{"id":246,"date":"2026-05-28T18:05:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackobrienbooks.com\/?page_id=246"},"modified":"2026-06-03T18:22:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:22:04","slug":"speaking-engagements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jackobrienbooks.com\/?page_id=246","title":{"rendered":"Speaking Engagements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"job-speaking-page\">\n\n<style>\n.job-speaking-page {\n  max-width: 980px;\n  margin: 0 auto;\n  padding: 60px 24px;\n  font-family: Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif;\n  color: #222;\n  line-height: 1.7;\n}\n\n.job-speaking-page h1 {\n  font-size: 2.6rem;\n  margin-bottom: 10px;\n}\n\n.job-speaking-page h2 {\n  margin-top: 42px;\n  font-size: 1.5rem;\n  color: #444;\n}\n\n.job-speaking-page p {\n  font-size: 1.08rem;\n  margin-bottom: 1.2em;\n}\n\n.job-speaking-page ul {\n  padding-left: 24px;\n}\n\n.job-speaking-page li {\n  margin-bottom: 12px;\n  font-size: 1.05rem;\n}\n\n.job-speaking-contact {\n  margin-top: 40px;\n  padding-top: 24px;\n  border-top: 1px solid #ccc;\n}\n\n.job-speaking-contact a {\n  color: #0645ad;\n  text-decoration: underline;\n}\n\n.job-speaking-image {\n  margin: 36px auto;\n  text-align: center;\n}\n\n.job-speaking-image img {\n  width: 100%;\n  max-width: 850px;\n  border-radius: 8px;\n  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,.18);\n}\n.return-home-wrap {\n  text-align: center;\n  margin: 50px 0 20px;\n}\n\n.return-home-button {\n  display: inline-block;\n  background: #1f2a44;\n  color: #ffffff !important;\n  padding: 12px 22px;\n  border-radius: 6px;\n  text-decoration: none;\n  font-weight: 600;\n  font-size: 1rem;\n}\n\n.return-home-button:hover {\n  background: #33415f;\n  color: #ffffff !important;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<h1>Speaking Engagements<\/h1>\n\n<p>\nJack O\u2019Brien is available for speaking engagements, book clubs, historical presentations, writers groups, library events, interviews, and keynote appearances.\n<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"job-speaking-image\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jackobrienbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mystic-job.jpeg\">\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Topics<\/h2>\n\n<ul>\n  <li>The real history behind <em>Caesarion<\/em><\/li>\n  <li>Writing historical fiction with cinematic scope<\/li>\n  <li>The lost world of Cleopatra and Augustus<\/li>\n  <li>Advertising, storytelling, and persuasion<\/li>\n  <li>Creative reinvention later in life<\/li>\n  <li>The hidden stories of The Villages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2>Appearances &#038; 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