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SUMMARY:An Evening with Andrew K. Clark\, Author of Where Dark Things Rise\, in Conversation w/ Dana Ridenour
DESCRIPTION:The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with novelist Andrew K. Clark\, author of Where Dark Things Rise\, in conversation with Dana Ridenour\, author of the Lexie Montgomery Series\, on Thursday\, November 6\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited: please reserve in advance to attend this free author event: 843-379-7025. \nABOUT THE NOVEL\nSixteen-year-old Mina is frustrated by Daddy’s drinking\, her mom’s fanatical religious beliefs\, and growing up poor in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Most of her teachers assume she won’t amount to much despite her 4.0 GPA\, and the country club guys think she’s easy prey. But they don’t know Mina’s dark secret: She can control a magical force of supernatural creatures known as the Shadow Faces. Mina doesn’t want powers. All she wants to do is escape the trailer park for a leafy college campus far away. But when her crush\, Gabe\, is stalked by a shapeshifting preacher/wolf\, Mina learns to use her powers to protect him. Mina soon discovers the same preacher is trafficking teens for a mystical brothel and has kidnapped her best friend\, Erin\, after a failed attempt at conversion therapy. Can Mina use the Shadow Faces to save Erin and the other kids without losing her chance at a normal life? \n“Magical realism and small-town horror intertwine…[and] hums with a satisfying mix of humanity and creepiness. Where Dark Things Rise is ultimately about acceptance\, family (both blood and found)\, and the power of choice. Fans who like some heart in their horror will find plenty of it beating here.”–Publisher’s Weekly \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nAndrew K. Clark is a writer from Alexander\, North Carolina\, outside of Asheville where he now resides. His debut novel\, Where Dark Things Grow\, was published in 2024. His first full-length collection of poetry\, Jesus in the Trailer\, was short-listed for the Able Muse Book Award. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in UCLA’s Out of Anonymity\, Coffin Bell Journal\, The Journal of American Poetry\, Appalachian Review\, Rappahannock Review\, fall/lines\, The Wrath Bearing Tree and many others. Clark earned his a B.A. in English and M.B.A. from Georgia Southern University\, and an M.F.A. from Converse College.  \nABOUT THE INTERVIEWER\nDana Ridenour is the award-winning author of the Lexie Montgomery FBI Series: Behind the Mask\, Beyond the Cabin\, and Below the Radar. Ridenour is a retired FBI special agent who spent most of her career as an undercover operative. She now lives and writes in the South Carolina lowcountry.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-andrew-k-clark-author-of-where-dark-things-rise-in-conversation-w-dana-ridenour/
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SUMMARY:Children's Book Fair - Fall Edition
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Children’s Book Week with a fall edition of our Children’s Book Fair! Free and open to the public\, this event is hosted by the Storybook Shoppe in collaboration with Tanger\, the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center\, and the DAYLO student book club.  \nFeatured author Lynn Smith is a former anchor for NBC News\, MSNBC\, and CNN Headline News. She now has a media and communications consulting company\, hosts the award winning parenting podcast StrolIlerCoaster by Munchkin\, and writes for Parents.com\, Women’s Health magazine\, and cnn.com.She lives with her husband and two sons in Georgetown\, South Carolina. Just Keep Going is her first children’s book\, which she will be reading and signing at noon and 1:30 p.m.  \nPlus\, Dog Man\, star of Dav Pilkey’s popular series\, will make special appearances at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.  \nDAYLO student volunteers will be hosting read-alouds and bookmark art projects throughout the day\, assisted by the Color Outside the Lines youth group.  \nOther participating authors and artists include:\nMary T. Jocobs ~ Big Daddy Series\nAnn Lilly ~ Scoot’s New Home\, Scoot’s Savannah Rescue\nMary Beth McMCarthy ~ Hilton’s Island\nNancy Merrill ~ Elf Dust\nRyan Milling ~ Rainy Day Kids\, Bob’s Truck\nSusan Montanari ~ Halloween Tree\, My Dog Is a Chicken\nKatherine Robinson ~ Crabs on Calhoun\nDoug Snelson ~ Everybody Deserves a Hug\, Who’s Got the Face?\nHelen Wilbur ~ Tuba Christmas\, F Is for Feather\, M Is for Meow \nLucky Rabbit Publishing ~ Turner B Goes to NYC\, The Little Lion with the Little Roar\, Mavis the Purple Cow \nBooks by participating authors will be available for sale through Storybook Shoppe.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/childrens-book-fair-fall-edition/
LOCATION:The Storybook Shoppe\, Tanger 2 - A190 - 1414 Fording Island Rd\, Bluffton\, SC\, 29910\, US
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