• 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
  • 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