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Week of Events
Tenth Annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival
“I’ve come home to the place I was always writing about. I’ve tried to make Beaufort, South Carolina my own.”—Pat Conroy, The Death of Santini Hosted by the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, this year’s Tenth Annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival will celebrate Pat Conroy's 80th birthday with a weekend of special events featuring author panels, book signings, workshops, readings, tours, exhibits, and gatherings. FEATURING BESTSELLING AUTHORS: Adriana Trigiani (The View from Lake Como), Patti Callahan Henry (The Story She Left Behind), National Book Award [...]
Monday, October 20, 2025
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
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October 21, 2025 -Pat Conroy as Nature Writer — Presented by Jonathan Haupt & Tim Conroy
Pat Conroy as Nature Writer — Presented by Jonathan Haupt & Tim Conroy
“My soul grazes like a lamb on the beauty of an indrawn tide.”—Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides An encore presentation! Pat Conroy Literary Center executive director Jonathan Haupt and poet Tim Conroy will discuss the nature writing of Pat Conroy, the bestselling author of The Water Is Wide, The Great Santini, The Prince of Tides, and more. From his obscure boyhood poetry to his beloved lyrical adult prose, Conroy wrote about the beauty of our natural world as both wondrous and perilous, using the [...]
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
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Thursday, October 23, 2025
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Friday, October 24, 2025
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Saturday, October 25, 2025
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Sunday, October 26, 2025
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October 26, 2025 -Pat Conroy’s Great Love of Poetry
Pat Conroy’s Great Love of Poetry
On Pat Conroy's 80th birthday, Sunday, October 26, at 3:00-5:00 p.m., join Pat Conroy Literary Center executive director Jonathan Haupt at Village Social of Habersham for an engaging exploration of Pat Conroy’s lifelong relationship with poetry as a reader, as a self-described “failed poet,” and as a writer who found a creative outlet for his Great Love of poetry in his lyrical and descriptive prose. Through discussion of Pat’s teachers, mentors, and favorite poets, and through published and unpublished writings spanning the breadth of his [...]