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SUMMARY:An Evening with Nancy Murray\, author of No Experience Necessary
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, November 15\, 2024 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with memoirist Nancy Murray\, author of No Experience Necessary\, on Friday\, November 15\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). \nFree and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please call in advance to reserve: 843-379-7025. \nAbout No Experience Necessary\nIn No Experience Necessary\, Nancy Murray shares the insights\, pitfalls\, and strategies that she gleaned along her journey toward meaningful employment. Her stories prove that even so-called nowhere jobs can be crucial steps to not only establishing a career\, but to discovering ourselves. \nNancy’s workplace tales span a colorful spectrum\, from selling speakers from a seedy van to driving a posh limo; from performing as a professional clown to financial advisor. With each job she profited in ways beyond a traditional paycheck. \nSome might consider this a cautionary tale\, but it’s also a field guide for anyone preparing to fill out their first job application\, not to mention a humorous flashback for those who recall the trials and tribulations of the workplace all too well. \n“Through the many jobs—both ordinary and extraordinary— in this memoir of working\, Nancy Murray shows not only how willing she is to take a chance and fail\, but to grow from those failures with her trademark blend of humor and humility. What really stands out\, however\, is her prose—like a long lunch with a good friend\, there is never a dull moment.”—Jen Michalski\, author of The Company of Strangers \n“No Experience Necessary is an extraordinary account of what it means to work. In vivid and engaging prose\, the book illuminates the struggles and triumphs of insisting on a creative life. A tightly-focused and engaging memoir\, this is an amazing read!” —Kathy Flann\,award-winning author of Smoky Ordinary and Write On: Secrets to Crafting Better Stories \nAbout the Author \nNancy Murray is a poet\, playwright\, and storyteller. Her first memoir\, One Child for Another\, was published by 11th Hour Press\, and was recognized by Baltimore Magazine as one of the Ten Best Reads in 2015. Her storytelling was showcased by the Women of the World Festival in Baltimore\, Maryland. \nNancy’s plays and poetry have been produced and published in various venues and presses including\, Ireland’s HCE Review\, The Maryland State Poetry and Literary Society\, and in multiple anthologies. Her most recent publication\, a poetry collection called The Colors of Fear\, was published by Cyberwit Press. She teaches compositional writing at the Community College of Baltimore County and hosts a series of poetry workshops at the Arts Lab of South County\, Maryland. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-nancy-murray-author-of-no-experience-necessary/
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SUMMARY:November 2024 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held virtually on Thursday\, November 14\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is poet Mamie Morgan\, author of Everyone I’ve Danced with Is Dead. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. \nWhen: Thursday\, November 14\, 2024 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Facebook Live \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our featured writer:\nMamie Morgan received an MFA from UNC Wilmington and a BA in English and Religious Studies from Wofford. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in numerous literary journals\, including Washington Square Review\, the Oxford American\, Fish Barrel Review\, Nimrod\, Muzzle\, Four Way Review\, Yemassee\, Carolina Quarterly\, Inkwell\, and the Greensboro Review. She lives in the woods with her husband and their two pit bulls\, Henrietta Modine and Wednesday Stewart. \n  \nAbout Everyone I’ve Danced with Is Dead \n“Reading these poems is like sitting down with a friend for a conversation-the kind of friend you trust to tell all of the truth\, but with mercy. These whip-smart poems don’t flinch\, even at the hardest truths about what it means to be human-to love and to lose\, to damage and be damaged\, to live through moments ‘where the quake originates\,’ that make you cling to ‘every word that had ever made me want to stay alive.’ These poems have an electric power\, one strong enough to change lives. Morgan faces devastation with such an open grace and generosity that a reader can’t help but feel there’s one truth more real than any other: that even in the moments that shake us to the core\, there is always hope.”–Emma Bolden \n“The central organ pumping blood through these poems is wonderment. Morgan’s particular brand of wonder knows no hierarchies: love\, betrayal\, fallings out\, quotidian\, joy\, jail\, sex\, school\, the body\, war\, race\, politics\, and that old tricker Death all crowd around the same table. This book pulls you forward and shows you the world as it is–a mess worth celebrating\, recoiling from\, enduring\, and embracing. These poems are built of risk and witness–importantly\, they have the language and daring to match. This is one helluva barn burner.”–Michael McGriff \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/november-2024-open-mic-night/
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SUMMARY:Teddy Bear Picnic Read Aloud with Daylo November 2024
DESCRIPTION:Saturday November 2\, 2024 – 9:30 a.m. to noon EDT\nPrice: Free\nVenue: Port Royal Farmers Market | Ribaut Rd & Pinckney Blvd\, Port Royal\, SC 29935 \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nOn 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.). In collaboration with the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center\, high school and college student volunteers from the Beaufort-based chapters of DAYLO gather at the gazebo in Naval Heritage Park from 9:30 a.m. to noon to read diverse\, inclusive picture books to children and their families\, inspiring a love of stories\, books\, reading\, and peer-to-peer mentoring. \nCozy blankets\, a plethora of stuffed animals\, and some snacks help the students make a welcoming environment in this free community literacy program. Several times a year\, National Park Service Ranger Katherine Freeman also joins in for Read with a Ranger\, a literacy and art project thematically connected to the missions of DAYLO\, the Conroy Center\, and the Reconstruction Era National Historic Park. \nDAYLO is a student-led diversity themed book club and community service group founded at Beaufort High School and now with chapters across South Carolina. Learn more at: https://linktr.ee/DAYLOBFT. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/teddy-bear-picnic-read-aloud-with-daylo-november-2024/
LOCATION:Port Royal Farmers Market\, 1615 Ribault Rd\, Port Royal\, SC\, 29935\, United States
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SUMMARY:2024 Festival Day Two
DESCRIPTION:Ninth Annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival\, November 1-2\, 2024 \n“I was born to be in a library\,” wrote beloved and bestselling author Pat Conroy (1945-2016) in his book My Reading Life. Hosted by the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center\, this year’s Pat Conroy Literary Festival will pay special tribute to the vital work of librarians in championing the welcoming world of books\, stories\, and storytellers. The Conroy Festival will be held in Beaufort on November 1 and 2\, with the Conroy Center also open to the public for tours on October 31 and November 3. \nNow in its ninth year\, the Conroy Festival is a popular destination event with literary tourists visiting from across the country as well as for local readers\, writers\, educators\, and students of all ages. With a robust schedule of free and ticketed educational and enrichment programs\, this year’s festival will include author conversations and readings\, panel discussions\, writers workshops\, book signings\, musical performances\, guided tours\, a film screening\, and a read-aloud for children and their families. \nFeatured presenters include New York Times bestselling authors Kwame Alexander (Black Star)\, Kirsten Miller (Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books)\, Raj Haldar (This Book Is Banned)\, and Cassandra King (Tell Me a Story)\, as well as Reese’s Book Club author DéLana R.A. Dameron (Redwood Court). A lively panel discussion with Southern women mystery authors will include Agatha Award-winning and USA Today bestselling novelist Susan M. Boyer (The Liz Talbot Mysteries)\, Alicia Bessette (The Outer Banks Bookshop Mysteries)\, and Kristen Ness (At Loggerheads)\, with a special appearance by Gallery Books vice president and executive editor Carrie Feron. \nHigh school and college student volunteers from DAYLO: Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization will host a read-aloud for young readers and their families at the Port Royal Farmers Market. A Freedom to Read panel discussion\, moderated by intellectual freedom champion Pat R. Scales\, will feature youth advocates and librarian advocates who have been instrumental in local\, regional\, and national responses to education censorship. The festival will also include a private pre-screening (open to festival attendees with advance registration) of the new feature-length documentary film Banned Together\, prefaced by a tribute to librarians and followed by a discussion with producers Tom and Jenn Wiggin. A celebratory musical performance by the famed Beaufort Mass Choir and a reception catered by Debbi Covington at the Conroy Center will conclude this year’s festival. \nTo the benefit of writers\, the Conroy Festival will also host a quartet of workshops on poetry\, prose writing\, and publication\, led by Tim Conroy\, Susan Madison\, Valerie Sayers\, Sean Scapellato\, John Warley\, and Chad Rhoad. \nThe ninth annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival is made possible by the generous support and collaboration of the Robert S. Handler Charitable Trust\, the South Carolina Arts Commission\, Bank of America Private Bank\, and others. \nNovember 2 Schedule (click for more information on the Festival website) \n9:00 am WORKSHOP: How Not to Get Published\, led by John Warley and Sean Scapellato @ Pat Conroy Literary Center – $45\n9:30 am READ-ALOUD: DAYLO Teddy Bear Picnic @ Port Royal Farmers Market – Free\n11:00 am AUTHOR EVENT: Mysterious Women Panel @ USC Beaufort Center for the Arts – $15\n1:00 pm AUTHOR EVENT: Raj Haldar @ USC Beaufort Center for the Arts – Free\n1:00 pm WORKSHOP: Know Your Place: Setting as Character\, led by Chad Rhoad @ Pat Conroy Literary Center – $45\n2:30 pm AUTHOR EVENT: Kwame Alexander @ USC Beaufort Center for the Arts – Free\n4:00 pm AUTHOR EVENT: Kirsten Miller @ USC Beaufort Center for the Arts – $10\n6:30 pm CLOSING RECEPTION: Wrap Up Party @ Pat Conroy Literary Center – $40 \nFestival Website Links: \nEvents Schedule \nWorkshops \nFestival Facebook Page (where you can watch many author events) \nPresenters \nThe nonprofit Conroy Center is open to the public Thursday through Sunday\, noon to 4:00 p.m.  at 601 Bladen Street in historic downtown Beaufort.
