July 2023 Open Mic Night
Online - Facebook LiveOur monthly virtual Open Mic Night is presented in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center, and the South Carolina Writers Association.
Free
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An Evening with Kerry Peresta, Author of The Torching
Beaufort Bookstore 2127 Boundary St, Beaufort, SC, United StatesBeaufort Bookstore and the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with suspense novelist Kerry Peresta, author of The Torching (book 3 in the Olivia Callahan series), on Wednesday, July 19, at 5:00 p.m. at the Beaufort Bookstore (2127 Boundary St #15, Beaufort).
Free
Workshop: Interiority with Amber Wheeler Bacon
Online - ZOOMIn this class, we’ll work on engaging with a character’s thoughts and feelings in ways that move beyond these cliches, using specificity and deepening character. This will be a generative workshop. Using your own characters and their harrowing situations, we’ll look at, discuss and practice Rebecca Makkai’s four techniques to writing interiority: Action, Thought, Specific Physical Interiority and Tangential Thought.
$45
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Haiku Night Featuring Natasha Akery and Miho Kinnas
Online - ZOOMThis highly interactive virtual session will feature Natasha Akery's new book of haiku, in [the name], and other haiku. Akery has published her work on social media for years, and also uses haiku in her classrooms as a teaching tool. Aided by fellow poet Miho Kinnas, Akery will discuss various topics on haiku and welcome questions from the audience.
Free
Pat Conroy Book Club: The Lords of Discipline
The Rhett House Inn 1009 Craven St., Beaufort, SC, United StatesThe 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
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Children’s Book Fair 2023
Port Royal Sound Foundation Weezie Educational Pavilion 310 Okatie Hwy, OkatieDinah Johnson will be the special guest author at the Pat Conroy Literary Center’s annual Children’s Book Fair, to be held on Tuesday, August 8, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Port Royal Sound Foundation Weezie Educational Pavilion
Free
An Evening with USA Today Bestselling Author Leonard Goldberg
NeverMore Books 910 Port Republic St, Beaufort, SC, United StatesNeverMore 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 StatesOur 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 StatesThe 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 StatesThe 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 StatesAs 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
An Evening with T. M. Brown, author of The Last Laird of Sapelo, in conversation with Bren McClain
Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United StatesThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with novelist T.M. Brown, author of The Last Laird of Sapelo, in conversation with Willie Morris Award-winning novelist Bren McClain.
Free
September 2023 Open Mic Night
Online - Facebook LiveOur 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 StatesThe 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 StatesThe 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 StatesThe 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 StatesThe 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 StatesThe 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 StatesThe 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
Workshop (4 Sessions): Fireflies at Night Flash Fiction with Amber Wheeler Bacon
Online - ZOOMIn this class, we’ll study some of the best flash fictions around, from Amy Hempel to Venita Blackburn. We’ll write one to two flash fiction pieces each week and share our work for feedback in small groups.
$45 – $150