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Pat Conroy Book Club: The Lords of Discipline

The Rhett House Inn 1009 Craven St., Beaufort, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center and the award-winning Rhett House Inn will host a monthly book club discussion of Pat Conroy's dozen books in order of publication, moderated by Charlene Spearen and Jonathan Haupt.

$10

An Evening with USA Today Bestselling Author Leonard Goldberg

NeverMore Books 910 Port Republic St, Beaufort, SC, United States

NeverMore Books and the Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with USA Today bestselling mystery novelist Leonard Goldberg, author of The Wayward Prince (Book 7 in the Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Series), in conversation with Conroy Center executive director Jonathan Haupt.

Free

August 2023 Open Mic Night

Sandies 711 Bladen St., Beaufort, SC, United States

Our monthly virtual Open Mic Night is presented in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center, and the South Carolina Writers Association.

Free

An Evening with Amy Paige Condon

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with Amy Paige Condon, author of A Nervous Man Shouldn't Be Here in the First Place: The Life of Bill Baggs, newly released in paperback.

Free

Pat Conroy Book Club: The Prince of Tides

The Rhett House Inn 1009 Craven St., Beaufort, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center and the award-winning Rhett House Inn will host a monthly book club discussion of Pat Conroy's dozen books in order of publication, moderated by Charlene Spearen and Jonathan Haupt.

$10

Tuesday Talk: Patrick Dean, Author of Nature’s Messenger

Port Royal Sound Maritime Center 310 Okatie Hwy, Okatie, SC, United States

As part of their Tuesday Talks series, the Port Royal Sound Foundation Maritime Center, in partnership with the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, will host an afternoon lecture by Patrick Dean, author of the recently published book Nature's Messenger: Mark Catesby and His Adventures in a New World.

$10

September 2023 Open Mic Night

Online - Facebook Live

Our monthly virtual Open Mic Night is presented in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center, and the South Carolina Writers Association.

Free

An Evening with Susan Beckham Zurenda

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center and NeverMore Books will host an evening with novelist Susan Beckham Zurenda, author of The Girl from the Red Rose Motel, on September 19, at 5:00 p.m. Zurenda will be joined in conversation by bestselling author Cassandra King, author of Tell Me a Story: My Life with Pat Conroy.

Free

Panel Discussion – All Night, All Day: Life, Death & Angels

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host a panel discussion and book signing for the anthology All Night, All Day: Life, Death & Angels on Thursday, September 21, at 5:00 p.m.

Free

Pat Conroy Book Club: Beach Music

The Rhett House Inn 1009 Craven St., Beaufort, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center and the award-winning Rhett House Inn will host a monthly book club discussion of Pat Conroy's dozen books in order of publication, moderated by Charlene Spearen and Jonathan Haupt.

$10

The Seventh Annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention

Culinary Institute of the South 1 Venture Dr, Bluffton, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host the 7th annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention on Saturday, September 30, at the Culinary Institute of the South in Bluffton, SC.

$15 – $40

An Evening with Terah Shelton Harris

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with novelist Terah Shelton Harris, author of One Summer in Savannah, on Friday, October 6, at 5:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.).

Free

Book Launch: The Red Starfish with Donna Keel Armer

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center is honored to host a free public drop-in launch event for Donna Keel Armer’s The Red Starfish ~ Book #1 in the Cat Gabbiano Mystery Series. Join us on Saturday, October 7, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at 601 Bladen St., in downtown Beaufort. No advance registration required.

Free

October 2023 Open Mic Night

Sandies 711 Bladen St., Beaufort, SC, United States

Our monthly Open Mic Night is presented in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center, and the South Carolina Writers Association.

Free

Workshop: Writing for Your Readers: A Four-Day Editing Workshop Led by Leslie Rindoks

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

In this highly interactive four-day workshop, we’ll reactivate (and even befriend) our inner editors. We’ll examine other writers’ early drafts, try our hand at editing those, and compare our efforts to final, published versions. Instead of worrying where to put commas, we’ll explore where our characters are, what they’re saying and doing, and why.

$2225

Book Launch: No True Route with Tim Conroy

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center is honored to host a free public drop-in launch event for poet Tim Conroy's second book, No True Route. Join us on Wednesday, October 25, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at 601 Bladen St., in downtown Beaufort.

Free

2023 Festival Day One

The annual Conroy Festival began as Pat Conroy’s 70th birthday celebration in October 2015 and now continues as an annual signature event of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center. The festival is made possible each year by a generous gift from the Robert S. Handler Trust and through collaborations with a pantheon of community partners

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