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SUMMARY:2024 Festival Day One
DESCRIPTION:Ninth Annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival\, November 1-2\, 2024 \n“I was born to be in a library\,” wrote beloved and bestselling author Pat Conroy (1945-2016) in his book My Reading Life. Hosted by the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center\, this year’s Pat Conroy Literary Festival will pay special tribute to the vital work of librarians in championing the welcoming world of books\, stories\, and storytellers. The Conroy Festival will be held in Beaufort on November 1 and 2\, with the Conroy Center also open to the public for tours on October 31 and November 3. \nNow in its ninth year\, the Conroy Festival is a popular destination event with literary tourists visiting from across the country as well as for local readers\, writers\, educators\, and students of all ages. With a robust schedule of free and ticketed educational and enrichment programs\, this year’s festival will include author conversations and readings\, panel discussions\, writers workshops\, book signings\, musical performances\, guided tours\, a film screening\, and a read-aloud for children and their families. \nFeatured presenters include New York Times bestselling authors Kwame Alexander (Black Star)\, Kirsten Miller (Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books)\, Raj Haldar (This Book Is Banned)\, and Cassandra King (Tell Me a Story)\, as well as Reese’s Book Club author DéLana R.A. Dameron (Redwood Court). A lively panel discussion with Southern women mystery authors will include Agatha Award-winning and USA Today bestselling novelist Susan M. Boyer (The Liz Talbot Mysteries)\, Alicia Bessette (The Outer Banks Bookshop Mysteries)\, and Kristen Ness (At Loggerheads)\, with a special appearance by Gallery Books vice president and executive editor Carrie Feron. \nHigh school and college student volunteers from DAYLO: Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization will host a read-aloud for young readers and their families at the Port Royal Farmers Market. A Freedom to Read panel discussion\, moderated by intellectual freedom champion Pat R. Scales\, will feature youth advocates and librarian advocates who have been instrumental in local\, regional\, and national responses to education censorship. The festival will also include a private pre-screening (open to festival attendees with advance registration) of the new feature-length documentary film Banned Together\, prefaced by a tribute to librarians and followed by a discussion with producers Tom and Jenn Wiggin. A celebratory musical performance by the famed Beaufort Mass Choir and a reception catered by Debbi Covington at the Conroy Center will conclude this year’s festival. \nTo the benefit of writers\, the Conroy Festival will also host a quartet of workshops on poetry\, prose writing\, and publication\, led by Tim Conroy\, Susan Madison\, Valerie Sayers\, Sean Scapellato\, John Warley\, and Chad Rhoad. \nThe ninth annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival is made possible by the generous support and collaboration of the Robert S. Handler Charitable Trust\, the South Carolina Arts Commission\, Bank of America Private Bank\, and others. \nNovember 1 Schedule (click for more information on the Festival website)\n9:00 am WORKSHOP: Poetry of Practice\, led by Tim Conroy and Susan Madison @ Pat Conroy Literary Center-$45\n11:00 am AUTHOR EVENT: DéLana R.A. Dameron @ USC Beaufort Center for the Arts – $10\n12:30 pm WORKSHOP: How to Submit to Literary Magazine\, led by Valerie Sayers @ Pat Conroy Literary Center – $45\n4:00 pm FREEDOM TO READ PANEL: Moderated by Pat R. Scales @ USC Beaufort Center for the Arts – Free\n6:30 pm TRIBUTE TO LIBRARIANS and FILM SCREENING: Presented by Jonathan Haupt @ USC Beaufort Center for the Arts – Free \nFestival Website Links: \nEvents Schedule \nWorkshops \nFestival Facebook Page (where you can watch many author events) \nPresenters \nThe nonprofit Conroy Center is open to the public Thursday through Sunday\, noon to 4:00 p.m.  at 601 Bladen Street in historic downtown Beaufort.
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SUMMARY:Book Launch Drop In: Joy Corley author of Percy Goes Camping... Maybe
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, October 26\, 2024 – 2:00-4:00 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host a free public drop-in launch event for local author Joy Corley’s debut children’s book\, Percy Goes Camping… Maybe. Join us outside on Saturday\, October 26\, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.) in downtown Beaufort. No advance registration required. Books will be available for sale and signing. Light refreshments will be provided. \nAbout Percy Goes Camping… Maybe \nPercy Goes Camping… Maybe is a true story about overcoming your fears. Percy is an 80-pound\, fun loving\, Red Nose Staffordshire Terrier who is afraid of most anything new\, and the teardrop camper Ladybug was no exception! \nAlways curious\, Percy was the first one to bolt out the door when the camper appeared in the driveway and he was the first one to whip around and quickly head back inside\, seeking safety from this strange contraption. Being ever-so-nosy\, he eventually and very cautiously began to get acquainted with Ladybug\, but only after running away and hiding in the bushes multiple times before deciding this camping business might not be so scary after all. \n“In this clever\, relatable\, and heartwarming story\, Percy the dog shows us how overcoming our fears can open up a world of fun! I recommend this beautifully illustrated story to little ones ages 4 to 8 as well as their big people.”—Susan Sullivan\, author of Bob Tales\, Land of the Woody Warbles \n“PERCY! Where have you been all my life\, sweet boy? You make me want to go camping with you and try new things! | hope every child gets to read your story and be inspired to try something new. Go Percy GOOOOO!”—Bren McClain\, author of One Good Mama Bone \nAbout the Author \nJoy Corley\, earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of South Carolina. She worked in many different capacities in the field of social work until retiring in 2021\, after 24 years as a Care Coordinator at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. \nJoy became a lover of children’s books after her son Clay was born in 1982. She always wanted to write a children’s book and was just looking for the right inspiration whenever Percy came into her life. Always an animal lover\, Percy became the new character in a long list of characters in the household she shares with her husband\, Rick and five other rescues. Joy also enjoys reading\, being a volunteer with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Sea Turtle Program and Beaufort County Animal Services. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/book-launch-drop-in-joy-corley-author-of-percy-goes-camping-maybe/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
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SUMMARY:An Evening with photographer and writer Pete Candler\, author of A Deeper South
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled for early 2025.\nThursday\, October 24\, 2024 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with photographer and writer Pete Candler\, author of A Deeper South\, on Thursday\, October 24\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). \nFree and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Please call in advance to reserve a seat for this free event: 843-379-7025. \nAbout A Deeper South\nIn A Deeper South: The Beauty\, Mystery\, and Sorrow of the Southern Road\, Pete Candler offers a travel narrative drawn from twenty-five years of road-tripping through the backroads of the American South. Featuring Candler’s own photography\, the book taps into the public imagination and the process of both remembering and forgetting that define our collective memory of place. Candler\, who belongs to one of Georgia’s most recognizable families\, confronts the uncomfortable truths of his own ancestors’ roles in the South’s legacy of white supremacy with a masterful mix of authority and a humbling sense that his own journey of unforgetting and recovering has only just begun. \n“A beautifully crafted journey through the past and current South that will interest Southerners and readers curious about the region and its history.”―Library Journal \n“A righteous plumbing of suppressed family histories\, a vigorous exorcism of the myths and willful ignorance that trouble the land of his birth\, A Deeper South blazes a path through the nostalgia thicket for readers who want to make sense of their inheritances. Candler writes with indignation and empathy\, showing us a better way to see the South so that we can better love any place we call home.”―John T. Edge\, author of The Potlikker Papers and host of TrueSouth \n“Part history\, part memoir\, and part self-discovery\, Candler calls on us to face the demons of our past so that we can truly appreciate the region we call home.”―Karen L. Cox\, author of Dreaming of Dixie: How the South Was Created in American Popular Culture \nAbout the Author \nBorn and raised in Atlanta\, Georgia\, Pete Candler is a writer\, photographer\, and filmmaker whose work has appeared in Los Angeles Review of Books\, Bitter Southerner\, Washington Post\, and elsewhere. He lives in Asheville\, North Carolina. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Writing Family Stories\, Led by Estelle Ford-Williamson
DESCRIPTION:Register: patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nThursday\, October 17\, 2024 · 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST\nCost: $45\nLimited to 15 participants\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St Beaufort\, SC 29902 \nIf\, according to Pat Conroy\, the most powerful words in the English language are “Tell Me a Story\,” then the most regretful ones are: “I never got Mama’s (or Daddy’s) stories.” Or you may have a fantastic personal story that begs to be told and you’re afraid it won’t happen. This workshop helps you avoid that regret! \nWe’ll cover:\nTips for Starting and Re-Starting Stories\nFinding Structure in Your Many Tales\nSeveral Writing Prompts\, Reading\, and Feedback Opportunities.\nDiscussion of Publication Options \nLed 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. It’s a great time to start your stories for holiday giving! \nThis interactive writers workshop will be held at the Pat Conroy Literary Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort) on Thursday\, October 17\, 5:00-7:00 p.m. Limited to 15 participants. $45/person. Advance registration required. \nLearn more and register at https://patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nAbout our instructor: \nEstelle Ford-Williamson is a former UPI reporter whose most recent book is Rising Fawn\, a novel set in Atlanta and Lookout Mountain\, GA. Previously she published Abbeville Farewell\, a Novel of Early Atlanta and North Georgia\, and co-wrote a memoir\, Seed of South Sudan: Memoir of a ‘Lost Boy’ Refugee with Majok Marier. \nFor four years\, she led “Writing Your Story” workshops at a senior center in the Atlanta area; a dozen students went on to publish full memoirs. She has received awards for her novels and short fiction\, and offers writing workshops through the Pat Conroy Literary Center and the South Carolina Writers Association. Estelle lives on nearby St. Helena Island. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/workshop-writing-family-stories-led-by-estelle-ford-williamson/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
