Eric Jay Dolin
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
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.
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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).
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February 2024
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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
10:50
Private talk on Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America, to Professor Jeff Pearlman's class on New England Geography.
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Thursday, February 22, 2024
7 PM
114 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT
Zoom talk on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
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March 2024
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Thursday, March 14, 2024
5 PM
Pequot Library
720 Pequot Avenue
Southport, CT
I will be moderating a discussion among three experts on maritime navigation.
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New York Historical Society Museum and Library
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
6:30 - 7:30 PM
170 Central Park West
New York, New York
Moderated discussion on Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
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April 2024
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Saturday, April 27
Time TBD
Newburyport, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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May 2024
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Sunday, May 5
5 to 7 PM
260 Essex St.
Salem, ME
BOOK SIGNING -- Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Date and time TBD -- but will be either May 7 or 18
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
Wednesday, May 15
1 PM
243 Washington St.
Bath, ME
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Thursday, May 16
6:30-7:30
88 West Avenue
West Sayville, NY
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Friday, May 17
7 PM
12 Fulton St.
New York City
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Saturday, May 18
2 PM
1000 Richmond Terrace, Building D
Staten Island, NY
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
Monday, May 20
9:30-10:30 AM
32 Essex St.
Beverly, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Orchard Cove Independent Living
Tuesday, May 21
11 AM
1 Del Pond Drive
Canton, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Wednesday, May 22
7 PM
781 Broadway
Everett, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Hudson Library and Historical Society
Thursday, May 23
7 PM
Hudson, OH
Zoom talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Tuesday, May 28
7 PM
305 Broadway
Methuen, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Wednesday, May 29
Time TBD
40 Washington Street
Quincy, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Thursday, May 30
6:30 PM
47 Foster St.
Marblehead, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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June 2024
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And The Darien Sail & Power Squadron
Sunday, June 2
3 PM
1441 Post Rd.
Darien, CT
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Monday, June 3
7 PM
61 Burrill St.
Swampscott, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Tuesday, June 4
6:30 PM
4 Precinct Street
Lakeville, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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The Friends of the Hull Public Library,
The Nantasket Beach Salt Water Club,
Thursday, June 6
7 PM
3 Fitzpatrick Way,
Hull, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Thursday, June 13
7 PM
170 Washington Street
Marblehead, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Monday, June 17
7 PM
304 Main St.
Barnstable, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Thursday, June 27
1 PM
64 Steeple St.
Mashpee, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Thursday, June 27
5 PM
564 Main St.
Chatham, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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July 2024
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Marblehead Festival of the Arts
Saturday, July 6
Time TBD
Marblehead, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Thursday, July 18
11 AM
Private event
Lincoln, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Tuesday, July 23
5:30 PM
Private event
Boothbay, ME
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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September 2024
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Tuesday, September 10
1:30 PM
27 Washington St.
Wellesley, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Wednesday, September 18
6:30 PM
It will be held at the Sterling Senior Center
36 Muddy Pond Road
Sterling, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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Saturday, September 28
2 PM
Wellesley Free Public Library
530 Washington St.
Wellesley, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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October 2024
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Nantucket Historical Association (Whaling Museum)
Wednesday, October 9
6 PM
Whaling Museum
Nantucket, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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November 2024
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Tuesday, November 26
7 PM
McGinty Room
Foxborough Police Department
8 Chestnut St.
Foxborough, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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December 2024
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Society of Colonial Wars in Rhode Island
Tuesday, December 3
6:30 PM
Private Event
The Hope Club
Providence, RI
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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March 2025
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
6 PM
Norwell Public Library
64 South Street
Norwell, MA
Talk on Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
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