For subscribers of the Portland Press Herald: I’ll be talking with colleague Katherine Lee about the real pirates of the Caribbean, what it was like to write and research Republic of Pirates, and the experience of being an on-camera expert for Netflix’s recent hit docudrama series “Lost Pirate Kingdom.” Should be fun and I’ll be answering audience questions as well.
The pandemic is still on so this is a virtual event. Good news is you don’t have to travel, but you do need to subscribe. But, hey, if you do it’s free and you get to support local journalism here in Maine.
It all kicks off online this Thursday, May 13 at 7pm. Registration details here.
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.