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SUMMARY:Book Signing for Up Here: The Hunting Island Lighthouse and its Lightkeepers
DESCRIPTION:The Friends of Hunting Island\, in partnership with the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center\, will host a drop-in book signing for the newly published coffee table book\, Up Here: The Hunting Island Lighthouse and its Lightkeepers\, with authors Theodore Panayotoff and Linda Miller on Saturday\, June 8th\, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort).  \nAttendance is free and open to the public; copies of the book will be available for sale and signing. Book purchases benefit the Friends of Hunting Island and support the organization’s work at Hunting Island\, to include the current restoration of the 1875 Fresnel Lens. \nAbout Up Here\nUp Here\, The Hunting Island Lighthouse and its Lightkeepers tells the story in full detail for the first time with breathtaking photographs\, historical context\, 19th century design/architecture and never-before-published drawings from the Library of Congress \n“At sunset on July 1\, 1859\, the Hunting Island Lighthouse emitted its first beacon of light to mariners\, protecting them from the perils of sandbars and treacherous currents near the coast. The lighthouse\, fitted with its giant-sized lens was so efficient that every 30 seconds the focused light from the simple oil lantern cast a beam 17 miles into the darkness.” \nSince the Hunting Island Lighthouse sent out its first beam of light into the dark night in 1859\, it has witnessed the making of history.Inside the pages of Up Here for the first time\, author and lighthouse historian Ted Panayotoff and Friends of Hunting Island president\, Linda Miller\, provide in detail the creation\, history and current state of this much-loved southern icon. You’ll learn about its lightkeepers and how they lived\, surviving all manner of adventures\, storms and hurricanes. With its dramatic black and white coloring and moveable design\, the lighthouse has witnessed the Atlantic waves caress the shores and storms unleash their fury. Amid this chaos\, the Hunting Island Lighthouse remains resolute\, a symbol of enduring hope and guidance. \nWith a foreword by noted New York Times bestseller\, Cassandra King\, Up Here not only showcases the photographic talent of the area’s finest photographers\, it underscores the importance of conservation and is a fundraising book for the Friends of Hunting Island and the causes they support including turtle conservation.  \nUp Here is the new companion book to the award-winning Wild Island Nature about Hunting Island State Park\, published by Lydia Inglett Publishing/Starbooks. \nLearn more about the Friends of Hunting Island at www.friendsofhuntingisland.org.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/book-signing-for-up-here-the-hunting-island-lighthouse-and-its-lightkeepers/
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SUMMARY:Beating the Numbers Game: Submissions Strategies\, Workshop Led by Amber Wheeler Bacon
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, we discuss what it’s like as a literary magazine editor moving through the slush pile: sins we’re willing to forgive\, and those we’re not. We’ll also explore tools to finding literary magazines that are a best fit for your work\, how to rate them\, and when to submit to what. Finally\, we’ll look at strategies for submitting to contests. If submitting your work is in part a numbers game\, then this class is about figuring out your best odds. \nThis virtual workshop will be held via Zoom on June 5\, 6:00-8:00 p.m.\, limited to 15 participants. (A minimum of 5 needed to hold the class.) $45/person.  \nRegister in advance at https://patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nABOUT OUR INSTRUCTOR:\nAmber Wheeler Bacon is a writer and teacher whose work has appeared in Crazyhorse\, Ecotone\, Epiphany\, Five Points\, Prairie Schooner and Witness. You can find her writing online at Ploughshares and CRAFT. She’s the recipient of the 2018 Breakout Writers Prize sponsored by The Author’s Guild and a 2021 Bread Loaf scholarship. She received the 2022 Lit/South Award for flash fiction\, a 2023 Prairie Schooner Award and was a finalist for the 2023 Chautauqua Janus Prize\, nominated by Ecotone Magazine. Amber has an MFA from Bennington College and teaches English at Coastal Carolina University. She’s been a fiction editor at Four Way Review\, Managing Editor for South Carolina Writers Association publications and a daily editor at the Southern Review of Books. She lives by the beach in South Carolina and is represented by Amy Bishop-Wycisk at Trellis Literary Management.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/beating-the-numbers-game-submissions-strategies-workshop-led-by-amber-wheeler-bacon/
LOCATION:601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, United States\, South Carolina 29902
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Award-Winning Novelist Mindy Friddle\, Author of Her Best Self
