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Previous talks
Virtual Local Authors Night, Thayer Public Library, Braintree, MA, November 30, 2021 (Zoom). Robert Demanche, one of three panelists, discusses working on The Last of the Fairhaven Coasters.
New Bedford Whaling Museum, Local History Guild, New Bedford AHA! Night, July 8, 2021 (Zoom). Local historians Robert Demanche and Peggi Medeiros join Mike Kinsella of The History Press and Arcadia Publishing for a discussion about the impacts, viability, and value to local communities of a nation-wide publisher of local history books. Whaling Museum Curator of Maritime History Michael P. Dyer moderates.
Nantasket Beach Lecture Series, Nantasket Beach Resort, Hull, MA. Thursday, March 14, 2019. Robert Demanche and Donald Tucker recall The Last of the Fairhaven Coasters, with additional stories on the coastal trade on the South Shore. Watch the video
Bourne Historical Society, Bourne, MA. Maritime Month talk. Wednesday, April 11, 2018. Robert Demanche and Donald Tucker recall The Last of the Fairhaven Coasters with stories focusing on the Cape Cod Canal, Buzzards Bay, and other nearby waters.
New Bedford Working Waterfront Festival, Fisheries Heritage Center site, Saturday, September 23, 2017. Robert Demanche with special guest raconteur Donald Tucker talk about The Old-Time Oyster Trade: A Coaster, A Captain, and 1,500 Bushels of Bivalves.
Thursday Morning Book Discussion Group, The Millicent Library, Fairhaven, MA, September 17, 2015.
Don Tucker regales a visitor with a story about his father and the Coral at Fairhaven’s 2013 harvest fair.
Dock-U-Mentaries, Working Waterfront Festival / New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, Corson Maritime Learning Center, New Bedford, MA, July 24, 2015. Following the showing of Zeb: Schooner Life, a film by Gordon Massingham, Captain Tucker’s son Donald and Robert Demanche offer personal and historical recollections of the celebrated Captain Zeb Tilton here in port. Download flyer
Dartmouth Women’s Saturday Afternoon Club, The Wamsutta Club, New Bedford, MA, October 11, 2014.
New Bedford Whaling Symposium, Charles W. Morgan Homecoming, State Pier, July 3, 2014.
Charles W. Morgan Arrival Countdown, New Bedford Whaling Museum, June 25, 2014.
The Seamen’s Church Institute of Newport, Rhode Island, provided the perfect maritime setting for our October 2013 presentation.
AHA! Night, Corson Theater, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, New Bedford, MA, June 12, 2014.
Fairhaven Improvement Association annual meeting, The Wamsutta Club, New Bedford, MA, April 8, 2014.
New Bedford Whaling Museum, Presentation for museum docents, April 7, 2014.
Dock-U-Mentaries, Working Waterfront Festival / New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, Corson Theater, New Bedford, MA, March 21, 2014.
Mattapoisett Historical Society, Mattapoisett, MA, January 26, 2014.
Seamen’s Church Institute, Newport, RI, October 27, 2013.
New Bedford Working Waterfront Festival, September 28, 2013, Authors Series.
The Last of the Fairhaven Coasters Book Launch I and II, Northeast Maritime Institute, Fairhaven, MA, May 17 and 19, 2013.
Fairhaven Bicentennial talks, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary / Acushnet River Safe Boating Club, Fairhaven, MA, March 31 and April 1, 2012.
Previous book signings
Local Author Book Fair (First Annual), Thayer Public Library, Braintree, MA, Saturday, December 2, 2023. Presented by the TPL Writers Group (of which Robert Demanche is a member) to benefit the Friends of Thayer Public Library.
Big Boats/Little Boats Festival, New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center, Saturday, September 28, 2019, at The Landing Gift Shop and Chandlery, New Bedford, MA.
Old-Time Holiday Weekend, Millicent’s Book Fair. The Millicent Library, Fairhaven, MA, Saturday, December 8, 2018.
Old-Time Holiday Weekend, Millicent’s Book Fair with author reading by Robert Demanche. The Millicent Library, Fairhaven, MA, Saturday, December 9, 2017.
Fairhaven Homecoming Day Fair 2017, Fairhaven, MA, center, June 24.
Old-Time Holiday Weekend, First Congregational Church, Fairhaven, MA, Saturday, December 10, 2016.
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center, Grand Opening, 38 Bethel Street, New Bedford, MA, Saturday, June 25, 2016.
Old-Time Holiday Weekend, First Congregational Church, Fairhaven, MA, Saturday, December 12, 2015.
Old-Time Holiday Weekend, First Congregational Church, Fairhaven, MA, Saturday, December 13, 2014.
New Bedford Working Waterfront Festival, State Pier, New Bedford, MA, September 28, 2014.
Fairhaven Homecoming Fair, Fairhaven, MA, center, June 28, 2014.
Old-Time Holiday Weekend, First Congregational Church, Fairhaven, MA, Saturday, December 14, 2013.
Bank Square Books, Mystic, CT, November 16, 2013.
Harvest Fun Day, Fairhaven Academy Building, October 12, 2013.
New Bedford Working Waterfront Festival, State Pier, New Bedford, MA, September 28 and 29, 2013.
Maritime Day, Fort Phoenix, Fairhaven, MA, July 13, 2013.