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SUMMARY:October 2024 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.) on Thursday\, October 10\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is Columbia City Poet Laureate Jennifer Bartell Boykin\, author of Only Believe\, selected for the 2023 Hilary Tham Capital Collection. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. \nWhen: Thursday\, October 10\, 2024 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Conroy Center (601 Bladen St. Beaufort\, SC) \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our featured writer:\nPoet Laureate of Columbia\, South Carolina\, and a 2023 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow\, Jennifer Bartell Boykin is the author of the poetry collections Traveling Mercy and Only Believe. Her poetry has also appeared in Obsidian\, Callaloo\, the Raleigh Review\, kinfolks: a journal of black expression\, the museum of americana: a literary review\, and Scalawag. \nBartell Boykin is the recipient of fellowships from Callaloo and The Watering Hole. A school librarian at Muller Road Middle School in Blythewood\, SC\, she previously taught creative writing and English at Spring Valley High School in Columbia\, SC\, where she was also named the 2019–20 Teacher of the Year. She has been recognized as an American Library Association Spectrum Scholar and an Augusta Baker Scholar at the University of South Carolina’s School of Information Science\, where she earned her master of library and information science degree. Bartell Boykin was born and raised in Bluefield\, a Black community in Johnsonville\, South Carolina. \nAbout Only Believe\n“Bartell’s Only Believe carefully treads through remembering childhood assault confounded with good memories that some would struggle to keep\, including memories that elders lose if we’re not quick enough to catch them. These poems are part oral history and part affirmation\, but this collection complicates faith and walks readers closer to truth\, healing\, and forgiveness and standing tall in a grandmother’s house.”–Tara Betts\, author of Refuse to Disappear and Break the Habit \n“There are two stories in Only Believe–the story of a girl who doesn’t know how or when to tell what happened to her\, and the story of her grandma\, whose house is a place of both refuge and danger\, whose decline into Alzheimer’s is a counterpoint to the speaker’s own struggles with memory. Memory\, as Jennifer Bartell reminds us\, is neither window nor mirror nor veil\, but all at the same time. Religion promises answers—’My Black Jesus can do anything’–but tricks her into blame and shame instead. Something happened to that girl and she knows that ‘it’s time to speak / it’s time to heal.’ The only way to do that is by telling both stories\, that of the girl struggling to speak\, and that of the grandmother\, whose life reminds her that ‘God is a woman / on a big black Singer / sewing machine\, whose quilts became her tablets\, whose needle becomes her pen.’–Ed Madden\, author of A Pooka in Arkansas and Ark \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/october-2024-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Open Mic Night
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SUMMARY:Teddy Bear Picnic Read Aloud with Daylo October 2024
DESCRIPTION:Saturday October 5\, 2024 – 9:30 a.m. to noon EDT\nPrice: Free\nVenue: Port Royal Farmers Market | Ribaut Rd & Pinckney Blvd\, Port Royal\, SC 29935 \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nOn 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.). In collaboration with the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center\, high school and college student volunteers from the Beaufort-based chapters of DAYLO gather at the gazebo in Naval Heritage Park from 9:30 a.m. to noon to read diverse\, inclusive picture books to children and their families\, inspiring a love of stories\, books\, reading\, and peer-to-peer mentoring. \nCozy blankets\, a plethora of stuffed animals\, and some snacks help the students make a welcoming environment in this free community literacy program. Several times a year\, National Park Service Ranger Katherine Freeman also joins in for Read with a Ranger\, a literacy and art project thematically connected to the missions of DAYLO\, the Conroy Center\, and the Reconstruction Era National Historic Park. \nDAYLO is a student-led diversity themed book club and community service group founded at Beaufort High School and now with chapters across South Carolina. Learn more at: https://linktr.ee/DAYLOBFT. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/teddy-bear-picnic-read-aloud-with-daylo-october-2024/
LOCATION:Port Royal Farmers Market\, 1615 Ribault Rd\, Port Royal\, SC\, 29935\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:The Eighth Annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention
DESCRIPTION:When: Friday September 27\, 2024 5:00-7:00 pm EDT and Saturday\, September 28\, 2024 10:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT\nWhere:Friday: Technical College of the Lowcountry\, Bldg 12\, 104 Reynolds St.\, Beaufort | Saturday: Culinary Institute of the South | 1 Venture Dr\, Bluffton\, SC 29910\nRegistration: Eventbrite \nThe 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. \nThe Lowcountry Book Club Convention will begin on Friday evening with a panel discussion among four authors: novelist Virginia Hall-Apicella (Even a Sparrow)\, journalist Michael DeWitt (The Fall of the House of Murdaugh)\, novelist Pete Masalin (Military Brat)\, and novelist Kim Poovey (Shadows of the War). Moderated by Conroy Center executive director Jonathan Haupt\, this opening session will be followed by a book signing and reception\, catered by Debbi Covington. This is a ticketed event\, held in bldg 12 of Beaufort’s TCL campus (104 Reynolds St.\, Beaufort). \nThe Convention continues on Saturday at the Culinary Institute of the South in Bluffton (1 Venture Dr.)\, with three author keynote conversations and gourmet box lunches catered by Debbi Covington. This year’s keynote authors are award-winning novelist Kimberly Brock (The Fabled Earth)\, award-winning public school librarian Amanda Jones (That Librarian)\, and award-winning novelist Rhonda McKnight (The Thing About Home). Each author discussion will be followed by a book signing. This is a ticketed event. \nRegistration: Eventbrite \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nSCHEDULE OF EVENTS\nFriday\, September 27 — TCL bldg 12\, Beaufort \n5:00-6:00 p.m. Local author panel discussion\, featuring novelist Virginia Hall-Apicella (Even a Sparrow)\, journalist Michael DeWitt (The Fall of the House of Murdaugh)\, novelist Pete Masalin (Military Brat)\, and novelist Kim Poovey (Shadows of the War) \n6:00-7:00 p.m. Book signing and reception\, catered by Debbi Covington \nSaturday\, September 28 — Culinary Institute of the South\, Bluffton \n9:30-10:00 a.m. Check-in Begins \n10:00-11:00 a.m. Keynote conversation with award-winning novelist Kimberly Brock\, author of The Fabled Earth \n11:00-11:30 a.m. Book signing break \n11:30-12:30 p.m. Keynote conversation with award-winning public school librarian Amanda Jones\, author of That Librarian \n12:30-1:30 p.m. Book signing break & lunch: gourmet box lunches\, catering by Debbi Covington. (Register by September 22 for lunch) \n1:30-2:30 p.m. Keynote conversation with award-winning novelist Rhonda McKnight\, author of The Thing About Home \n2:30-3:00 p.m. Final book signing break \nAbout the Featured Authors\nKimberly Brock is the bestselling author of The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare\, which was shortlisted for the prestigious Townsend Prize for Fiction\, and The River Witch\, recipient of the Georgia Author of the Year Award. Brock is the founder of Tinderbox Writers Workshop and has served as a guest lecturer for many regional and national writing workshops including at the Pat Conroy Literary Center. A native of North Georgia\, she now lives near Atlanta. Her latest novel\, The Fabled Earth\, will be published on October 1: \n“The Fabled Earth is a brilliantly layered\, unforgettable story of memory\, myth\, and found family. Off the coast of Georgia\, on Cumberland Island\, three separate women search for belonging in the wake of incomprehensible loss. Weaving a stunning Southern landscape\, Gilded Age glamour\, and the societal turmoil of the late 1950s\, Brock takes readers on an epic journey that conjures the longing of forgotten youth while simultaneously reminding us of its dangers. I have never read a novel where the author’s love of storytelling shines more brightly than this one.”–Lynda Cohen Loigman\, author of The Matchmaker’s Gift \nAmanda Jones has been an educator for 23 years\, at the same middle school she attended as a child. She has served as president of the Louisiana Association of School Librarians and won numerous awards for her work in school libraries\, including School Library Journal Librarian of the Year. A sought-after keynote speaker\, Amanda is a frequent volunteer for state and national library associations\, as well as a co-founder of the Livingston Parish Library Alliance and founding member of Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship. She lives in Livingston Parish\, Louisiana. \nThat Librarian is her first book: “[Jones] is frank\, open\, emotionally raw\, and unwavering. What she endured is every librarian’s worst nightmare\, yet she perseveres\, offering tips and playbooks for how readers can defend books about LGBTQIA+ topics of interest\, sexual health\, and more in their own public libraries. A must-read in order to understand the deep and lasting impact of online smear campaigns and enduring need to stand up for books. Jones is an inspiration to everyone combating book bans and her memoir/guidebook should be available to all to help us defend our right to read.” –Booklist (Starred Review) \nRhonda McKnight is the author of several bestselling novels\, including An Inconvenient Friend and What Kind of Fool. She is the winner of the 2015 Emma Award for Inspirational Romance of the Year. She loves reading and writing books that touch the heart of women through complex plots and interesting characters in crisis. Themes of faith\, forgiveness\, and hope are central to her stories. Originally from a small coastal town in New Jersey\, Rhonda writes from the comfort of her South Carolina home. \nThe Thing About Home is her most recent novel: “In this zippy outing from McKnight\, a humiliated social media influencer rediscovers her roots . . . McKnight lays out some vivid lowcountry history\, and her fully realized characters ring true.”–Publishers Weekly \nFEATURED LOCAL AUTHORS\nVirginia Hall-Apicella\nMichael Dewitt\nPete Masalin\nKim Poovey \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