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with NeverMore Books\, the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with award-winning novelist Mindy Friddle\, author of Her Best Self\, in conversation with Conroy Center executive director Jonathan Haupt\, on Thursday\, May 23\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). Books will be available for sale and signing through NeverMore Books. Seating is limited: please reserve in advance to attend this free author event: 843-379-7025. \nAbout Her Best Self\nJanelle Wolf longs to be the woman she once was—an adored wife\, a loving mother\, a career woman\, a force in her community—before a mysterious car accident stole her memories\, ruined her reputation\, and upended her life. These days\, her troubled family needs that capable woman from the past\, the one she calls “Janelle Before.” Enter Lana\, an alluring and magnetic psychic healer who meets secretly with Janelle. Lana coaxes Janelle to remember the circumstances of her accident in order to recover Janelle’ s “best self.” Instead\, Janelle uncovers the ugly truth behind that night. The revelations unravel Janelle’ s marriage\, disrupt her family\, and turn her small southern town upside down. Written with wry humor\, this diabolically entertaining tale of deception\, temptation\, and love is filled with dark twists\, exploring what happens when the transgressions of the past come back with a vengeance. \n“Fast paced\, clever\, and wickedly compelling.”—Michel Stone\, author of The Iguana Tree \nAbout the Author\nMindy Friddle’s novel\, Secret Keepers\, won the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction. The Garden Angel\, her first novel and SIBA bestseller\, was selected for Barnes & Noble’s Discover Great New Writers. The South Carolina Arts Commission awarded Mindy a prose fellowship\, and she has twice won the state’ s Fiction Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in numerous journals. She holds an MFA from Warren Wilson and lives on Edisto Island\, South Carolina. \nAbout the Interviewer\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 Charleston Post and Courier and vice president of the board of directors of the statewide Friends of South Carolina Libraries.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-award-winning-novelist-mindy-friddle-author-of-her-best-self/
LOCATION:601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, United States\, South Carolina 29902
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SUMMARY:An Afternoon with Novelist Caroline Cleveland\, Author of When Cicadas Cry
DESCRIPTION:The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an afternoon with debut novelist Caroline Cleveland\, author of When Cicadas Cry\, on Saturday\, May 11\, at 2:00 p.m.\, at Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). Cleveland will be joined in conversation by Conroy Center executive director Jonathan Haupt. Free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing through NeverMore Books. Please call to reserve your seat in advance: 843-379-7025. \nAbout When Cicadas Cry\nIn this stunning debut by a South Carolina attorney\, Zach Stander\, a lawyer with a past\, and Addie Stone\, his indomitable detective and lover\, find themselves entangled in secrets\, lies\, and murder in a small Southern town. \nA high-profile murder case—A white woman has been bludgeoned to death with an altar cross in a rural church on Cicada Road in Walterboro\, South Carolina. Sam Jenkins\, a Black man\, is found covered in blood\, kneeling over the body. In a state already roiling with racial tension\, this is not only a murder case\, but a powder keg. \nA haunting cold case—Two young women are murdered on quiet Edisto Beach\, an hour southeast of Walterboro\, and the killer disappears without a trace. Thirty-four years later the mystery remains unsolved. Could there be a connection to Stander’s case? \nA killer who’s watching—Stander takes on Jenkins’s defense\, but he’s up against a formidable solicitor with powerful allies. Worse\, his client is hiding a bombshell secret. When Addie Stone reopens the cold case\, she discovers more long-buried secrets in this small town. Would someone kill again to keep them? \n“John Grisham meets Harper Lee in this immersive and thought-provoking Southern legal thriller. Caroline Cleveland’s talented storytelling propels this realistic tale of secrets and history\, combined with the power of contemporary passion and prejudice. The setting is authentic\, the characters relatable\, and the story propulsive and engaging. Standing ovation for this brilliant debut!”—Hank Phillippi Ryan\, USA Today bestselling author of One Wrong Word \n“A twisty narrative of secrets and lies\, I flew through When Cicadas Cry in a day. A haunting case from the past. A racially tinged murder in the present. And a small South Carolina town about to erupt like a powder keg. Equal parts courtroom thriller and gripping mystery.” —John McMahon\, author of The Good Detective \nAbout the Author\nCaroline Cleveland is a labor and employment lawyer based in Charleston. A native South Carolinian\, Caroline grew up in the Lowcountry and earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1991. When Cicadas Cry is her first novel. \nAbout the Interviewer\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 Charleston Post and Courier and vice president of the board of directors of the statewide Friends of South Carolina Libraries.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-afternoon-with-novelist-caroline-cleveland-author-of-when-cicadas-cry/
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SUMMARY:Open Mic Night\, Featuring Elizabeth Leverton
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.) on Thursday\, May 9\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is poet Elizabeth Leverton\, author Peace\, Rhododendron. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org. \nAbout Our Featured Writer\nElizabeth Leverton earned a BA in English Lit and a master’s degree in English with a concentration in writing and editing at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She began writing poetry thirty years ago. A recent graduate of the Commercial Graphics program at Midlands Technical College\, Elizabeth is a graphic designer/typesetter who also enjoys songwriting and playing guitar\, singing karaoke\, dancing\, swimming\, tennis\, sewing functional art\, and acrylic painting. She lives in Columbia\, South Carolina\, with her Labrador Retriever\, Molly\, and part-Siamese sister cats\, Silo and Weaver. Peace\, Rhododendron is her first book.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/open-mic-night-featuring-elizabeth-leverton/
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