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

Manchester Harbor Boat Club

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

The Society of the Cincinnati

March 10, 2026

6:30 PM

2118 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC

Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

Museum of Old Newbury

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

Princeton Council on Aging

March 24, 2026

1 PM

206 Worcester Rd. Suite 18

Princeton, MA

Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

New Bedford Whaling Museum

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.

The Wardroom Club

April 15, 2026

6 PM

USCG Base, Boston

Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

PRIVATE EVENT

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

Corinthian Yacht Club

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

Darien Public Library and

the Darien Sail & Power Squadron

June 15, 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

Eldredge Public Library

June 16, 2026

4 PM

584 Main Street

Chatham, MA

Talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

Swampscott Public Library

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

Jabberwocky Books

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

American Ancestors

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

Boston Athenaeum

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

Marblehead Museum

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

Charter Book Store

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

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

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