keynote Speaker, talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution as part of a larger Symposium on Privateering in Newburyport
March 24, 2026
1 PM
206 Worcester Rd. Suite 18
Princeton, MA
Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
March 26, 2026
Noon
18 Johnny Cake Hill
New Bedford, MA
Zoom talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
Historical Society of Old Yarmouth
March 29, 2026
2 PM
At the Great Hall of the Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth
307 Old Main St., South Yarmouth, MA
Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
April 2026
New England Independent Booksellers Association
April 15, 2026
10-12 AM
50 Ferncroft Road, Danvers
Part of a panel of authors presenting their new books to Independent booksellers of New England.
April 15, 2026
6 PM
USCG Base, Boston
Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
PRIVATE EVENT
April 25, 2026
2 PM
115 Derby St.
Salem, MA
Talk on Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Mot Notorious Pirates
Part of Pirates! The Battle for Derby Street, April 24-26
May 2026
Boston Tea Party Chapter of the DAR
May 17, 2026
2 PM
Deane Winthrop House
34 Shirley St.
Winthrop, MA
Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
May 21, 2026
7 PM
One Burnside Street
Bristol, RI
Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
May 27, 2026
7 PM
1815 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
May 28, 2026
7 PM
The Neck, Marblehead
PRIVATE EVENT
Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
June 2026
June 11, 2026
7 PM
79 Leonard Street
Belmont, MA
Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
June 16, 2026
4 PM
584 Main Street
Chatham, MA
Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
June 17, 2026
6 PM
112 Main St.
Kennebunk, ME
Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
June 18, 2026
6:30 PM
60 Burrill St.
Swampscott, MA
Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
June 20, 2026
5 PM
50 Water Street
Tannery Mill Bldg 1
Newburyport, MA
Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
June 23, 2026
6-7:15 PM
97 Newbury St.
Boston, MA
Zoom talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
June 24, 2026
6 PM
10 1/2 Beacon St.
Boston, MA
Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
June 25, 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
and The Newport Historical Society
June 30, 2026
6 PM
Location TBD
Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
July 2026
Mattapoisett Free Public Library
July 1, 2026
5:30 PM
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
July 27, 2026
6:30 PM
4 Precinct Street
Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
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
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
August 17, 2026
5 PM
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
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
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
October 1, 2026
5:30 PM
15 Broad Street
Nantucket, MA
Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
Cape Cod Natural History Museum
October 3, 2026
1 PM
869 Main Street
Brewster, MA
Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
Co-sponsored by the Westchester County Historical Society
October 15, 2026
Time TBD
Hommocks Middle School
130 Hommocks Rd, Larchmont, NY
Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
January 2027
Falmouth Forum -- Presented by Friends of the Marine Biological Lab
January 22, 2027
7:30 PM
Cornelia Clapp Auditorium
7 MBL Street
Woods Hole, MA
Talk on The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail