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SUMMARY:Monthly Teddy Bear Picnic Read-Aloud with DAYLO
DESCRIPTION:On the first Saturday of every month\, you can join the student volunteers of DAYLO: Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization for a Teddy Bear Picnic read-aloud at the Port Royal Farmers Market (1615 Ribaut Rd.). In collaboration with the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center\, high school and college student volunteers from the Beaufort-based chapters of DAYLO gather at the gazebo in Naval Heritage Park from 9:30 a.m. to noon to read diverse\, inclusive picture books to children and their families\, inspiring a love of stories\, books\, reading\, and peer-to-peer mentoring.  \nCozy blankets\, a plethora of stuffed animals\, and some snacks help the students make a welcoming environment in this free community literacy program. Several times a year\, National Park Service Ranger Katherine Freeman also joins in for Read with a Ranger\, a literacy and art project thematically connected to the missions of DAYLO\, the Conroy Center\, and the Reconstruction Era National Historic Park.  \nDAYLO is a student-led diversity themed book club and community service group founded at Beaufort High School and now with chapters across South Carolina. Learn more at: https://linktr.ee/DAYLOBFT. \nThe Pat Conroy Literary Center is a nonprofit interpretive and learning center advancing the legacy of beloved\, bestselling writer\, educator\, and mentor Pat Conroy (1945-2016)\, author of The Water Is Wide\, The Great Santini\, The Prince of Tides\, and more. Learn more at: www.patconroyliterarycenter.org.
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LOCATION:Port Royal Farmers Market
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:The Prince of Tides Book Club Discussion -- Presented by Jonathan Haupt & Ellen Malphrus
DESCRIPTION:“Wholeness. It all comes back. It’s all a circle.”–Pat Conroy\, The Prince of Tides \nPat Conroy’s 1986 masterwork The Prince of Tides is the quintessential lowcountry novel\, beloved by millions as their point of entrance into the lush southern geography\, lyrical voice\, and complex interweaving of fact and fiction which define the author’s literary legacy.  \nJoin Pat Conroy Literary Center executive director Jonathan Haupt and USC Beaufort English professor and Writer in Residence Ellen Malphrus for a book club discussion of the novel\, its major themes\, its 1991 Academy Award-nominated film adaptation\, its place in the Conroy literary canon\, and its lasting impact on lowcountry literature and lore.  \nThis event will be held at the Port Royal Sound Foundation Maritime Center (310 Okatie Hwy) on Tuesday\, September 9\, at 3:00-4:30 p.m. Attendees are encourage to read or re-read the novel prior to the event to better facilitate the book club discussion. $10/person. To register\, visit portroyalsoundfoundation.org and click the orange “Book A Program” button. \nAbout Our Presenters\nJonathan Haupt is the executive director of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center\, the past director of the University of South Carolina Press\, and co-editor of the anthology Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy\, winner of 17 book awards. He is a frequent guest book reviewer for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Charleston Post and Courier. Under Jonathan’s leadership\, the Conroy Center has been recognized as an American Library Association Literary Landmark\, an affiliate of the American Writers Museum\, and winner of the Civitas Award for Tourism Leadership. \nDr. Ellen Malphrus is a professor of English and the Writer in Residence at the University of South Carolina Beaufort\, where she was honored as the 2022 Professor of the Year. Malphrus is the author of the novel Untying the Moon\, a contributing writer to Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy\, and the author of poetry\, creative prose\, and scholarly work published in Poetry South\, Haight Ashbury Review\, Natural Bridge\, James Dickey Review\, Southern Literary Journal\, William & Mary Review\, Blue Mountain Review\, Fall Lines\, Review of Contemporary Fiction\, Weber—the Contemporary West\, and Literature: Reading and Writing with Critical Strategies.  \nAbout The Prince of Tides (from the publisher):\nSet in New York City and the low country of South Carolina\, The Prince of Tides opens when Tom\, a high school football coach whose marriage and career are crumbling\, flies from South Carolina to New York after learning of his twin sister’s suicide attempt. Savannah is one of the most gifted poets of her generation\, and both the cadenced beauty of her art and the jumbled cries of her illness are clues to the too-long-hidden story of her wounded family. In the paneled offices and luxurious restaurants of New York City\, Tom and Susan Lowenstein\, Savannah’s psychiatrist\, unravel a history of violence\, abandonment\, commitment\, and love. And Tom realizes that trying to save his sister is perhaps his last chance to save himself. \nWith passion and a rare gift of language\, Pat Conroy moves from present to past\, tracing the amazing history of the Wingos from World War II through the final days of the war in Vietnam and into the 1980s\, drawing a rich range of characters: the lovable\, crazy Mr. Fruit\, who for decades has wordlessly directed traffic at the same intersection in the southern town of Colleton; Reese Newbury\, the ruthless\, patrician land speculator who threatens the Wingos’ only secure worldly possession\, Melrose Island; Herbert Woodruff\, Susan Lowenstein’s husband\, a world-famous violinist; Tolitha Wingo\, Savannah’s mentor and eccentric grandmother\, the first real feminist in the Wingo family. \nPat Conroy reveals the lives of his characters with surpassing depth and power\, capturing the vanishing beauty of the South Carolina low country and a lost way of life.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/the-prince-of-tides-book-club-discussion-presented-by-jonathan-haupt-ellen-malphrus/
LOCATION:Port Royal Sound Foundation\, 310 Okatie Hwy\, Okatie\, SC\, 29909\, US
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SUMMARY:Virtual Open Mic Night -- Featuring Novelist Laura Leigh Morris\, Author of The Stone Catchers
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be presented as a virtual event\, live-streamed to our Facebook page\, on Thursday\, September 11\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured presenter is novelist Laura Leigh Morris\, author of The Stone Catchers. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres\, with host Melissa Whiteford St. Clair.  \nInterested in reading as part of virtual Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org. \nAbout Our Featured Author:\nLaura Leigh Morris is the author of The Stone Catchers: A Novel (2024)\, a finalist for the 2024 Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction\, and Jaws of Life: Stories (2018). She’s previously published short fiction and essays in STORY Magazine\, North American Review\, The Florida Review\, and other journals. She teaches creative writing and literature at Furman University in Greenville\, SC. To learn more\, visitwww.lauraleighmorris.com. \n“Laura Leigh Morris pulls her readers deep into a community experiencing generational tragedy and with eagle-eyed attention to the fine grain of human foible and capacity\, charts the path through the tempest. In a world where on a daily basis we see our humanity reduced and our storytelling pinched\, The Stone Catchers is a precious gift. Morris has given us a compelling\, addictive narrative\, shot through with a compassion validated by her unflinching gaze and measured\, magisterial prose. The Stone Catchers is a marvel. Morris takes one of the toughest subjects to contemplate—a mass shooting—and in lucid prose limns how all of us are beset by pressure that results in questionable decisions. Morris unpacks what it is to be human\, her deadly accuracy matched by her consummate delicacy.”–Robert Gipe\, author of Pop: An Illustrated Novel \n“In The Stone Catchers\, Laura Leigh Morris does the thing most Americans refuse to do: She stays with the victims of gun violence long after the twenty-four-hour news cycle has ended. She shows us how the trauma of a school shooting reverberates through a community—not just for the victims themselves\, but for all those who feel the effects of their trauma. She does not let us do the thing we most want to do\, what we do again and again\, which is look away. She demands that we look. That we reckon. That we implicate ourselves in the violence that plays out far too often in our country.”–Neema Avashia\, author of Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/virtual-open-mic-night-featuring-novelist-laura-leigh-morris-author-of-the-stone-catchers/
LOCATION:601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, United States\, South Carolina 29902
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SUMMARY:Silent Book Club Beaufort
DESCRIPTION:Silent Book Club Beaufort\, a unique take on the traditional book club\, will meet on Saturday\, September 13\, from 4:30 to 6:30PM at the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center (601 Bladen St.). A relaxed and pressure-free space for readers of all types\, this community gathering invites book lovers to enjoy their current reads in a welcoming and peaceful atmosphere. \nSilent Book Club Beaufort is co-sponsored by the Conroy Center and the student book club DAYLO (Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization). \nUnlike traditional book clubs\, Silent Book Club Beaufort has no assigned reading\, no deadlines\, and no discussions required. Whether you prefer ebooks\, audiobooks\, comic books\, textbooks\, or paperbacks\, readers are invited to bring their book of choice\, settle in\, and savor the joy of uninterrupted reading among like-minded individuals. \nSilent Book Club Beaufort also features a book swap: Leave a book\, take a book.  \nThe casual meetups provide an excellent opportunity to discover new book recommendations\, make friends\, and reconnect with the love of reading. Whether you’re a lifelong bookworm or just getting back into reading\, everyone is welcome.  \nSilent Book Club Beaufort is free to attend and proudly supports local businesses and organizations. Additional dates and locations will be announced via the SBCB Instagram page at www.instagram.com/silentbookclubbeaufort.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/silent-book-club-beaufort-6/
LOCATION:601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, United States\, South Carolina 29902
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SUMMARY:Firing the Clay: A Poetry Workshop Led by Tim Conroy
DESCRIPTION:In this two-hour writing workshop led by Tim Conroy\, poets will explore approaches to revision\, considering the content and sound of each word\, line\, and stanza of each poem. Do you need to lower expectations to generate your first draft? Do you allow the poem to discover its true beginning? Do the prepositional phrases stall the poem into a nosedive? Do your verbs disappoint your poems? Are the adverbs really necessary? Does the poem need its current chronology? Have you played Jenga with the poem to discover its own vision? Does the reader glide across the poem’s dance floor? The workshop challenges the poet to break habits and let revision bring tomorrow’s light and lens to the poem. \nThe workshop aims to clarify and challenge our identity as poets\, to elevate poems through improving habits and engaging in playful revision\, to risk failure from disassembling and reassembling for the chance to discover what the clay can reveal\, and to forget expectations for an opportunity to find the soul\, form\, and sound of a better poem. This workshop seeks the poem that’s revealed only through the act of revision\, while gladly admitting that some poems fall from the sky from pencils of light. We take solace in rigorous revision\, knowing if we break it\, we can return to its best version or shove the poem in the sock drawer for a month. \nLocation and Cost: This is an in-person writers workshop\, held at the Port Royal Sound Foundation Martime Center (310 Okatie Hwy). Limited to 15 participants with advance registration required; $45/person. https://Firingtheclayworkshop.eventbrite.com \nTools for the Workshop: Bring your lucky pen or pencil\, highlighter\, and a notebook for brainstorming and revising activities. Please print copies of 3 poems that need revising. Let’s maneuver\, choose\, experiment\, distill\, rejoice\, and operate. \nRecommended Readings:\nWriting in the Lineage of Poetry by Miriam Sagan \nArt and Fear: Observations on the Perils of Art Making by David Bayles and Ted Orland \nThe Art of Recklessness: Poetry as Assertive Force and Contradiction by Dean Young \nThe Art of Writing by Lu Chi’s Wen Fu\, translated by Sam Hamill \nDisclosure: This workshop wouldn’t have been possible without the insights and poems of the poet Georgia Popoff who inspires countless poets to examine their revision practices. Georgia Popoff’s books include Psalter: The Agnostic’s Book of Common Curiosities (Tiger Bark Press\, 2015)\, The Doom Weaver (Main Street Rag Publications\, 2008)\, and Coaxing Nectar From Longing (Hale Mary Press\, 1997). \nAbout Our Instructor: Tim Conroy\, the author of the collections Theologies of Terrain and No True Route\, is a former special educator. His poems have been included in numerous journals\, compilations\, and anthologies. His poems often explore themes of family and nature\, incorporating philosophical elements. In 2022\, he received the Broad River Prize for prose from Fall Lines\, Volume IX. A founding board member of the Pat Conroy Literary Center\, established in his brother’s honor\, Tim recently moved with his wife Terrye to the beautiful town of Beaufort\, South Carolina.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/firing-the-clay-a-poetry-workshop-led-by-tim-conroy/
LOCATION:Port Royal Sound Foundation\, 310 Okatie Hwy\, Okatie\, SC\, 29909\, US
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:"I Was Born to Be in a Library": Pat Conroy's Great Love of Libraries
DESCRIPTION:“A library could show you everything\, if you knew where to look.”—Pat Conroy\, My Reading Life \nThe author of “The Prince of Tides\,” “The Great Santini” and “The Water Is Wide\,” Pat Conroy (1945–2016) is synonymous with the literature of the Lowcountry. Pat Conroy Literary Center executive director Jonathan Haupt will discuss Conroy’s lifelong love of books and libraries—focusing on the roles public libraries\, school libraries\, and Pat’s own personal library played in his writing life. \nThrough video and audio clips\, photographs\, and published and unpublished writings by and about Conroy\, this presentation welcomes attendees into the book-filled world of one of America’s most beloved writers. Also included will be an overview of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center which honors and continues Conroy’s legacy as writer and educator in his adopted hometown of Beaufort. \nThis free literary program will be held at the Charleston County Main Library at 68 Calhoun St. in historic downtown Charleston on Thursday\, September 18\, at 6:00-7:00 p.m. \nAbout Our Presenter\nJonathan Haupt is the executive director of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center\, the past director of the University of South Carolina Press\, and co-editor of the anthology Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy\, winner of 17 book awards. He is a frequent guest book reviewer for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Charleston Post and Courier. Under Jonathan’s leadership\, the Conroy Center has been recognized as an American Library Association Literary Landmark\, an affiliate of the American Writers Museum\, and winner of the Civitas Award for Tourism Leadership.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/i-was-born-to-be-in-a-library-pat-conroys-great-love-of-libraries/
LOCATION:Charleston County Public Library\, 68 Calhoun St\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, US
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT! Our Prince of Scribes: Featuring Stephanie Austin Edwards\, Lynn Seldon\, and John Warley
DESCRIPTION:SOLD OUT!  \nBest-selling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans numbering in the millions\, but none are more loyal to him and more committed to sustaining his literary legacy than the many writers he nurtured over the course of his fifty-year writing life. In sharing their stories\, his fellow writers honor his memory and advance our shared understanding of his lasting impact on literary life in and well beyond the American South. Winner of 17 book awards\, the anthology Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy is a collection of remembrances from 67 writers befriended\, beloved\, taught\, mentored\, and championed by Conroy—and no two stories are the same. Neither are any two panel discussions among the contributors.  \nJoin us at Village Social of Habersham on Monday\, September 22\, 6:00-8:00 p.m.\, for a lively conversation\, moderated by Our Prince of Scribes co-editor and Pat Conroy Literary Center executive director Jonathan Haupt and featuring a trio of contributing writers: Conroy’s Beaufort High School classmate Stephanie Austin Edwards (author of the novel What We Set in Motion)\, his Citadel classmate John Warley (author of seven works of fiction and nonfiction\, most recently A Jury of One)\, and Conroy’s friend and mentee\, Lynn Seldon (novelist and travel writer\, co-author of 100 Things to Do in the Lowcountry Before You Die).  \nThe $25 registration fee includes the presentation\, refreshments\, and a donation in support of the year-round educational mission of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center. Register in advance for this event and others in this series at\nhttps://www.villagesocialhabersham.net/upcoming-events
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/sold-out-our-prince-of-scribes-featuring-stephanie-austin-edwards-lynn-seldon-and-john-warley/
LOCATION:21A-1 Market Street. Beaufort\, SC 29906
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SUMMARY:How to Create Suspense: Writers Workshop Led by Melinda Farris
DESCRIPTION:How to Create Suspense: 5 Unforgettable Cliffhanger-Ending Techniques \nHow do you keep the reader reading when the average adult’s attention span is 8.25 seconds? Cliffhangers are a technique used by genre writers (who sometimes get a bad rap) to keep their readers reading. And isn’t that what we all aspire to\, above everything? Because cliffhangers are sometimes associated with schlocky writing\, that doesn’t mean we should ignore their usefulness as a craft tool in all sorts of writing. We’ll look at five chapter-ending cliffhanger techniques with examples you can use in your own writing. \nEndorsement: “Melinda prepared an absolutely top-notch seminar about the craft of chapter-ending cliffhangers—a topic I’ve never encountered anyone else teaching about\, and for which she devised an entirely original taxonomy of cliffhanger types that is worthy of publication. I can’t think of a more precise\, better organized\, better supported craft seminar I’ve overseen in my twenty years at Lesley University.”–Michael Lowenthal\, author of Charity Girl \nLocation and Cost: This is an in-person writers workshop\, held at the Pat Conroy Literary Center (601 Bladen St\, Beaufort). Limited to 15 participants with advance registration required; $45/person. https://howtocreatesuspense.eventbrite.com \nAbout Our Instructor: \nMelinda Farris‘ first career was as a Washington\, DC\, political operative and international democracy consultant. She worked on Capitol Hill\, advised Cabinet nominees on a Presidential transition team\, and coached democratic forces in Russia\, Zimbabwe\, and Afghanistan. Excerpts from her unpublished first novel\, The Fourth Degree\, have been described as The Da Vinci Code meets National Treasure and received awards from the Southeastern Writers Association\, Writer’s Digest\, and The Seven Hills Literary Review. Melinda started the St Simons Island Writers Group two years ago\, which includes critique groups and networking opportunities for local writers. In two years\, the membership has doubled. She graduated in 2023 with an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University. https://www.melindafarrisauthor.com/
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/how-to-create-suspense-writers-workshop-led-by-melinda-farris/
LOCATION:601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, United States\, South Carolina 29902
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SUMMARY:Ninth Annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention | Beaufort & Bluffton
DESCRIPTION:The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host our 9th annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention on Friday\, September 26\, at the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce in Beaufort\, and Saturday\, September 27\, at the Culinary Institute of the South at the Technical College of the Lowcountry in Bluffton. Ideal for book club members\, those interested in joining a book club\, or anyone who simply loves the joy of reading\, the Lowcountry Book Club Convention is presented in partnership with NeverMore Books and the student book club DAYLO. \nThe Lowcountry Book Club Convention will begin on Friday evening with a panel discussion among local authors: biographer Nancy Thode (Ahead of Her Time: The Trailblazing Life and Literary Legacy of Ann Head)\, novelist Karin Gillespie (The Pitch Queen)\, and travel writers Lynn and Cele Seldon (100 Things to Do in the South Carolina Lowcountry Before You Die). This opening session will be followed by a book signing\, with refreshments. This is a ticketed event\, held at the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce (711 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). \nThe Convention continues Saturday at the Culinary Institute of the South (1 Venture Dr.\, Bluffton)\, with three author keynote conversations and gourmet box lunches catered by Debbi Covington. The program will feature a morning discussion with USA Today bestselling novelist Renée Rosen\, author of Let’s Call Her Barbie\, an afternoon discussion with New York Times bestselling novelist Marie Bostwick\, author of The Book Club for Troublesome Women\, and a midday conversation between Food Network star Kardea Brown\, author of The Way Home\, and local favorite Mary Martha Greene\, author of The Cheese Biscuit Queen: Kiss My Aspic! Each author conversation will be followed by a book signing. This is a ticketed event. \nAdvance registration is required by September 20 for this year’s Lowcountry Book Club Convention. Learn more and register at https://lowcountrybookclubconvention2025.eventbrite.com.  \nSCHEDULE OF EVENTS \nFriday\, September 26\nBeaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce (711 Bladen St.\, Beaufort) \n5:00-6:00 p.m. Local author panel discussion with Nancy Thode (Ahead of Her Time: The Trailblazing Life and Literary Legacy of Ann Head)\, Karin Gillespie (The Pitch Queen)\, and Lynn and Cele Seldon (100 Things to Do in the South Carolina Lowcountry Before You Die). \n6:00-7:00 p.m. Book signing with refreshments \nSaturday\, September 27\nCulinary Institute of the South (1 Venture Dr.\, Bluffton) \n9:30-10:00 a.m. Check-in begins \n10:00-11:00 a.m. Keynote conversation with USA Today bestselling novelist Renée Rosen\, author of Let’s Call Her Barbie \n11:00-11:30 a.m. Book signing break \n11:30-12:30 p.m. Keynote conversation between New York Times bestselling cookbook writer and Food Network star Kardea Brown\, author of The Way Home\, and local favorite Mary Martha Greene\, author of The Cheese Biscuit Queen: Kiss My Aspic! \n12:30-1:30 p.m. Book signing break and lunch: gourmet box lunches\, catering by Debbi Covington. (Register by September 22 for lunch) \n1:30-2:30 p.m. Keynote conversation with New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist Marie Bostwick\, author of The Book Club for Troublesome Women \n2:30-3:00 p.m. Final book signing break \nABOUT THE AUTHORS\nFeatured Local Authors \nKarin Gillespie is the author of nine novels\, most recently The Pitch Queen. She’s a former book columnist for the Augusta Chronicle\, a former humor columnist for Augusta Magazine\, and a recipient of a 2016 Georgia Author of the Year Award. Her non-fiction work has appeared in the New York Times\, the Washington Post and Writer Magazine\, and she also has a popular Substack called “Pitch Your Novel.” Gillespie earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Converse College; she now lives and writes in Savannah. \nLynn and Cele Seldon are veteran travel journalists and published authors of many travel guidebooks\, including 100 Things to Do in Charleston Before You Die\, 100 Things to Do in Savannah Before You Die\, and the forthcoming 100 Things to Do in the South Carolina Lowcountry Before You Die. The duo has spent more than 35 years covering all aspects of travel\, with their work appearing in Southern Living\, Garden & Gun\, The Local Palate\, South Carolina Living\, USA Today\, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution\, FoodNetwork.com\, USA Today\, and many others. The Seldons are based in Beaufort. \nA native of Beaufort\, Nancy Head Thode is a graduate of Ashley Hall School\, Towson State University\, and the University of Maryland School of Social Work. An early advocate for family mediation\, she was a founding board member of the Academy of Family Mediators and continues her work today as a practicing family psychotherapist. Ahead of Her Time\, the biography of her mother Ann Head\, is her first book. \nKeynote Authors \nMarie Bostwick is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of more than twenty works of uplifting contemporary and historical fiction—most recently The Book Club for Troublesome Women\, USA Today and Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance bestseller. It was a monthly pick for large national book clubs including the AARP Girlfriends Book Club\, Gloss Book Club\, and Brenda Novak’s Book Club\, and has been includes on numerous “most anticipated” lists\, including BookBub’s Best Historical Fiction of 2025. Translated into a dozen languages\, Marie’s novels are beloved by readers across the globe. Her 2009 