May 2024 Open Mic Night
Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United StatesOur monthly Open Mic Night is presented in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center, and the South Carolina Writers Association.
Free
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An Afternoon with novelist Caroline Cleveland
Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United StatesThe 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).
Free
An Evening with Mindy Friddle, author of Her Best Self
Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United StatesIn 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
Free
Workshop: Submissions Strategies Led by Amber Wheeler Bacon
Online - ZOOMIn this workshop, Beating the Numbers Game: Submissions Strategies led by Amber Wheeler Bacon, 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.
$45
Book Signing: Up Here: The Hunting Island Lighthouse and its Lightkeepers
Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United StatesThe 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).
Free
June 2024 Open Mic Night
Online - Facebook LiveOur monthly Open Mic Night is presented in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center, and the South Carolina Writers Association.
Free
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 StatesThe 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 StatesThe 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 StatesOur 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 StatesIn 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 StatesThe 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 StatesThe 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, OkatieThe 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 LiveOur 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 - ZOOMIn 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 StatesThe 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 StatesThe 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 StatesOur 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 StatesHave 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 StatesThe 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