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LOCATION:Culinary Institute of the South\, 1 Venture Dr\, Bluffton\, SC\, 29910\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Eighth Annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention
DESCRIPTION:When: Friday September 27\, 2024 5:00-7:00 pm EDT and Saturday\, September 28\, 2024 10:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT\nWhere:Friday: Technical College of the Lowcountry\, Bldg 12\, 104 Reynolds St.\, Beaufort | Saturday: Culinary Institute of the South | 1 Venture Dr\, Bluffton\, SC 29910\nRegistration: Eventbrite \nThe 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. \nThe Lowcountry Book Club Convention will begin on Friday evening with a panel discussion among four authors: novelist Virginia Hall-Apicella (Even a Sparrow)\, journalist Michael DeWitt (The Fall of the House of Murdaugh)\, novelist Pete Masalin (Military Brat)\, and novelist Kim Poovey (Shadows of the War). Moderated by Conroy Center executive director Jonathan Haupt\, this opening session will be followed by a book signing and reception\, catered by Debbi Covington. This is a ticketed event\, held in bldg 12 of Beaufort’s TCL campus (104 Reynolds St.\, Beaufort). \nThe Convention continues on Saturday at the Culinary Institute of the South in Bluffton (1 Venture Dr.)\, with three author keynote conversations and gourmet box lunches catered by Debbi Covington. This year’s keynote authors are award-winning novelist Kimberly Brock (The Fabled Earth)\, award-winning public school librarian Amanda Jones (That Librarian)\, and award-winning novelist Rhonda McKnight (The Thing About Home). Each author discussion will be followed by a book signing. This is a ticketed event. \nRegistration: Eventbrite \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nSCHEDULE OF EVENTS\nFriday\, September 27 — TCL bldg 12\, Beaufort \n5:00-6:00 p.m. Local author panel discussion\, featuring novelist Virginia Hall-Apicella (Even a Sparrow)\, journalist Michael DeWitt (The Fall of the House of Murdaugh)\, novelist Pete Masalin (Military Brat)\, and novelist Kim Poovey (Shadows of the War) \n6:00-7:00 p.m. Book signing and reception\, catered by Debbi Covington \nSaturday\, September 28 — Culinary Institute of the South\, Bluffton \n9:30-10:00 a.m. Check-in Begins \n10:00-11:00 a.m. Keynote conversation with award-winning novelist Kimberly Brock\, author of The Fabled Earth \n11:00-11:30 a.m. Book signing break \n11:30-12:30 p.m. Keynote conversation with award-winning public school librarian Amanda Jones\, author of That Librarian \n12:30-1:30 p.m. Book signing break & lunch: gourmet box lunches\, catering by Debbi Covington. (Register by September 22 for lunch) \n1:30-2:30 p.m. Keynote conversation with award-winning novelist Rhonda McKnight\, author of The Thing About Home \n2:30-3:00 p.m. Final book signing break \nAbout the Featured Authors\nKimberly Brock is the bestselling author of The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare\, which was shortlisted for the prestigious Townsend Prize for Fiction\, and The River Witch\, recipient of the Georgia Author of the Year Award. Brock is the founder of Tinderbox Writers Workshop and has served as a guest lecturer for many regional and national writing workshops including at the Pat Conroy Literary Center. A native of North Georgia\, she now lives near Atlanta. Her latest novel\, The Fabled Earth\, will be published on October 1: \n“The Fabled Earth is a brilliantly layered\, unforgettable story of memory\, myth\, and found family. Off the coast of Georgia\, on Cumberland Island\, three separate women search for belonging in the wake of incomprehensible loss. Weaving a stunning Southern landscape\, Gilded Age glamour\, and the societal turmoil of the late 1950s\, Brock takes readers on an epic journey that conjures the longing of forgotten youth while simultaneously reminding us of its dangers. I have never read a novel where the author’s love of storytelling shines more brightly than this one.”–Lynda Cohen Loigman\, author of The Matchmaker’s Gift \nAmanda Jones has been an educator for 23 years\, at the same middle school she attended as a child. She has served as president of the Louisiana Association of School Librarians and won numerous awards for her work in school libraries\, including School Library Journal Librarian of the Year. A sought-after keynote speaker\, Amanda is a frequent volunteer for state and national library associations\, as well as a co-founder of the Livingston Parish Library Alliance and founding member of Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship. She lives in Livingston Parish\, Louisiana. \nThat Librarian is her first book: “[Jones] is frank\, open\, emotionally raw\, and unwavering. What she endured is every librarian’s worst nightmare\, yet she perseveres\, offering tips and playbooks for how readers can defend books about LGBTQIA+ topics of interest\, sexual health\, and more in their own public libraries. A must-read in order to understand the deep and lasting impact of online smear campaigns and enduring need to stand up for books. Jones is an inspiration to everyone combating book bans and her memoir/guidebook should be available to all to help us defend our right to read.” –Booklist (Starred Review) \nRhonda McKnight is the author of several bestselling novels\, including An Inconvenient Friend and What Kind of Fool. She is the winner of the 2015 Emma Award for Inspirational Romance of the Year. She loves reading and writing books that touch the heart of women through complex plots and interesting characters in crisis. 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SUMMARY:Workshop: Grammar for Writers\, Led by Katherine Tandy Brown & Carol Lucas
DESCRIPTION:Register: patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nTuesday\, September 24\, 2024 · 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST\nCost: $45\nLimited to 15 participants\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St Beaufort\, SC 29902 \nNow that you’re writing a lot\, have you been wondering where that grammar you learned in school has gone? Have daily slang and colloquialisms wrecked your stories and articles? This practical workshop will take you back to Conjunction Junction and fill in all those “memory gaps.” You’ll be writing the king’s English in no time\, and your editors will be grateful! \nThis interactive writers workshop will be held at the Pat Conroy Literary Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort) on Tuesday\, September 24\, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Limited to 15 participants. $45/person. Advance registration required. \nLearn more and register at https://patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nAbout our instructors: \nKatherine Tandy Brown – Freelance travel writer\, workshop leader and writing coach for 30+ years; writing a memoir\, Anne\, Queen of the Wingchair\, and a novel\, Karma: An Equine Thriller; columnist for Lowcountry Weekly and The Lane Report. \n  \n  \nCarol Lucas – High school English teacher for 32 years; coordinator of Service Learning Program for 10 years; author of A Breath Away: One Woman’s Journey through Widowhood; weekly columnist for The Island News. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/workshop-grammar-for-writers-led-by-katherine-tandy-brown-carol-lucas/
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SUMMARY:An Evening with novelist Roger Jones\, author of The Final Victory
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 19\, 2024 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe 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). \nFree and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please call in advance to reserve: 843-379-7025. \nAbout The Final Victory\nIn a novel that fuses the riveting action of The Boys in the Boat with the emotional heft of The Fault in Our Stars\, twenty men and women with cancer-ridden bodies compete in a grueling race only to discover that real victory is achieved within. \nAfter he is diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer\, Tripp Avery feels like all is lost. He finds himself coaching a team of twelve men and eight women with cancer diagnoses of their own\, hoping to qualify for the Mixed Masters Dragon Boat national championship and defy their prognoses. If they win\, they will represent the United States at the International Dragon Boat races in Hong Kong. \nBut things soon get complicated\, as four of his teammates struggle against their physical limitations and the psychological weight of their conditions. In the summer heat of Chattanooga\, their resolve grows thin—along with Tripp’s patience. After a devastating loss to the defending national champions\, Tripp can only see the finish line\, and he pushes the team even harder. Soon\, the team starts to fall apart.\nAs members of the team collapse under the pressure and one is hospitalized\, he must confront his own failings and find a way to move forward. He begins to question his motives\, wondering if the win is worth the trauma and what that says about him. Despite the odds\, he resolves to rally the team toward a comeback that seems impossible\, if only for one final victory. \n“What is courage? In this notable debut\, Roger Jones explores the strength\, resilience\, compassion\, and willpower of a band of athletes who define courage and triumph over unspeakable odds. These twenty men and women overcome cancer to not merely win a national championship but to survive. I laughed. I cried. I was inspired. The Final Victory is an uplifting novel we all need to read.”—Mary Alice Monroe\, New York Times bestselling author \n“An inspiring and stirring tale of courage\, The Final Victory is inspired by the true story of a group of athletes who face life-threatening illnesses and are bonded together by their indomitable will to win. Jones gives us a novel that is equal parts laugh out loud funny\, moving\, and uplifting. You will love it!”