June 2024 Open Mic Night
Our monthly Open Mic Night is presented in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center, and the South Carolina Writers Association.
Free
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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 StatesThe 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.
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An Evening with McCracken King Poston Jr., author of Zenith Man
Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United StatesThe 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).
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July 2024 Open Mic Night
Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United StatesOur monthly Open Mic Night is presented in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center, and the South Carolina Writers Association.
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Workshop: Mystifying the Familiar Led by Jo Angela Edwins
Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United StatesIn this workshop, we’ll discuss how imaginative unions in poems can lead to insight. We’ll look at poems like Billy Collins’ “Hippos on Holiday” or Heid E. Erdrich’s “Indigenous Elvis at the Airport” to see the effect of the juxtaposition of the ordinary and the unexpected. As a generative exercise, we’ll also do a writing activity to inspire the beginnings of such a poem.
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An Evening with Jo Angela Edwins, Poet Laureate of the Pee Dee
Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United StatesThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with Jo Angela Edwins, Poet Laureate of the Pee Dee and author of A Dangerous Heaven, on Saturday, July 13, at 5:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort).
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An Evening with novelist Martha B. Boone, author of Mother Charity
Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United StatesThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with retired surgeon turned novelist Martha B. Boone, author of Mother Charity, in conversation with retired FBI Special Agent turned novelist Dana Ridenour, author of the Lexie Montgomery Series, on Thursday, July 25, at 5:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort).
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Children’s Book Fair 2024
Port Royal Sound Foundation Weezie Educational Pavilion 310 Okatie Hwy, OkatieThe Pat Conroy Literary Center’s annual Lowcountry Children’s Book Fair will be held on Saturday, July 27, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Port Royal Sound Foundation Weezie Educational Pavilion (310 Okatie Hwy, Okatie). The Maritime Center will also be open to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and admission is free.
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August 2024 Open Mic Night
Online - Facebook LiveOur monthly Open Mic Night is presented in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center, and the South Carolina Writers Association.
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Workshop: Photographic Prompts Led by Amber Wheeler Bacon
Online - ZOOMIn this workshop, Expose & Compose: Photographic Prompts led by Amber Wheeler Bacon, we use a combination of professional and amateur photography, including our own family photos, in conversation with poems and short prose to generate creative new work.
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An Evening with Novelist Zackary Vernon, Author of Our Bodies Electric
601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States, South Carolina 29902The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with novelist Zackary Vernon, author of Our Bodies Electric, on Friday, August 23, at 5:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort). Free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please call in advance to reserve: 843-379-7025. About the Book and Author: Tormented by his religious family and the broader conservative community of Pawley’s Island, South Carolina, fourteen-year-old Josh struggles with the pressure to [...]
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An Evening with novelist Zackary Vernon, author of Our Bodies Electric
Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United StatesThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with novelist Zackary Vernon, author of Our Bodies Electric, on Friday, August 23, at 5:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort).
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An Evening with lowcountry legend Ron Daise
Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United StatesThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with lowcountry legend Ron Daise, author of the newly published novel Raptors in the Ricelands, on Tuesday, September 10, at 5:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort).
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An Evening with Lowcountry Legend Ron Daise, Author of Raptors in the Ricelands
601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States, South Carolina 29902The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with lowcountry legend Ron Daise, author of the newly published novel Raptors in the Ricelands, on Tuesday, September 10, at 5:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort). Free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please call in advance to reserve: 843-379-7025. About the Book and Author: In the twenty-first century fictional community of Georgetown, South Carolina, a story unfolds revealing family secrets [...]
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September 2024 Open Mic Night
Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United StatesOur monthly Open Mic Night is presented in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center, and the South Carolina Writers Association.
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Open Mic Night — Featuring Deirdre Garr Johns
601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States, South Carolina 29902The Pat Conroy Literary Center's monthly Open Mic Night will be held at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.) on Thursday, September 12, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is Deirdre Garr Johns, author of the forthcoming children’s picture book Weathering the Storm and the forthcoming poetry chapbook Fallen Love. Open Mic will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other writers in many genres. Interested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org. About [...]
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Hilton Head Poetry Trail presented by poet Elizabeth Robin
Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United StatesHave you heard? Hilton Head Island has a poetry trail! Want to visit but can’t get there now? Know what’s in store before you go? Learn how to create a trail in your own town? Join us for a special presentation by award-winning poet Elizabeth Robin, all about the Hilton Head Poetry Trail.
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The Hilton Head Poetry Trail — A Presentation by Poet Elizabeth Robin
601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States, South Carolina 29902Let's talk about the Hilton Head Poetry Trail Have you heard? Hilton Head Island has a poetry trail! Want to visit but can’t get there now? Know what’s in store before you go? Learn how to create a trail in your own town? Join us for a special presentation by award-winning poet Elizabeth Robin, all about the Hilton Head Poetry Trail. A marriage of technology, creative writing, public art, and arts-minded businesses, the Hilton Head Poetry Trail offers a new way to see Hilton Head [...]
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An Evening with novelist Roger Jones, author of The Final Victory
Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United StatesThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with novelist Roger Jones, author of The Final Victory, on Thursday, September 19, at 5:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort).
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An Evening with Novelist Roger Jones, Author of The Final Victory
601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United States, South Carolina 29902The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with novelist Roger Jones, author of The Final Victory, on Thursday, September 19, at 5:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort). Free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please call in advance to reserve: 843-379-7025. About the Book: In a novel that fuses the riveting action of The Boys in the Boat with the emotional heft of The Fault in Our Stars, [...]