To my amazement my second book, The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier, turns 20 this summer. For this occasion Viking let me add a… Read more »
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Lobster Coast named a “New Maine Classic” by Down East Magazine
In their latest issue, the editors of Down East Magazine compiled a list of “New Maine Classics,” 25 films, plays, books, digital projects, and animated shorts from the past 25… Read more »
Speaking on Maine’s historical odyssey; South Portland, Maine, Sept. 28
On September 28 at 6:30pm, I’ll be in South Portland talking about the backstory of Maine on the occasion of its Bicentennial: a harrowing and little understood saga of war… Read more »
Where to find signed books in coastal Maine, March 31 edition
More than a year into the pandemic I was realizing that I haven’t set foot south of Portsmouth, New Hampshire since February 2020, despite having a book come out. But… Read more »
Regarding Maine on the occasion of its 200th anniversary of statehood, in the Boston Globe
Maine turned 200 this year, but the Bicentennial celebrations were cancelled by the pandemic, with Gov. Mills spending the official birthday, March 15, advising Mainers to lockdown to prevent… Read more »
Talking American Nations and the 2020 election with Denmark’s Zetland Magasin
The world is watching as the U.S. staggers towards the highest stakes election since the 1870s Tuesday, and some reporters have been drawn to American Nations, American Character, Union and… Read more »
Speaking on UNION and the creation and future of U.S. nationhood, Sept. 7 via Jesup Memorial Library
On the evening of Labor Day, September 7, I’ll be giving a virtual talk and answering questions about Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood and the… Read more »
Speaking on Maine’s past and Lobster Coast via the Schoodic Institute, Sept.8
On September 8 at 7pm Eastern, I’ll be talking about the backstory of Maine on the occasion of its Bicentennial: a harrowing and little understood saga of war and betrayal,… Read more »
Speaking on Maine’s formative history (virtually), August 20 via Biddeford Pool Summer Speaker Series
This Thursday, August 20, I’ll be speaking on, well, why Maine and Mainers are they way they are and how events centuries ago shaped our fundamental, postcolonial character.It’s the subject… Read more »
Remembering the Malaga Island tragedy
Earlier this month my Press Herald colleagues asked me to record a video bit for the “this day in Maine” Bicentennial of Statehood feature on a story I reported on… Read more »
COLIN WOODARD is a New York Times bestselling author, historian and award-winning journalist. He is the author of seven books that have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and inspired an NBC television drama. He is currently Director of Nationhood Lab at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Affairs at Salve Regina University. As State and National Affairs Writer at Maine's Portland Press Herald, he won a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for a 2016 Pulitzer Prize. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, The Economist, Smithsonian and dozens of other major publications.