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Michael Smith makes regular public appearances to speak about the history of Antarctic and Arctic exploration at museums, history societies, literary festivals, community groups and schools.
Topics include:
- TOM CREAN
- SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON
- LOST & FOUND – FRANCIS CROZIER and the FRANKLIN EXPEDITION
- FRANKLIN EXPEDITION
- IRELAND’S ANTARCTIC EXPLORERS
- IRELAND’S ANTARCTIC EXPLORERS
- CAPTAIN OATES
- THE RACE TO THE SOUTH POLE and THE SUSSEX CONNECTION
Michael’s past appearances include:
The Queen’s Gallery Buckingham Palace, Royal Geographical Society, National Maritime Museum, National Museum of Ireland, Princess Grace Memorial Library Monaco, the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Royal Society of Irish Antiquarians, Scott Polar Research Institute Cambridge.
Literary festivals:
Cuirt Galway; Dublin Book Festival, Dublin Festival of History, Ennis Book Club; Guildford; Holt; Immrama; Mountains to Sea Festival Dublin; Nairn; Pitlochry; Rye; Sevenoaks; Taunton; Whitstable; West Cork Literary Festival; Wild Atlantic Words; Words By The Sea; Writers Week Listowel.
Others:
British Legion; Captain Scott Society; Celtic & Irish Historical Society; Cork Literary & Scientific Society; Seamus Ennis Arts Centre; EPIC Museum Dublin; Explorers Club; Irish Cultural Centre London; Kerry Writers Museum; St Mary’s University (Irish Studies); Shackleton Appreciation Society; Shackleton Autumn School Athy; Sirius Arts Centre Cobh; Stables Theatre Hastings; Sussex Art Fund; Townswomen’s Guild (various); Wadhurst History Society; Waterford Museum; White-Oates Museum; Women’s Institute (various); World Ship’s Society Cobh; U3As (various).