The Good Catch Blog is the fisheries-centric blog produced by journalist and science writer Ret Talbot. It is currently in transition, so stay tuned to this space to learn more about what comes next. As Ret transitions the blog, he's also starting a new Facebook page. Please consider joining him at Facebook.com/RetTalbotAuthor for discussions about upcoming work, past projects and the writing life.

Ret frequently speaks to audiences at conferneces, community events, universities, and schools. To inquire about having Ret speak at your event, email him at Ret@RetTalbot.com.

Recent & Upcoming Speaking Events Include:

Chasing Shadows - A Reading and Author Talk about White Sharks | Longfellow Books in Portland, ME, with author Ret Talbot and Scientific Illustrator Karen Talbot | Tuesday 23 July 2024 at 6:15pm | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase | Free and Open to the Public

"Chasing Shadows" Paperback Launch Event" | Belfast Free Library in Belfast, ME, with author Ret Talbot | Tuesday 16 July 2024 at 6:30pm | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase | Karen Talbot Art Gallery is the retail partner for this Event | Free and Open to the Public

Celebrate the Paperback Launch of Chasing Shadows at The Pour Farm in Union, ME. Reading and discussion with author Ret Talbot and scientific illustrator Karen Talbot | Saturday 6 July at 2:00 | Presentation begins at 2:30 and food (Jamaican BBQ food truck!) and beer served starting at 2pm | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase | Karen Talbot Art Gallery is the retail partner for this Event | Free and Open to the Public

Six Maine Authors Read from "Rivers of Ink: Literary Reflections on the Penobscot" at Millinocket Memorial Library in Millinocket, ME. | Friday 28 June at 6pm | The antholgy will be available for purchase with proceeds supporting the Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters’ campaign “A Monumental Welcome" to fund a new visitor contact station, priority park projects, and Wabanaki-directed initiatives, ensuring the preservation and appreciation of this magnificent natural heritage for generations to come. | Free and Open to the Public

"Communicating Science" | Two days of presentations & workshops at MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, ME, with science writer Ret Talbot and scientific illustrator Karen Talbot | Thursday 25-26 June 2024 | Chasing Shadows Campus-Wide Seminar at 9am Tuesday | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase | Karen Talbot Art Gallery is the retail partner for this Event | Free and Open to the Public

"Communicating Science: Artist/Author Talk | Dirigo Pines in Orono, ME, with Scientific Illustrator Karen Talbot and Science Writer Ret Talbot & s | Thursday 13 June 2024 | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase | Karen Talbot Art Gallery is the retail partner for this Event

"Chasing Shadows: Ocean on Tap Lecture | Footbridge Brewery in Boothbay Harbor, ME, with author Ret Talbot and Scientific Illustrator Karen Talbot | Thursday 6 June 2024 at 6:00pm | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase | Karen Talbot Art Gallery is the retail partner for this Event | Free and Open to the Public

"Chasing Shadows: Author Talk" | Rice Public Library in Kittery, ME, with author Ret Talbot | Tuesday 22 May 2024 at 6:00pm | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase | Karen Talbot Art Gallery is the retail partner for this Event | Free and Open to the Public

"The Accidental Environmental Journalism" | Earth Day Author Talk Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library in Boothbay Harbor, ME, with author Ret Talbot | Friday 19 April 2024 at 1:00pm | Signed and individually illustrated copies of Chasing Shadows will be available for purchase | Karen Talbot Art Gallery is the retail partner for this Event | Free and Open to the Public

"Chasing Shadows: Author Talk" | Emerson Lecture at Scarborough Public Library in Scarborough, ME, with author Ret Talbot | Tuesday 19 March 2024 at 6:00pm (also on Zoom, register here) | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase | Karen Talbot Art Gallery is the retail partner for this Event | Free and Open to the Public

"Chasing Shadows: Author Talk" | Rotary Club of Boothbay Harbor in Boothbay Harbor, ME, with author Ret Talbot | Thursday 29 February 2024 at 7:00pm | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase | Karen Talbot Art Gallery is the retail partner for this Event | Free and Open to the Public