—Patti Callahan Henry\, New York Times bestselling author \n“The Final Victory brilliantly demonstrates that women recovering from breast cancer can lead full and active lives — paddle for sure\, but also pick up and hug their grandchildren. Dragon boating challenges the limits of human performance\, especially for those with more than their share of hurdles to clear. That’s the magic that Roger Jones captures\, and that’s why The Final Victory is a great book.”—Dr. Don McKenzie\, Founder of the original Breast Cancer Dragon Boat team \nAbout the Author \nRoger Jones\, businessman\, philanthropist\, humanitarian and avid athlete has founded numerous business and community organizations. In 1996\, he started Companion Associates\, Inc.\, one of South Carolina’s largest privately held real estate development firms. Companion Associates was distinguished as one of South Carolina’s fastest growing companies by The South Carolina State Chamber of Commerce in 2006. Jones has helped establish and launch a number of non-profit organizations including Reading Partners of South Carolina\, Charleston Social Venture Partners\, and The Charleston Paddle Club. \nDuring a 2012 trip to East Germany to receive a newly developed intensive radiation treatment for Neuroendocrine Cancer\, Jones decided to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a writer. The Final Victory is his first novel. He has had articles and short stories published in several local publications as well as The Writers Digest. Married for forty-seven years\, he is the proud father of three children and grandfather of three grandchildren. His life’s greatest lesson is quoted by The Final Victory’s protagonist Tripp Avery\, “Forgiveness is the foundation of every miracle.” \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-novelist-roger-jones-author-of-the-final-victory/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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SUMMARY:Hilton Head Poetry Trail presented by poet Elizabeth Robin
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 14\, 2024 – 2:00-4:00 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nLet’s talk about the Hilton Head Poetry Trail \nHave 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. \nA marriage of technology\, creative writing\, public art\, and arts-minded businesses\, the Hilton Head Poetry Trail offers a new way to see Hilton Head Island: through the eyes of the poets who live there. Grabbing extra copies of Local Life Magazine? Scan the sign placed inside the front door and read a Pop-up Poets collaboration. Contemplating the landscape as you rest on Toni Morrison’s bench at Mitchelville Freedom Park? Read James Mallory’s poem “The Beautiful Couple.” Confused\, asking “What is it?” as you stare at Caracol in Shelter Cove Park? Scan the trail sign and Jacque Markham gives you one interpretation. \nIt’s the kind of collaboration that makes the arts an experience. A unique approach to a public arts project\, this trail brings poetry into public spaces in a permanent-yet-flexible medium. Because it uses QR codes\, the trail can track its visits and regularly switch out trail content to include more poets and poems at each site. Monthly visits have averaged over 300 readings from 20-plus states and 4 or more foreign countries in its first year. Some poems have been read over 1\,000 times! \nThe project is a partnership between the town of Hilton Head Island’s Office of Cultural Affairs and the Island Writers Network. The technology guru and idea man on the project is Bill Schmitt\, who developed the logo\, the sign design and Facebook page. Natalie Harvey\, the Director of Cultural Affairs\, oversees the sculptures approved for the project and the affixing of signs near the public art and park installations. Poet Elizabeth Robin recruited the poets and the businesses that are participating\, and pairs poems to locations. \nAbout the Presenter \nElizabeth Robin\, retired teacher and award-winning poet\, is the author of three collections of poems published by Finishing Line Press: To My Dreamcatcher (2022)\, Where Green Meets Blue (2018) and Silk Purses and Lemonade (2017). \nShe partnered with the Office of Cultural Affairs to establish the Hilton Head Poetry Trail\, a 25-station route of local poets. A Piccolo Spoleto Sundown Poet (2023)\, she won the 2021 Carrie McCray Nickens Fellowship\, was an Island Writers Network open mic emcee for eight years\, and creates literary programs on Hilton Head Island. Recent work appears in Tall Women\, The Jasper Project: Poetry of the People\, Poetry Society (SC) Yearbook\, Catfish Stew\, Ukweli\, Drunk Monkeys and others. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/hilton-head-poetry-trail-presented-by-poet-elizabeth-robin/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Talks and Lectures
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SUMMARY:September 2024 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.) on Thursday\, September 12\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is Deirdre Garr Johns\, author of the forthcoming children’s picture book Weathering the Storm and the forthcoming poetry chapbook Fallen Love. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. \nWhen: Thursday\, September 12\, 2024 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Conroy Center (601 Bladen St. Beaufort\, SC) \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our featured writer:\nDeirdre Garr Johns writes poetry\, nonfiction\, and children’s fiction. Her work is often inspired by the beauty of nature and the memories of people and places. Deirdre hopes to inspire others and create a sense of connectedness to the world around us. Deirdre’s poetry has appeared in Sylvia Magazine\, South Carolina Bards Poetry Anthology\, Eunoia Magazine\, Nymeria Magazine\, Silver Birch Press\, Stone Poetry Quarterly\, Pink Magazine\, and more. Her nonfiction has appeared in Sasee Magazine. \nFallen Love (Finishing Line Press)\, her first chapbook collection\, will be available for pre-sales this fall and published in January 2025. Her children’s book\, Weathering the Storm\, will be published later this fall. She currently resides in South Carolina with her family\, but Pennsylvania will always be home. She enjoyed a teaching career for eighteen years. Learn more at www.amuseofonesown.com \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/september-2024-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Open Mic Night
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SUMMARY:An Evening with lowcountry legend Ron Daise
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, September 10\, 2024 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe 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). \nFree and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please call in advance to reserve: 843-379-7025. \nAbout Raptors in the Ricelands\nIn the twenty-first century fictional community of Georgetown\, South Carolina\, a story unfolds revealing family secrets and conflicts that challenge cultural beliefs. With bighearted intention\, newlyweds Florence and Chadwick Wineglass attempt to promote economic legacy\, but their unconscious motives often ensnare those they assist. The Wineglasses become raptor-like in their generosity at a moment when other community members’ intentions also prove to be menacing. \nConveyed in four acts and with chapter names that follow the production stages of Carolina Gold Rice\, Raptors in the Ricelands spans the future\, the present\, and the past\, and fosters a message of connection with African diasporic communities around the globe. \nHistorical accounts include the Orangeburg Massacre; Black church life\, particularly in Oconee County as begun during slavery; the launch of White supremacy in Fort Mill; the Reconstruction Era; and the Universal Negro Improvement Association. \n“Ron Daise is an American griot. In this novel\, Daise welcomes us into his village and\, with his words\, feeds our imagination and spirit. His voice connects our past with the present and helps us to get a glimpse of what our future might look like. This modern-day Gullah tale reflects the experiences of many Americas; in fact\, it creates a bridge from the Lowcountry of South Carolina to the world.”–Alison Mc Letchie\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Social Sciences\, South Carolina State University \n“The many characters in this fictional story seem familiar and fully realized as Daise expertly shows the reader the connectivity between their lives\, their Gullah culture\, and the valuable “Carolina Gold” rice. Equally important in this book are the teachings of Marcus Garvey Jr.\, and the reminder that all that humanity can only move forward when we unselfishly commit to helping those most in need.’–Eric Crawford\, author of Gullah Spirituals: The Sound of Freedom and Protest in the South Carolina Sea Islands \nAbout the Author \nRon Daise\, a son of St. Helena Island\, SC\, is an author\, performer\, educator\, and cultural interpreter. His books\, productions\, and recordings have documented and shaped Gullah Geechee heritage since 1986. \nCo-star of “Gullah Gullah Island\,” Nick Jr. TV’s award-winning children’s program of the 1990s\, Ron also is a former chairman of the federal Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission\, and is featured in exhibits at the International African American Museum\, Charleston\, SC; the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture\, Washington\, DC; and Brookgreen Gardens\, Murrells Inlet\, SC. \nWhen not writing and performing\, Ron is a baker and owner of Mr. Ron’s Gullahlicious Pound Cakes. A graduate of Hampton Institute (now Hampton University)\, Ron and his wife Natalie reside in Georgetown\, SC\, and are parents of two adult children. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-lowcountry-legend-ron-daise/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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SUMMARY:An Evening with novelist Zackary Vernon\, author of Our Bodies Electric