book\, A Thread of Truth\, was an Indie Next Notable pick. Three of her books were published as Reader’s Digest Select Editions. In addition to books\, Marie writes a popular lifestyle blog\, Fiercely Marie\, that encourages readers to “live every minute and love every moment”. Marie lives in Washington state with her husband and a beautiful but moderately spoiled Cavalier King Charles spaniel. \nKardea Brown is a contemporary Southern Chef\, author of the New York Times bestseller The Way Home and the forthcoming Make Do with What You Have (November 2025). She and the creator of the New Gullah Supper Club pop-up\, where her menu pays homage to dishes her grandmother and mother passed down to her. She is the host of the hit show Delicious Miss Brown and Kids Baking Championship. She is also a resident judge on Spring Baking Championship and co-hosted seasonal specials\, including Kids Baking Championship Thanksgiving in 2023. Kardea lives in Charleston with her husband Bryon and their fur baby Rhubarb. \nMary Martha Greene is a South Carolina native and government relations consultant who perfected her entertaining skills for making friends and engaging clients during her forty-year career. The author of The Cheese Biscuit Queen Tells All: Southern Recipes\, Sweet Remembrances\, and a Little Rambunctious Behavior\, and its sequel\, The Cheese Biscuit Queen: Kiss My Aspic\, Greene divides her time between Beaufort and Columbia. \nRenée Rosen is a USA Today bestselling author. Her novels include Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl\, The Social Graces\, Park Avenue Summer\, Windy City Blues\, White Collar Girl\, What the Lady Wants and Dollface as well as the young adult novel\, Every Crooked Pot. Her newest novel\, Let’s Call Her Barbie\, about the origin story of the popular doll\, is a USA Today bestseller featured in the New York Post\, RuPaul’s Book Club\, Book Riot\, the Nerd Daily\, and the Chicago Review of Books. She is a native of Akron\, Ohio\, and a graduate of American University in Washington\, D.C. Rosen now lives and writes in Chicago. \nLearn more about the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center at www.patconroyliterarycenter.org.
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LOCATION:Beaufort County
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SUMMARY:Nature Writing: Kayak on the Chechessee and Write about It\, with Katherine Tandy Brown
DESCRIPTION:RSVP Required. Click the orange “Book a Program” button on our website to sign up!\nportroyalsoundfoundation.org \nWe who live in the South Carolina Lowcountry are fortunate to be surrounded by its extraordinary nature – the marsh and its seasons\, live oaks dripping with Spanish moss\, 180 degrees of ever-changing sky\, marsh and shore birds\, crabs and dolphins and fish\, the bright sunshine that lights this southern world\, and of course\, water…the ocean and rivers and their tides. In this workshop you’ll kayak on the Chechessee River with guides from the Maritime Center for an afternoon immersion in Carolina’s nature at its finest.\nThen – like Henry David Thoreau on Walden Pond – you’ll take pen to paper and write about any part of the adventure you choose. Anyone at any level of writing\, from rank beginner to pretty darn good\, can write using a method called writing practice\, developed by writing workshop guru Natalie Goldberg and presented in her classic book\, Writing Down the Bones. You’ll learn how to get rid of the self-critic so that your thoughts flow freely onto the page. And you’ll leave with a chunk of nature writing and a memory of time well spent.\nDress for a journey on the water\, and be sure to bring sunscreen\, a water bottle\, notebook or journal\, and several pens. \nKatherine Tandy Brown has explored the world as a freelance travel writer for 20-plus years. She has taught memoir writing\, travel writing\, writing practice\, et al\, in the USCB’s OLLI Continuing Ed program\, Tech College of the Lowcountry\, Pat Conroy Literary Center\, Palm Key and Thera Vista Retreat Centers\, her downtown Beaufort cottage…and nature writing on a sandbar in the Beaufort River\, her favorite classroom so far!
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/nature-writing-kayak-on-the-chechessee-and-write-about-it-with-katherine-tandy-brown-3/
LOCATION:310 Okatie Hwy\, Okatie\, SC\, United States\, South Carolina 29909
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