"Chasing Shadows: Reading and Art Exhibit" | Reading and Book Signing Event at Norridgewock Public Library in Norridgewock, ME, with author Ret Talbot and Art Exhibit by Karen Talbot, who created the illustrations and maps in the book | Saturday 20 January 2024 at 10:30am | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase | Karen Talbot Art Gallery is the retail partner for this Event | Free and Open to the Public

"Chasing Shadows" | Author Talk and Book Signing Event at New Jersey Maritime Museum in Beach Haven, NJ with author Ret Talbot | Friday 12 January 2024 at 6:00pm Happy Hour and 7:00pm Talk | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase | Karen Talbot Art Gallery is the retail partner for this Event | Registration Required here

"Chasing Shadows" | Reading and Book Signing Event at Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library in Boothbay Harbor, ME, with author Ret Talbot | Friday 15 December 2023 at 2:00pm | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase | Karen Talbot Art Gallery is the retail partner for this Event | Free and Open to the Public

Chasing Shadows: Book Signing, Meet & Greet at the Bangor Authors’ Book Fair & Literary Festival at Bangor Public Library in Bangor, ME, with author Ret Talbot and scientific illustrator Karen Talbot | Saturday 9 December 2023 at 10:00am to 3:00pm | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase at the event | Free and Open to the Public

"Chasing Shadows: A Conservation Success Story" | Reading and Book Signing Event at Farmington Public Libraryin Farmington, ME, with author Ret Talbot | Thursday 6 December 2023 at 6:00 pm | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase at the event from Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers | Free and Open to the Public

"Chasing Shadows: The Return of the White Shark to the Western North Atlantic" | Author Talk and Book Signing Event at Delaware Museum of Nature and Sciencein Willmington, DE, with author Ret Talbot | Friday 2 December 2023 at 10:30am & 11:30am | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase | Free and Open to the Public

"Chasing Shadows: The Return of the White Shark to the Western North Atlantic" | Author Talk and Book Signing Event at Delaware Museum of Nature and Sciencein Willmington, DE, with author Ret Talbot | Friday 1 December 2023 at 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase | Private Event

Chasing Shadows: Moderated Talk with Greg Skomal and Ret Talbot at New England Aquarium | Wednesday 2 November at 6:30pm | Free and Open to the Public but Registration Required | The Aquarium Lecture Series is presented free to the public through the generosity of the Lowell Institute

"Chasing Shadows: A Conservation Success Story" | Reading and Book Signing Event at House of Booksin Kent, CT, with author Ret Talbot | Thursday 28 September 2023 at 6:00 pm | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase | Free and Open to the Public | Register here.

"Chasing Shadows | Book Signing Event at H&H Mercantile with author Ret Talbot and Scientific Illustrator Karen Talbot | Karen Talbot Art Gallery is the retail partner for this Event | Friday 8 September 2023 at 12:00 to 2:00 pm | Open to the Public

"Chasing Shadows: Restoring an Apex Predator to the Western North Atlantic" | Reading and Book Signing Event at the Camden Public Library with author Ret Talbot and Illustrator Karen Talbot | Karen Talbot Art Gallery is the retail partner for this Event | Tuesday 22 August 2023 at 6:30 pm | Open to the Public

Chasing Shadows: Meet & Greet and Book Signing Event at Sea Star Shop, Port Clyde at the Monhegan Boat Line Dock with author Ret Talbot and Illustrator Karen Talbot | Ret will be on hand to discuss the book and sign copies prior to the 11:30 departure of the Puffin & Nature Cruise, and Karen will be available to provide original illustrations on the title page of books purchased during the event | Thursday 17 August 2023 at 9am to noon | Open to the Public

"Chasing Shadows: Restoring an Apex Predator to the Western North Atlantic" | Reading and Book Signing Event at White Birch Books with author Ret Talbot | Tuesday 15 August 2023 at 6:00 pm | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase | Free and Open to the Public

Chasing Shadows: Book Signing Event at Sherman's Maine Coast Bookshop of Rockland, Rockland, Maine, with author Ret Talbot and Illustrator Karen Talbot | Ret will be on hand to discuss the book and sign copies, and Karen will provide original illustrations on the title page | Saturday 12 August 2023 | Open to the Public

