• April 2024 Open Mic Night

    Online - Facebook Live

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

    Free
  • Evening with novelist Carolyn P. Hartley, author of the Buried Sunshine Series

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

    The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, in collaboration with the award-winning Rhett House Inn, will host an evening with historical novelist Carolyn P. Hartley, author of the Buried Sunshine Series, on Thursday, April 18, at 5:00-7:00 p.m., at the Rhett House Inn (1009 Craven St., Beaufort).

    $15
  • Workshop: Grants Make Cents Led by Penny Federspill

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

    Need alone is not enough to win grants. Led by Penny Federspill, Grants Make Cents will provide the basic skills needed to learn the essential elements of successful grant writing. These elements include methods of finding an appropriate grant funder, from your own backyard to paid research data firms.

    $25
  • An Evening with poet Ray McManus

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

    he nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with award-winning poet Ray McManus, author of The Last Saturday in America, on Thursday, April 25, at 5:00 p.m., at the Rhett House Inn's garden (1009 Craven St., Beaufort).

    Free
  • Pat Conroy Book Club: A Lowcountry Heart

    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 Mark Larson, Award-winning Educator and Author

    Beaufort Bookstore 2127 Boundary St, Beaufort, SC, United States

    The Beaufort Bookstore and the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with Mark Larson, award-winning educator and author of Working in the 21st Century: An Oral History of American Work in a Time of Social and Economic Transformation, on Monday, April 29, at 5:00 p.m., at the Beaufort Bookstore (2127 Boundary St, #15, Beaufort).

    Free
  • South Carolina Academy of Authors 2024 Induction – Main Event

    Beaufort Holiday Inn & Suites Conference Center 2225 Boundary St., Beaufort, United States

    South Carolina Literary Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Dinner at the Culinary Institute of the South (1 Venture Dr., Bluffton). Honorees William P. Baldwin and Harlan Greene will be recognized in person. Marcus Amaker is unable to attend, but will appear in a pre-recorded video acceptance. Ann Head will be represented by her daughters, Nancy Thode and Stacey Ahner.

    $55
  • May 2024 Open Mic Night

    Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, 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
  • An Afternoon with novelist Caroline Cleveland

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

    The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an afternoon with debut novelist Caroline Cleveland, author of When Cicadas Cry, on Saturday, May 11, at 2:00 p.m., at Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort).

    Free
  • An Evening with Mindy Friddle, author of Her Best Self

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

    In partnership with NeverMore Books, the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with award-winning novelist Mindy Friddle, author of Her Best Self, in conversation with Conroy Center executive director Jonathan Haupt

    Free
  • Workshop: Submissions Strategies Led by Amber Wheeler Bacon

    Online - ZOOM

    In 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.

    $45
  • Book Signing: Up Here: The Hunting Island Lighthouse and its Lightkeepers

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

    The 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).

    Free
  • June 2024 Open Mic Night

    Online - Facebook Live

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

    Free
  • Book Launch Drop In: Donna Keel Armer author of Moringa: Tree of Life ~ Book 2

    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 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.

    Free
  • An Evening with McCracken King Poston Jr., author of Zenith Man

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

    The 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
  • July 2024 Open Mic Night

    Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, 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