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, August 23\, 2024 – 5:30-7:00 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe 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). \nFree and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please call in advance to reserve: 843-379-7025. \nAbout Our Bodies Electric\nTormented by his religious family and the broader conservative community of Pawley’s Island\, South Carolina\, fourteen-year-old Josh struggles with the pressure to conform to their puritanical standards. As he embarks upon his high school years\, Josh meets a supportive cast of eccentric small-town characters\, falls in love with his classmate\, becomes obsessed with David Bowie\, and fumbles in his attempts to make his own thongs. But it’s when his elderly neighbor gives him a copy of Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” that he begins to understand his own sexuality. Our Bodies Electric is a coming-of-age story that celebrates the exuberance of youth\, the individual quest for sexual identity\, and the joy of finding connections in the most unexpected of places. \n“In this spirited coming-of-age novel\, Zack Vernon vividly renders Josh and his fellow middle-school misfits as they seek understanding and acceptance in a world that wishes only to trap them into a stifling conformity. Our Bodies Electric is poignant and comic\, and Vernon’s linking Walt Whitman’s celebration of indi-viduality to the characters adds to the novel’s pleasures.”—Ron Rash\, author of The Caretaker\, Serena\, and In the Valley \n“I haven’t heard music so sweet and heartfelt since I first read Lewis Nordan. Imagine a novel that sings like a love-drunk cross between The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Breakfast Club. Now imagine it set in the sweltering heat of lowcountry South Carolina. Now imagine it told in the spirit of Walt Whitman. Now imagine that book in your hands.”—Mark Powell\, Hurricane Season and The Late Rebellion \nAbout the Author \nZackary Vernon is a writer and scholar based in Boone\, North Carolina. His work has appeared in a range of magazines and journals\, including The Bitter Southerner\, Carolina Quarterly\, and Southern Cultures\, and he received the Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize from the North Carolina Literary Review. \nHe is currently an Associate Professor of English at Appalachian State University. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-novelist-zackary-vernon-author-of-our-bodies-electric/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Photographic Prompts Led by Amber Wheeler Bacon
DESCRIPTION:Register: patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nWednesday August 14\, 2024 · 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT\nCost: $45\nLimited to 15 participants (A minimum of five participants is needed for this workshop.)\nVenue: Zoom \nAuthor Donna Baier Stein said that writers can use photography to “expand… meaning—not in terms of enlarging [an] original work\, but in terms of offering more possibilities.” \nIn 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. We’ll use the unconscious subtexts of these photos\, the befores and afters\, and the memories they evoke. We’ll also take a look at the objective properties of the photographs\, including composition and the objects within them to inspire us. \nThe workshop will include 4 prompts\, so come to this class ready to write. What creative possibilities are lying in wait in these photographs? Sign up and find out! All genres welcome! \nThis virtual workshop will be held via Zoom on August 14\, 6:00-8:00 p.m.\, limited to 15 participants. (A minimum of 5 needed to hold the class.) $45/person. \nLearn more and register at https://patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nAbout our instructor: \nAmber Wheeler Bacon is a writer and teacher whose work has appeared in Crazyhorse\, Ecotone\, Epiphany\, Five Points\, Prairie Schooner and Witness. You can find her writing online at Ploughshares and CRAFT. She’s the recipient of the 2018 Breakout Writers Prize sponsored by The Author’s Guild and a 2021 Bread Loaf scholarship. She received the 2022 Lit/South Award for flash fiction\, a 2023 Prairie Schooner Award and was a finalist for the 2023 Chautauqua Janus Prize\, nominated by Ecotone Magazine. \nAmber has an MFA from Bennington College and teaches English at Coastal Carolina University. She’s been a fiction editor at Four Way Review\, Managing Editor for South Carolina Writers Association publications and a daily editor at the Southern Review of Books. She lives by the beach in South Carolina and is represented by Amy Bishop-Wycisk at Trellis Literary Management. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
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LOCATION:Online – ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:August 2024 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held virtually on Thursday\, August 8\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is poet Jessica Goody\, author of Phoenix: Transformation Poems. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. \nWhen: Thursday\, August 8\, 2024 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Facebook Live \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our featured writer:\nJessica Goody is the award-winning author of Defense Mechanisms (Phosphene Publishing\, 2016) and Phoenix: Transformation Poems (CW Books\, 2019). Her writing has appeared in over one hundred publications\, including The Wallace Stevens Journal\, Reader’s Digest\, Phantom Drift\, The High Window\, Bird’s Thumb\, The Centrifugal Eye\, Really System\, Along Southern Roads\, Event Horizon\, The Dime Show Review\, Chicken Soup for the Soul\, The Seventh Wave\, Third Wednesday\, The MacGuffin\, Harbinger Asylum\, and The Maine Review. \nDefense Mechanisms was chosen as a “Power Read” by Hilton Head Monthly\, a Book of the Month by The Creativity Webzine\, and received an Honorable Mention for the 2020 North Street Book Prize. Jessica facilitated poetry slams and taught writing courses for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at USCB. She contributed poetry to the stage productions Womanhood and A Voyage of Poetic Discovery for the Sun City Community Theatre and CoronaVox: Stories from the Front for the Phamaly Theatre Company. \nA freelance journalist\, she has been a contributing writer for Hilton Head Monthly\, The Bluffton Sun\, SunSations\, Local Life and Bluffton Today. Jessica is the winner of the 2016 Magnets and Ladders Poetry Prize. Her poem “Beachcombing” was recently added to the Hilton Head Poetry Trail. \n“Phoenix: Transformation Poems is a rich triumph and marks its author\, once again\, as an artist whose work should be followed closely by those interested in the forces shaping the future of American poetry.”–Harvey Trabb\, author of September 19 \n“This is strong poetic work.”—Bill Newby\, author of Passing Through \n“Jessica Goody excels in description\, pulling in readers with her use of words to capture the senses.”–Harvee Lau\, Book Dilettante \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/august-2024-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Online – Facebook Live
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SUMMARY:Children's Book Fair 2024
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, July 27\, 2024 – 10 am – 2 pm EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 4 hrs\nLocation: Port Royal Sound Foundation Weezie Educational Pavilion | 130 Okatie Hwy\, Okatie\, SC 29909 \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe 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. \nPresented in partnership between the nonprofit Conroy Center\, the Port Royal Sound Foundation\, the Storybook Shoppe children’s bookstore\, and DAYLO: Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization\, this special event is free and open to the public. \nStudent volunteers from DAYLO will be hosting picture book read-alouds and bookmark art projects throughout the day. Featured middle-grade mysteries author Susan Diamond Riley will read from her newest Delta & Jax Mystery\, The Sea Devil’s Demise\, at 11:00 a.m. Featured bestselling children’s picture book author Antwan Eady will read from his newest book\, The Last Stand\, at 1:00 p.m. \nOther participating authors and artists include Patricia Bee\, author of Try’umsee’s Wings; Rebecca Chamberlain\, author and artist of Maralee & the Turtles of the Sea; Mary T. Jacobs\, author of the Big Daddy Series; Kellie Langan author of the Tinkie and Bobo series; Susan Montanari\, author of My Dog’s a Chicken; Katherine Robinson\, author of The Crabs on Calhoun; and Laurie Suber\, author of Hunting Island Adventures: A South Carolina State Park Adventure with Levi and Skylin. \nThe Storybook Shoppe will have additional local books available for sale. All participating authors will be available to sign copies of their books. And a food truck will be available for lunch purchases. \nAbout the Featured Authors:\nAuthor of the Delta & Jax Mysteries\, award-winning writer and editor Susan Diamond Riley has worked in the fields of publishing\, journalism\, and education for more than thirty years and has taught and tutored writing at the middle school\, high school\, and college levels. \nShe holds a master of arts degree in children’s literature and is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators\, the South Carolina Writers Association\, and the Island Writers Network. She currently lives on Hilton Head Island. \nAntwan Eady is the author of the award-winning picture book Nigel and the Moon (illustrated by Gracey Zhang) and the recently released The Last Stand (illustrated by Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey). \nDown the dirt roads of South Carolina’s lowcountry is where Antwan’s understanding of—and appreciation for—family\, community\, and land unfolded. Now he shares those stories with the world. When he isn’t writing\, he’s visiting schools\, libraries\, and colleges throughout the country. A graduate of Clemson University\, Antwan lives in Savannah\, Georgia. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/childrens-book-fair-2024/
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SUMMARY:An Evening with novelist Martha B. Boone\, author of Mother Charity
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, July 25\, 2024 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe 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). \nBooks will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited: please reserve in advance to attend this free author event: 843-379-7025. \nAbout Mother Charity\nEvolving from a naive girl to a competent female surgeon\, Elizabeth has survived the first round of surgery training. What happens next will change her or the hospital forever. After barely surviving her first six months as a trauma intern at Charity Hospital\, Dr. Elizabeth Roberts is exhausted from the long hours\, senseless violence\, and breakneck pace. Despite the tough experience\, she has grown to love New Orleans-its food\, culture\, music\, and people. But now she must endure the hardest rotation in the hospital\, led by her nemesis… who doesn’t think Elizabeth even belongs in the world of surgery. \nNavigating the brutal and exhilarating world of trauma surgery\, she wants to do her duty\, but has bitten off more than she can chew. It’s great training for a surgeon\, but the emotional toll on a previously sweet\, young southern lady may be too much to bear. Once the young doctor discovers what she has to give up to overcome her challenges\, the question arises: will she continue to pursue her dream? If so\, at what cost? \nThis sequel to Martha Boone’s novel The Big Free continues the gripping story of an intern in surgery and all the trials and tribulations that come with it\, from devastating horror to ribald dark humor. \nAbout the Author \nMartha B. Boone\, M.D. was a surgery resident and urology resident at Tulane and trained at Charity Hospital in New Orleans from 1985- 1991. She is one of the first one hundred women board certified in Urology in the United States. Boone retired from the practice of urology after 35 years to travel and write. \nShe was challenged by her mentor Dr. Norman McSwain to memorialize the great Charity Hospital in her novels. Mother Charity is her third book and the sequel to The Big Free. She is also the author of the nonfiction book\, The Unfettered Urologist. \n  \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. \n  \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-novelist-martha-b-boone-author-of-mother-charity/
