The Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with novelist Julie McAlpin Richmond (Julie Satterfield-Price) author of Green Grass & High Times, on November 30, at 6:00 p.m.
During Beaufort's annual Night on the Town celebration, NeverMore Books and the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host a book signing with American Book Award-winning writer Janisse Ray, author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood and, most recently, Wild Spectacle: Seeking Wonder in a World Beyond Humans.
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.
In this generative workshop, participants will learn strategies for writing nonfiction stories on family: research and reporting, ideation, pacing, narration, organization, voice and tone, and creating an ensemble of "characters" who are specific to our origin stories but recognizable to any reader.
In this online workshop, each participant will brainstorm a story idea in their niche and we will work on a successful pitch.
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.
The Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with author Pamela Courtney, author of Hotdogs for Hyenas: A Soul Forged in Rhodesia, on January 20, at 6:00 p.m.
On Tuesday, January 25, at 6:00 p.m., the Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with memoirist Kathryn Purcell, author of There's Something Wrong with Us: A Daughter's Story of Mental Illness, Loss and Healing.
The Friends of Hunting Island, in partnership with the Pat Conroy Literary Center, will host a drop-in book signing for the newly published coffee table book, Wild Island Nature: Hunting Island State Park and Saint Phillips Island, with author Carol Corbin on Saturday, February 5, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort).
Join us as we use improvisational writing to embrace our adventurous selves. This workshop will be in three parts and will explore how we use our intuition to trust ourselves and to walk safely into the unknown.
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.
Join us as we use improvisational writing to embrace our adventurous selves. This workshop will be in three parts and will explore how we use our intuition to trust ourselves and to walk safely into the unknown.
"Chunk, Sneak, Bribe (a little)" guides you through the challenges of undertaking a long journey of writing. A two-hour hybrid interactive workshop for those working on a memoir or other long writing project.
Join us as we use improvisational writing to embrace our adventurous selves. This workshop will be in three parts and will explore how we use our intuition to trust ourselves and to walk safely into the unknown.
Authenticity through Research for the Historical Fiction Writer is an interactive Socratic class exploring the use of research when writing historical fiction; open to writers at all levels of experience.
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.
6th Annual March Forth: Acclaimed Gullah artist Jonathan Green in Conversation with Victoria Smalls, executive director of the Gullah Geechie Cultural Heritage Corridor
6th Annual March Forth: FREE read-aloud for K-3rd grade students and their families. Snacks provided. Bring your favorite stuffed animal. Beaufort High students will be reading from a variety of children's picture books.
6th Annual March Forth: FREE author discussions, hosted by DAYLO, with books available for sale and signing through NeverMore Books, featuring: Rebecca Hall, author of the graphic novel Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts and Len Lawson and Gary Jackson, poets and co-editors of The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry
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.
