Thursday October 1 – 4:00-6:00 PM EDT Price: Free Registration: Refreshments from the Pat Conroy Cookbook will be served and space is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025. Venue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St., Beaufort Join us for a book launch and lowcountry celebration in honor of Lynn Seldon's new book:Pat Conroy's Lowcountry. ABOUT THE BOOK: Discover the landscapes, culture, and communities that shaped one of the South’s most beloved literary voices through an immersive journey across South Carolina’s storied [...]

THE AUCTION IS LIVE NOW (The end date is actually Oct 20; will change as we get closer- Facebook Events will not let us put an end date more than 2 weeks away.OCT 20 at 9P is the end date.) Please help the Conroy Literary Center by participating in our Literary Festival Online Auction. Many items are one-of-a-kind, many signed by Pat, used by Pat, rare first edition signed books, Beaufort experiences, jewelery, etc. All of these come directly from the Pat Conroy Literary Center, [...]

Tickets NOW ON SALE! The 11th Annual Conroy Festival will be held on Thursday October 22,through Sunday, October 25, as a series of free and ticketed events in Beaufort, SC, featuring author discussions, writers workshops, a screening of one of a film adaptation of one of Pat's beloved novels, and more.Here is the schedule: October 22 Welcome Party and Silent Auction, 601 Bay Street (The Prince of Tides House), 5:30-8:00 October 23 10-12 noonTruth or Dare, panel discussion, USC-B Auditorium, 805 Carteret St. 1:15-3:30pm Silver [...]

Thursday October 29 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT Price: Free Registration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025. Venue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St., Beaufort ABOUT THE BOOK: Sadie Bird lives in Shaconage, North Carolina, with Lazarus, a mixed-breed dog she rescued from the forest. Sadie supports herself by harvesting medicinal plants which she uses in her tonics and salves. Having recently buried her husband and children, Sadie is more worried about surviving the winter than the federal government's plan [...]

Thursday November 12 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT Price: Free Registration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025. Venue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St., Beaufort ABOUT THE BOOK: In the latest of Ellery Adams' USA Today bestselling series, as clouds gather over the Great Smoky Mountains, an absent groom, a stolen historical document, and a book club coming apart at the seams stir up a different sort of storm in this engaging mystery. How far will one book lover go [...]

Lowcountry Children’s Book Fair Returns to Bluffton for Ninth Annual Celebration of Reading. Free event on November 14 at Tanger 1 features 16 children’s authors, interactive storytimes, book signings, and a holiday celebration. Young readers and their families are invited to celebrate the joy of reading at the 9th annual Lowcountry Children’s Book Fair on Saturday, November 14, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Tanger 1 in Bluffton. This free community event will bring together 16 children’s authors from across the Southeast for an afternoon [...]

Thursday December 8 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT Price: Free Registration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025. Venue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St., Beaufort ABOUT THE BOOK: WHICH IS STRONGER? THE LOVING BOND BETWEEN A BLACK MAN AND HIS WHITE BROTHER OR THE RACISM THAT PULLS THEM APART? Based on a North Carolina Family’s True Story, New Novel Brings to Life the Contrasting Childhoods, Military Experiences and Futures of a Black Man and a White Man Raised Together—and the [...]

Thursday Januart 28 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT Price: Free Registration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025. Venue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St., Beaufort ABOUT THE BOOK: Belle Haven Finishing School is an intergenerational tale about a Southern finishing school set in 1951 and 1987, inspired by the true story of a decades-old cover-up that binds two women together, thirty years apart. “There are times when the greater good must take precedence,” he said. “When the sacrifices of the [...]