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Jo Angela Edwins\, Poet Laureate of the Pee Dee
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, July 13\, 2024 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe 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 and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Please call to reserve your seat in advance: 843-379-7025. \nEdwins will also lead a poetry writing workshop earlier that afternoon\, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. \nAbout A Dangerous Heaven\nA Dangerous Heaven creates personal and political conversations that resound through both the sacred and the secular worlds. Jo Angela Edwins has spent the past many years excavating those personal relationships which shape and haunt us. She turns the same observant eye on events happening around the word. From “The Last Wild Elephant Alive” to “Death\, A Rock Icon\, and Sewage Pipes” Edwins is able to draw the reader into seeing events from her own unique perspective. \n“In A Dangerous Heaven\, Jo Angela Edwins walks us through a multi-layered grief process for accumulated wrongs and losses: historical\, biblical\, global\, national\, and personal. “It is your responsibility to grieve\,” one poem says\, and this is not a command\, but an acknowledgement. These poems don’t look away from wounds\, especially those of women\, and they don’t turn elsewhere for comfort\, yet they leave me feeling seen and comforted. Everyone needs to read this book.”–Katie Manning\, author of Tasty Other \n“An intimate volume with cosmic reach\, witty and compassionate\, A Dangerous Heaven transports us through a wide range of emotions\, carries us to lofty and surprising places which might be dangerous if we didn’t have Jo Angela Edwins’s sure hand to catch us\, to place our feet firmly on home soil. Crafted to honor insight and emotion\, these daring poems will keep us company over time\, like trusted friends.”–Marilyn Kallet\, author of Even When We Sleep \nAbout the Author\nJo Angela Edwins has published poems in over 100 journals and anthologies\, including Calyx\, descant\, The Hollins Critic\, and New South. She is the author of the collection A Dangerous Heaven (Gnashing Teeth Publishing\, 2023) and the chapbooks Bitten (forthcoming from dancing girl press\, 2024) and Play (Finishing Line Press\, 2016). \nShe has received awards from Winning Writers\, Poetry Super Highway\, and the SC Academy of Authors and is a Pushcart Prize\, Forward Prize\, Best of the Net\, and Bettering American Poetry nominee. A native of North Augusta\, she now lives in Florence\, where she teaches at Francis Marion University and serves as the first poet laureate of the Pee Dee region of South Carolina. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-jo-angela-edwins-poet-laureate-of-the-pee-dee/
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Mystifying the Familiar Led by Jo Angela Edwins
DESCRIPTION:Register: patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nSaturday\, July 13\, 2024 · 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST\nCost: $40\nLimited to 15 participants (A minimum of five participants is needed for this workshop.)\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St Beaufort\, SC 29902 \nIn 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. \nSaturday\, July 13\, 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the Pat Conroy Literary Center. Limited to 15 participants. (A minimum of five participants is needed for this workshop.) $40/person. \nLearn more and register at https://patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nAbout our instructor: \nJo Angela Edwins has published poems in over 100 journals and anthologies\, including Calyx\, descant\, The Hollins Critic\, and New South. She is the author of the collection A Dangerous Heaven (Gnashing Teeth Publishing\, 2023) and the chapbooks Bitten (forthcoming from dancing girl press\, 2024) and Play (Finishing Line Press\, 2016). \nShe has received awards from Winning Writers\, Poetry Super Highway\, and the SC Academy of Authors and is a Pushcart Prize\, Forward Prize\, Best of the Net\, and Bettering American Poetry nominee. A native of North Augusta\, she now lives in Florence\, where she teaches at Francis Marion University and serves as the first poet laureate of the Pee Dee region of South Carolina. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/workshop-mystifying-the-familiar-led-by-jo-angela-edwins/
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SUMMARY:July 2024 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.) on Thursday\, July 11\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is novelist Rebecca Thompson\, winner of the Ann Head Literary Prize and author of the duology The Girl of the Tree and Seeking the Truth. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. \nWhen: Thursday\, July 11\, 2024 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.)  \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our featured writer:\nRebecca Thompson started writing during the coronavirus pandemic\, determined to complete her first book. Not only has she successfully self-published one novel as a teen author\, but now two! \nThompson is the author of the novels The Girl of the Tree and its sequel Seeking the Truth. She is the 2024 winner of the Ann Head Literary Prize at Beaufort High School. She lives in the lowcountry of South Carolina with her mom\, dad\, brother\, two cats\, and fish. \n  \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/july-2024-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
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SUMMARY:An Evening with McCracken King Poston Jr.\, author of Zenith Man
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, June 27\, 2024 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe 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 and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing through the Beaufort Bookstore. Please call to reserve your seat in advance: 843-379-7025. \nAbout Zenith Man\nLike a nonfiction John Grisham thriller with echoes of Rainman\, Just Mercy\, and a captivating smalltown Southern setting\, this is the fascinating true story—sometimes humorous\, sometimes heartbreaking—of an idealistic young lawyer determined to free an innocent neurodivergent man accused of murdering the wife no one knew he had. \nIn October 1997\, the town of Ringgold in northwest Georgia was shaken by reports of a murder in its midst. A dead woman was found in Alvin Ridley’s house—and even more shockingly\, she was the wife no one knew he had. Was this small-town TV repair man “a harmless eccentric or a bizarre killer” (Atlanta Journal Constitution). For the first time\, Alvin Ridley’s own defense attorney reveals the inside story of his case and trial in an extraordinary tale of friendship and an idealistic young attorney’s quest to clear his client’s name—and\, in the process\, rebuild his own life. \nMcCracken Poston Jr. had been a state representative before he lost his bid for U.S. Congress and returned to his law career. Alvin Ridley was a local character who once sold and serviced Zenith televisions. Though reclusive and an outsider\, the “Zenith Man\,” as Poston knew him\, hardly seemed capable of murder. \nAlvin was a difficult client\, storing evidence in a cockroach-infested suitcase\, unwilling to reveal key facts to his defender. Gradually\, Poston pieced together the full story behind Virginia and Alvin’s curious marriage and her cause of death—which was completely overlooked by law enforcement. Calling on medical experts\, testimony from Alvin himself\, and a wealth of surprising evidence gleaned from Alvin’s junk-strewn house\, Poston presented a groundbreaking defense that allowed Alvin to return to his peculiar lifestyle\, a free man. \nYears after his trial\, Alvin was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder\, a revelation that sheds light on much of his lifelong personal battle—and shows how easily those who don’t fit societal norms can be castigated and misunderstood. Part true crime\, part courtroom drama\, and full of local color\, Zenith Man is also the moving story of an unexpected friendship between two very different men that changed—and perhaps saved—the lives of both. \n“A wild ride of love\, death\, and justice in small-town Georgia . . . McCracken Poston\, Jr shares intimate knowledge of a sensational case. This highly engaging read combines the best parts of hard-boiled true crime with a host of colorful characters\, a small-town Southern setting\, and Poston’s natural gift for gab. The results beg for an eight-part Netflix series.” —Atlanta Journal-Constitution \n“Wildly entertaining… Zenith Man is a true crime book\, but the events described seems more like a John Grisham novel.” —Mystery Tribune \n“Poston is a good storyteller and has a good story to tell\, with the kinds of twists and turns that will make readers think it’s great fiction—except it all happened.” —Jon Meacham\, New York Times bestselling author\, winner of the Pulitzer Prize \nAbout the Author\nMcCracken King Poston\, Jr.\, is a criminal defense attorney and former state legislator in the Georgia House of Representatives. He gained national attention for his handling of several notable cases that were featured on CNN Presents\, Dateline NBC\, A&E’s American Justice\, and Forensic Files. He lives in Ringgold\, Georgia. www.mccrackenpostonjr.com \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-mccracken-king-poston-jr-author-of-zenith-man/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Launch Drop In: Donna Keel Armer author of Moringa: Tree of Life ~ Book 2
