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Workshop: Therapeutic Journaling with Sandra E. Johnson

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

This interactive writing workshop will highlight how to use therapeutic journaling to become more resilient by transforming traumatic events into opportunities for growth, reframing failures into successes, and changing unhelpful habits into ones that strengthen wellbeing.

$45

May 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

Book Launch: Rainbow Warrior with Jacquelyn Markham

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

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center is honored to host a public launch event for Jacquelyn Markham’s new collection of poetry, Rainbow Warrior, on Thursday, May 18, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 601 Bladen St., in downtown Beaufort.

Free

Pat Conroy Book Club: The Water is Wide

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 Novelist Kristen Ness

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

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host Kristen Ness, author of the debut novel At Loggerheads, on Friday, May 26, at 5:30 p.m. Free and open to the public, this special author event will be held at the Conroy Center, 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort.

Free

Workshop: Two-Sentence Elevator Pitch with Ann Garvin

Online - ZOOM

In this virtual workshop led by USA Today bestselling novelist and Tall Poppy Writers founder Ann Garvin, you will learn how to get to the very heart of your project and make certain that the story you're working on is compelling and clear. Even the most complicated or quiet of tales can be pitched in such a way that people will sit up and take notice.

$45

June 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, the South Carolina Writers Association and Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce.

Free

Camp Conroy: Summer Camp for Young Writers & Artists 2023

Beaufort Middle School 2501 Mossy Oaks Rd., Beaufort, SC, United States

Camp Conroy is a two-week day camp build-a-book experience for young writers and artists, ages 8 to 14. Participants will create independently and collaboratively as they research, write, illustrate, edit, design, and ultimately publish a book together.

$300

Pat Conroy Book Club: The Great Santini

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

Workshop: June 2023 Writing Family Stories with Estelle Ford-Williamson

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

Whether your goal is a family-only writing project or maybe something a lot bigger, begin writing and sharing with other writers in this follow-up to the February class. This course will enable you to start (or continue) the process with a goal of completing a project in the fall.

$45

An Evening with Ruth P. Watson, Author of A Right Worthy Woman

Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce 711 Bladen St, Beaufort, SC, United States

In partnership with the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce, the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with historical novelist Ruth P. Watson, author of the newly published A Right Worthy Woman.

Free

An Afternoon with Beatriz Williams

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

The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Literary Center will host an afternoon with New York Times bestselling novelist Beatriz Williams, author of The Beach at Summerly, on Sunday, July 9, at 2:00 p.m. Free and open to the public, this event will be held at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort).

Free

July 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 Kerry Peresta, Author of The Torching

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

Beaufort 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 - ZOOM

In 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

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
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