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Book Launch Drop In: Donna Keel Armer author of Moringa: Tree of Life ~ Book 2

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center is honored to host a free public drop-in launch event for Donna Keel Armer’s Moringa: Tree of Life ~ Book 2 in the Cat Gabbiano Mystery Series. Join us on Saturday, June 15, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at 601 Bladen St., in downtown Beaufort.

Free

An Evening with McCracken King Poston Jr., author of Zenith Man

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with McCracken King Poston Jr., author of Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom, on Thursday, June 27, at 5:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort).

Free

July 2024 Open Mic Night

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

Our monthly Open Mic Night is presented in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center, and the South Carolina Writers Association.

Free

Workshop: Mystifying the Familiar Led by Jo Angela Edwins

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

In this workshop, we’ll discuss how imaginative unions in poems can lead to insight. We’ll look at poems like Billy Collins’ “Hippos on Holiday” or Heid E. Erdrich’s “Indigenous Elvis at the Airport” to see the effect of the juxtaposition of the ordinary and the unexpected. As a generative exercise, we’ll also do a writing activity to inspire the beginnings of such a poem.

$40

An Evening with Jo Angela Edwins, Poet Laureate of the Pee Dee

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with Jo Angela Edwins, Poet Laureate of the Pee Dee and author of A Dangerous Heaven, on Saturday, July 13, at 5:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort).

Free

An Evening with novelist Martha B. Boone, author of Mother Charity

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with retired surgeon turned novelist Martha B. Boone, author of Mother Charity, in conversation with retired FBI Special Agent turned novelist Dana Ridenour, author of the Lexie Montgomery Series, on Thursday, July 25, at 5:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort).

Free

Children’s Book Fair 2024

Port Royal Sound Foundation Weezie Educational Pavilion 310 Okatie Hwy, Okatie

The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s annual Lowcountry Children’s Book Fair will be held on Saturday, July 27, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Port Royal Sound Foundation Weezie Educational Pavilion (310 Okatie Hwy, Okatie). The Maritime Center will also be open to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and admission is free.

Free

August 2024 Open Mic Night

Online - Facebook Live

Our monthly Open Mic Night is presented in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center, and the South Carolina Writers Association.

Free

Workshop: Photographic Prompts Led by Amber Wheeler Bacon

Online - ZOOM

In this workshop, Expose & Compose: Photographic Prompts led by Amber Wheeler Bacon, we use a combination of professional and amateur photography, including our own family photos, in conversation with poems and short prose to generate creative new work.

$45

An Evening with novelist Zackary Vernon, author of Our Bodies Electric

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with novelist Zackary Vernon, author of Our Bodies Electric, on Friday, August 23, at 5:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort).

Free

An Evening with lowcountry legend Ron Daise

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with lowcountry legend Ron Daise, author of the newly published novel Raptors in the Ricelands, on Tuesday, September 10, at 5:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort).

Free

September 2024 Open Mic Night

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

Our monthly Open Mic Night is presented in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center, and the South Carolina Writers Association.

Free

Hilton Head Poetry Trail presented by poet Elizabeth Robin

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

Have you heard? Hilton Head Island has a poetry trail! Want to visit but can’t get there now? Know what’s in store before you go? Learn how to create a trail in your own town? Join us for a special presentation by award-winning poet Elizabeth Robin, all about the Hilton Head Poetry Trail.

Free

An Evening with novelist Roger Jones, author of The Final Victory

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with novelist Roger Jones, author of The Final Victory, on Thursday, September 19, at 5:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort).

Free

The Eighth Annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention

Technical College of the Lowcountry - Building 12 Auditorium 104 Reynolds Street, Bldg 12, Beaufort, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host the 8th annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention on Friday, September 27, at the Technical College of the Lowcountry in Beaufort, and Saturday, September 28, 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 made possible in part the support of the Pulpwood Queens Books Club.

$12 – $35

The Eighth Annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention

Culinary Institute of the South 1 Venture Dr, Bluffton, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host the 8th annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention on Friday, September 27, at the Technical College of the Lowcountry in Beaufort, and Saturday, September 28, 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 made possible in part the support of the Pulpwood Queens Books Club.

$12 – $35

Teddy Bear Picnic Read Aloud with Daylo October 2024

Port Royal Farmers Market 1615 Ribault Rd, Port Royal, SC, United States

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.).

Free

October 2024 Open Mic Night

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

Our monthly Open Mic Night is presented in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center, and the South Carolina Writers Association.

Free

Workshop: Writing Family Stories, Led by Estelle Ford-Williamson

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

Led by an award-winning memoirist and novelist, Estelle Ford-Williamson, this workshop is for those who want to put in writing their cache of family legends or happenings, for the memoir writer, and for those who want to assist their parents or relatives or friends in doing just that.

$45
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