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 15\, 2024 – 5:00-7:00 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe 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. No advance registration required. Books will be available for sale and signing. Refreshments will be provided. The author will speak briefly at 5:45 p.m. \nAbout Moringa: Tree of Life (Book 2 in the Cat Gabbiano Mystery Series) \nWho can you trust\, when you can’t even trust what is right in front of you? \nAfter the death of her best friend and her own near-death experience in Italy\, Cat Gabbiano returns to her home in the South Carolina Lowcountry. During Cat’s absence\, her business reputation was tarnished from the ongoing dispute with her most influential client. Her first goal is to reestablish her catering business with the help of her friend and colleague\, Cassie Burton. \nWhile scouting out a venue for a wedding reception at a long-vacated plantation\, Cat encounters a hammer-wielding assailant. Before the dust settles\, she’s contacted by an old classmate who swears he’s an undercover FBI agent. He not only warns her to stay away from the plantation\, but he tells her it’s under surveillance for human trafficking and trespassing could result in dire consequences. \nAlong with this startling revelation enters a Spanish count who insists on Cat becoming his confident as he tries to purchase the abandoned plantation for a life-sustaining project. Perhaps the count is interested in more than a business partnership. Has Cat already forgotten her Italian lover\, Lorenzo? Added to this mix of characters is a state senator who sweeps Cassie off her feet and into his web of deceit. Will Cassie betray Cat too? \nWill Cat discover the truth before it’s too late? Or will she end up in places far darker than the mafia she encountered in Italy? \n“Set against the backdrop of marshes and oaks draped with Spanish moss in South Carolina\, Moringa: Tree of Life is a page-turner of a mystery that addresses real life and difficult societal issues. As with Armer’s other novels\, readers are drawn into the lives of her characters and their stories and are pulling for them all the way. Moringa: Tree of Life is yet another beautifully crafted masterpiece destined for an award.”—Niles Reddick\, author of Who’s Going to Pray for Me Now? and Forgiven \n“Donna Keel Armer’s second novel in her Cat Gabbiano Mystery Series continues the spine-tingling page-turning allure of The Red Starfish. After fleeing Italy\, Cat returns to her South Carolina Lowcountry home. While struggling to rebuild her business\, she stumbles into a covert FBI operation on an abandoned plantation on the cusp of a wedding reception\, a setting interwoven with ties to a Spanish count\, a state senator\, and an undercover federal agent. Once again\, fate calls on Cat to solve a seemingly impossible mystery as she struggles to find her footing against the backdrop of corruption\, human trafficking\, and dangerous liaisons. Armer has gifted new and returning readers with a resolute and emphatic heroine\, one who fails and falls\, and nevertheless rises again. Cat’s appeal is universal; she is on a journey\, as are we all.” —Jonathan Haupt\, coeditor of Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy \n“Donna Keel Armer hits another home run with Moringa: The Tree of Life. An electrifying second novel in the Cat Gabbiano Mystery Series.” —Dana Ridenour\, author of the award-winning Lexie Montgomery FBI series \nAbout the Author \nDonna Keel Armer is the author of The Red Starfish\, Book #1 in the Cat Gabbiano Mystery Series\, and Solo in Salento: A Memoir\, which has been translated into Italian as Un’americana in Salento. She recently completed a book tour of Southern Italy. She’s a photojournalist and has published essays for travel anthologies and in magazines featuring photographs and articles on travel\, food and wine\, home and garden and various other topics. When she’s on the road\, she writes a private travelogue. \nShe graduated with honors from Mississippi University for Women with a double major in psychology and social sciences and graduate studies in theology. Her first job during high school was a gofer for a furniture company and her last position before turning to writing was president of the hospitality business owned by Donna and her husband Ray. In-between she’s been in senior management in both the insurance and airline industries. \nShe’s a former board member of Friends of the Library\, a member of Sea Island Spirit Writers\, and a docent at the Pat Conroy Literary Center. Donna and Ray split their time between their forever home in the South Carolina Lowcountry and their beloved Italy. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
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SUMMARY:June 2024 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held virtually on Thursday\, June 13\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is novelist Laura Mahaffey\, author of Subject to the Tide. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. \nWhen: Thursday\, June 13\, 2024 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Facebook Live  \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our featured writer:\nLaura Mahaffey writes romance with a dash of suspense\, a hint of folklore\, and a splash of magical realism. She loves to explore the potential of the unseen. Coastal South Carolina is home to some of her fondest memories. She’s kayaked its marshes\, explored its cemeteries\, and fell in love with its beauty during the four years she lived among the mysteries brewing in the Spanish Moss. Now\, she lives in the Pacific Northwest with her two dogs\, a dignified miniature schnauzer and a sassy shitzu.www.dooglewrites.com \n“Subject to the Tide is a beguiling novel weaving hints of romance and dark mystery into a dreamy\, love letter to the shadow haunted\, South Carolina coast. Amanda and Hal make for an entertaining tandem whose story you won’t want to put down.”–Erick Mertz\, author of the Strange Air Series \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
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SUMMARY:Book Signing: Up Here: The Hunting Island Lighthouse and its Lightkeepers
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 8th\, 2024 – 2:00-4:00 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe 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). \nAttendance is free and open to the public; copies of the book will be available for sale and signing. Book purchases benefit the Friends of Hunting Island and support the organization’s work at Hunting Island\, to include the current restoration of the 1875 Fresnel Lens. \nAbout Up Here\nUp Here\, The Hunting Island Lighthouse and its Lightkeepers tells the story in full detail for the first time with breathtaking photographs\, historical context\, 19th century design/architecture and never-before-published drawings from the Library of Congress. \n“At sunset on July 1\, 1859\, the Hunting Island Lighthouse emitted its first beacon of light to mariners\, protecting them from the perils of sandbars and treacherous currents near the coast. The lighthouse\, fitted with its giant-sized lens was so efficient that every 30 seconds the focused light from the simple oil lantern cast a beam 17 miles into the darkness.” \nSince the Hunting Island Lighthouse sent out its first beam of light into the dark night in 1859\, it has witnessed the making of history. Inside the pages of Up Here for the first time\, author and lighthouse historian Ted Panayotoff and Friends of Hunting Island president\, Linda Miller\, provide in detail the creation\, history and current state of this much-loved southern icon. You’ll learn about its lightkeepers and how they lived\, surviving all manner of adventures\, storms and hurricanes. With its dramatic black and white coloring and moveable design\, the lighthouse has witnessed the Atlantic waves caress the shores and storms unleash their fury. Amid this chaos\, the Hunting Island Lighthouse remains resolute\, a symbol of enduring hope and guidance. \nWith a foreword by noted New York Times bestseller\, Cassandra King\, Up Here not only showcases the photographic talent of the area’s finest photographers\, it underscores the importance of conservation and is a fundraising book for the Friends of Hunting Island and the causes they support including turtle conservation. \nUp Here is the new companion book to the award-winning Wild Island Nature about Hunting Island State Park\, published by Lydia Inglett Publishing/Starbooks. \nLearn more about the Friends of Hunting Island at www.friendsofhuntingisland.org. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/book-signing-up-here-the-hunting-island-lighthouse-and-its-lightkeepers/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Submissions Strategies Led by Amber Wheeler Bacon
DESCRIPTION:Register: patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nWednesday June 5\, 2024 · 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT\nCost: $45\nLimited to 15 participants (A minimum of five participants is needed for this workshop.)\nVenue: Zoom \nIn 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. We’ll also explore tools to finding literary magazines that are a best fit for your work\, how to rate them\, and when to submit to what. Finally\, we’ll look at strategies for submitting to contests. If submitting your work is in part a numbers game\, then this class is about figuring out your best odds. \nThis virtual workshop will be held via Zoom on June 5\, 6:00-8:00 p.m.\, limited to 15 participants. (A minimum of 5 needed to hold the class.) $45/person. \nLearn more and register at https://patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nAbout our instructor: \nAmber Wheeler Bacon is a writer and teacher whose work has appeared in Crazyhorse\, Ecotone\, Epiphany\, Five Points\, Prairie Schooner and Witness. You can find her writing online at Ploughshares and CRAFT. She’s the recipient of the 2018 Breakout Writers Prize sponsored by The Author’s Guild and a 2021 Bread Loaf scholarship. She received the 2022 Lit/South Award for flash fiction\, a 2023 Prairie Schooner Award and was a finalist for the 2023 Chautauqua Janus Prize\, nominated by Ecotone Magazine. \nAmber has an MFA from Bennington College and teaches English at Coastal Carolina University. She’s been a fiction editor at Four Way Review\, Managing Editor for South Carolina Writers Association publications and a daily editor at the Southern Review of Books. She lives by the beach in South Carolina and is represented by Amy Bishop-Wycisk at Trellis Literary Management. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/workshop-submissions-strategies-led-by-amber-wheeler-bacon/
LOCATION:Online – ZOOM
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