"Chasing Shadows: Restoring an Apex Predator to the Western North Atlantic" | Presentation and Book Signing Event at the Lubec Public Library with author Ret Talbot | Thursday 10 August 2023 at 6:00 pm | Signed and individually illustrated books will be available for purchase | Free and Open to the Public

"Sharks, Reef Fishes & Wolves: My Life as a Science Writer | Talk and Chasing Shadows Book Signing Event at the National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, Rockland, Maine, with author Ret Talbot and Illustrator Karen Talbot | Wednesday 9 August 2023 at 7 pm | Open to the Public

Chasing Shadows: Book Talk & Signing with Ret Talbot & Greg Skomal | Hosted by Mystic Aquarium and Living Sharks Museum, at the Hilton Mystic in Mystic, Connecticut | Tuesday 25 July 2023 at 7:00 pm | Bank Square Books is the bookstore partner for this event. | Open to the Public ($20)

"Chasing Shadows Book Release Party" | Book Release and Signing Event with Author Ret Talbot and Illustrator Karen Talbot at the Karen Talbot Art Gallery | Friday 14 July 2023 @ 6 pm | Open to the Public

"Chasing Shadows: Restoring an Apex Predator to the Western North Atlantic" | Presentation and Book Signing Event at the Rockland Public Library and via Zoom) with author Ret Talbot and Illustrator Karen Talbot | Thursday 13 July 2023 at 6:30 pm | Hello Hello Books is the Bookstore Partner for this Event | Free and Open to the Public

"Should Science Writing Be Beautiful?" | UMass Boston, Integrated Sciences Complex at UMass Boston on 6 May 2023 at 3pm

"Can Science Writing Be Beautiful?" | Prophet Aquatic Research and Outreach Center (PAROC) at Emporia State University, Kansas on 31 March 2023

"Midcoast Writers Group" | Writers Workshop, Rockland, Maine from 2-4pm on 25 March 2023 | Space Limited, Contact Ret at Ret@RetTalbot.com for more information

"Truth & Story" | Fiction Writing Class at Potomac School, Virginia on 27 February 2023

"The role of Indigenous Knowledge in Published, Peer-reviewed Science" | Biology Class at Potomac School, Virginia on 28 February 2023

"Narrative Nonfiction" | Adventure, Food, and Travel Class at Potomac School, Virginia on 4 March 2021

"Human Rights Abuses in Seafood Supply Chains: An Investigative Journalist's Perspective" | Seafood Forensics: Uncovering Crime in Ocean Food Systems Class at Colby College on 4 October 2022 at 9:30 am

"Data: What they Are & What They are Not, A Journalist's Perspective" | Online Presentation on 5 November 2021 | Contact Ret at Ret@RetTalbot.com for more information or to register

"Human Rights Abuses in Seafood Supply Chains: An Investigative Journalist's Perspective" | Seafood Forensics: Uncovering Crime in Ocean Food Systems Class at Colby College on 12 October 2021 at 9:30 am

"Sustainable Seafood Workshop" | Presented by The Good Tern Co-op, Rockland, Maine on 12 May 2021 at 6:30 pm

"An Introduction to Data Journalism" | Online Class on 13 April at 2 pm | Contact Ret at Ret@RetTalbot.com for more information or to register

"Telling Stories - Narrative Nonfiction" | Adventure, Food, and Travel Class at Potomac School on 4 March 2021

"An Introduction to Data Journalism" | Online Class on 17 February at 2 pm | Contact Ret at Ret@RetTalbot.com for more information or to register

"Aquaria, White Sharks & Scientific Illustration with Scientific Illustrator Karen Talbot" | Presented by the Marine Aquarium Society of Toronto on 20 January 2021 at 8 pm EST

"Use and Abuse of Data" | Alternative Facts: Understanding Bias, Statistics, and Source Credibility Class at Emporia State University on 8 October at 1:00 pm CDT

"Misrepresenting Seafood: An Investigative Journalist's Perspective" | Seafood Forensics Class at Colby College on 30 September at 11:00 am

"Return of the White Shark" | Presented by the Camden Public Library on 10 September at 6:00 pm

“Melting Ice, Vanishing Fish — How Climate Change in the Arctic is Affecting Maine’s Fishery” | Presented by the Camden Conference and Rockland Public Library on 3 September 2020 at 6:30 pm