Book Signings
Maine at 200 Series: A Conversation with Colin Woodard
Maine's Bicentennial: Looking Backward and Forward. Maine Historical Society, Portland, Maine (Virtual event via ZOOM) Member event
Union paperback launch event – Portland, Maine
Longellow Books One Monument Way, Portland, ME, United StatesLongfellow Books in Portland, Maine is hosting an in-person book launch event for the paperback edition of my most recent book, Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United... Read more »
Union talk — Blue Hill, Maine
Bagadeuce Music Lending Library 49 South Street, Blue Hill, ME, United StatesPaperback launch of Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood, which tells the story of the struggle to create a national myth for the United States,... Read more »
Union talk – Scarborough, Maine
Scarborough Public Library 48 Gorham Road, Scarborough, ME, United StatesI’ll be speaking about my most recent book, Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood, at the Scarborough Public Library. Books available for purchase and signing. Free and... Read more »
Signing at Leopold’s Books Bar Caffe, Madison, Wisconsin, Mar. 15
Leopold's Book Bar Caffe 1301 Regent Street, Madison, WI, United StatesI'll be doing an informal Q&A and signing books at Madison, Wisconsin's very own Leopold Books Bar Caffe on March 15 from 6 to 7pm. Come by and chat about... Read more »
POSTPONED: Maine history talk – South Portland, Maine – May 26
South Portland Public Library 482 Broadway, South Portland, ME, United StatesUPDATE: Due to a surge in Covid-19 cases in Cumberland County, Maine, this event has been postponed. Further details to come. UPDATE: This event has been rescheduled for Sept. 28,... Read more »
Speaking on the Lobster Coast, Deer Isle, Maine, June 27
Chase Emerson Memorial Library Deer Isle, ME, United StatesI'll be speaking about the past, present and future of Coastal Maine -- a topic I took up in both The Lobster Coast and the "Colony" series for the Portland... Read more »
Speaking on Lobster Coast, Boothbay Harbor, Maine; Aug. 16 (Private)
Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Boothbay Harbor, ME, United StatesOn August 16th I'll be giving a talk on the past, present and future of coastal Maine, topic of my book, The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier, at the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. It's a member's only event, so you'll need to join or pull... Read more »
Speaking on Lobster Coast and the backstory of coastal Maine; Winter Harbor, Maine, Aug. 22 (private)
Schoodic Institute Moore Auditorium; 9 Atterbury Circle, Winter Harbor, ME, United StatesI'll be speaking about the past, present and future of Coastal Maine -- a topic I took up in both The Lobster Coast and the "Colony" series for the Portland Press Herald -- at the annual meeting of the Frenchman Bay Conservancy in Winter Harbor August 22nd. It's an annual event for the organization, but... Read more »
Speaking on Maine’s historical odyssey, South Portland, Maine, Sept. 28
South Portland Public Library 482 Broadway, South Portland, ME, United StatesI'll be speaking about the past, present and future of coastal Maine in South Portland on Wednesday, September 28th. This a twice-rescheduled talk originally intended to have been delivered during Maine's Bicentennial summer of 2020 which, of course, became instead Maine's pandemic summer of 2020, and again postponed this spring because of a Covid resurgence.... Read more »
Speaking on American Nations, Chicago, Illinois, Oct. 25 (Private)
National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of Illinois Chicago, IL, United StatesI'll be speaking about U.S. regionalism and American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures in North America at the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of Illinois' annual meeting in Chicago on October 25. It's a members-only event, but if you're in Chicago and wanting to connect, give me a... Read more »
COLIN WOODARD is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist. He is the author of six 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 the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram he won a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2016. He is a contributing editor at POLITICO and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, Smithsonian and dozens of other major publications.