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6th Annual March Forth: FREE kid-friendly readings and craft projects inspired by The Paper Bag Princess, written by Robert Munch and illustrated by Michael Martchenko, featuring staff from Bluffton's children's bookstore the Storybook Shoppe and local volunteers.
6th Annual March Forth: Ticketed nature walk of Penn Center grounds led by naturalists J. Drew Lanham and Janisse Ray, catered box lunch by Debbie Covington, and afternoon author panel discussions
Meet & Greet Authors Reception, Sponsored by Luxe Lowcountry Travel Beaufort Inn's Craven Courtyard, 809 Port Republic St.,
Friends of Pat Conroy Panel Discussion, Sponsored by the Beaufort Inn
Lowcountry Boil Dinner, with a special presentation by the Conroy Center executive director Jonathan Haupt and Beaufort High School interns Holland Perryman, Alisha Arora, and Millie Bennett
A ribbon-cutting and dedication of the Pat Conroy Literary Center will be held at 601 Bladen Street in Beaufort, SC on Saturday, March 19, at 5 pm. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served; registration is requested.
NeverMore Books and the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with debut novelist Robert Gwaltney, author of The Cicada Tree--in conversation with fellow southern novelist Bren McClain, award-winning author of One Good Mama Bone.
Pat Conroy Literary Center executive director Jonathan Haupt will discuss Conroy’s lifelong love of books and libraries—focusing on the roles public libraries, school libraries, and Pat's own personal library played in his writing life.
On Tuesday, March 29, at 6:00 p.m., the Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with memoirist Carol Lucas, author of A Breath Away: One Woman's Journey through Widowhood.
Beginning National Library Week, the Beaufort Human Library will be held as a free public event on Sunday, April 3, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., hosted by the Beaufort County Library (311 Scott St.) in partnership with the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, Beaufort High School's Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization, and community volunteers.
Pat Conroy Literary Center executive director Jonathan Haupt will discuss Conroy’s lifelong love of books and libraries—focusing on the roles public libraries, school libraries, and Pat's own personal library played in his writing life.
Featuring a dozen poets, this year's virtual Kick-Start National Poetry Month Reading offers an opportunity to gather online in celebration of the written and spoken word.
Our monthly virtual Open Mic Night is hosted by Brooke McKinney and presented in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center and the South Carolina Writers Association.
NeverMore Books and the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with novelist Kimberly Brock, author of The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare--in conversation with Holland Perryman and Jonathan Haupt.
In this workshop, we take a close look at the children’s book There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly , the Marc Richard short story, “Strays,” and Donald Barthelme's "The School" to see what they can teach us about how to structure a work in progress.
In honor of National Poetry Month, join Jonathan Haupt and Beaufort High School students Holland Perryman, Alisha Arora, and Millie Bennett as they explore 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.
This free in-person poetry workshop will open with passages written by Pat Conroy that explore his relationship with his mother, Peg Conroy. Participants will then take an active role in reading selected poems by Jamaica Kincaid, Li Young Lee, Dorianne Laux, Kiki Petrosino, Raymod Antrobus, and Sharon Olds for discussion.
Pat Conroy Literary Center executive director Jonathan Haupt & Beaufort High School senior Alisha Arora will discuss Conroy’s lifelong love of books and libraries—focusing on the roles public libraries, school libraries, and Pat's own personal library played in his writing life.
In partnership with the Friends of South Carolina Libraries and Blue Bicycle Books of Charleston, the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with bestselling historical novelist Kim Michele Richardson, author The Book Woman's Daughter
Our nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an afternoon with T.D. Johnston, author of the debut novel Reciprocity, on Saturday, May 14, at 2:00 p.m. at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.).