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2022 Festival Day One

Beaufort, SC, United States

The annual Conroy Festival began as Pat Conroy’s 70th birthday celebration in October 2015 and now continues as an annual signature event of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center. The festival is made possible each year by a generous gift from the Robert S. Handler Trust and through collaborations with a pantheon of community partners

2022 Festival Day Two

Beaufort, SC, United States

The annual Conroy Festival began as Pat Conroy’s 70th birthday celebration in October 2015 and now continues as an annual signature event of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center. The festival is made possible each year by a generous gift from the Robert S. Handler Trust and through collaborations with a pantheon of community partners

2022 Festival Day Three

Beaufort, SC, United States

The annual Conroy Festival began as Pat Conroy’s 70th birthday celebration in October 2015 and now continues as an annual signature event of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center. The festival is made possible each year by a generous gift from the Robert S. Handler Trust and through collaborations with a pantheon of community partners

An Evening of Poetry with Glenis Redmond and Marlanda Dekine

Sandies 711 Bladen St., Beaufort, SC, United States

Poet Glenis Redmond is a 2022 inductee of the South Carolina Academy of Authors (the Palmetto State’s Literary Hall of Fame) and a 2020 recipient of the South Carolina Governor’s Award for the Arts. Poet Marlanda Dekine is newly named as the South Carolina Arts Commission Fellow for Spoken Word / Slam Poetry and winner of the 2021 New Southern Voices Poetry Prize.

Free

Workshop: Creating Couplets and Ekphrastic Poetry with Glenis Redmond

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

SC Academy of Authors inductee, Upstate South Carolina poet, and teaching artist Glenis Redmond explores the power of poetry through the legacy of David Drake, also known as Dave the Potter, an enslaved potter-poet from Aiken, South Carolina.

$45

Book Signing at Grayco’s Annual Holiday Open House

Grayco 136 Sea Island Pkwy, Beaufort, SC, United States

As part of this year's annual Holiday Open House at Grayco (136 Sea Island Parkway, Lady's Island), the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host a multi-author book signing. Join us at Grayco from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 10

Free

November 2022 Open Mic Night

Online - Facebook Live

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

Free

Beaufort Human Library, Second Edition

Technical College of the Lowcountry - Building 12 Auditorium 104 Reynolds Street, Bldg 12, Beaufort, SC, United States

The second edition of the Beaufort Human Library will be held as a free public event on Sunday, November 13, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., at the Technical College of the Lowcountry's MacLean Hall (104 Reynolds St, bldg 12, Beaufort, SC), in partnership with TCL, the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, the Beaufort County Library System, the Storybook Shoppe, the Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization, and community organizers and volunteers.

Free

An Evening of Poetry with Libby Bernardin and Jane Zenger

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

Our nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening of poetry with Libby Bernardin, author of House in Need of Mooring (Press 53) and Jane Zenger, author of Night Bloomer (Muddy Ford Press) on Tuesday, November 15, at 5:00 p.m. at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.).

Free

Conversation with YA Novelist Kalynn Bayron Nov 2022

Online - ZOOM

In this special virtual event of the Bluffton Book Festival, New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron will discuss her YA fantasy novel This Wicked Fate, her highly anticipated sequel to This Poison Heart, in conversation with book reviewers Millie Bennett and Jonathan Haupt, as well as a live in-studio audience of students from Bluffton High School.

Free

An Evening with Carla Damron, author of The Orchid Tattoo

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

Our nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with award-winning novelist Carla Damron, author of The Orchid Tattoo, in conversation with Conroy Center executive director Jonathan Haupt on Tuesday, November 29, at 6:00 p.m. at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.).

Free

December 2022 Open Mic Night

Online - Facebook Live

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

Free

Book Challenges Forum 2022

Technical College of the Lowcountry - Building 12 Auditorium 104 Reynolds Street, Bldg 12, Beaufort, SC, United States

Join us for a public conversation about the forces, funding, and politics surrounding banned books, censorship, and challenges to free speech and intellectual freedom.

Free

January 2023 Open Mic Night

Online - Facebook Live

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

Free

An Evening with Beth M. Howard, Author of World Piece

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

THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. Please sign up for the waiting list to be contacted if there is a cancelation. Thank you for your interest! The Pat Conroy Literary Center and The Rhett House Inn will host an evening of pie and stories with Beth M. Howard, author of World Piece: A Pie Baker's Global Quest for Peace, Love, and Understanding.

$25

Workshop: Creating Your Writing Practice

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

UPDATE: This workshop is now Sold Out. Four award-winning novelists--Mindy Friddle, Rebecca T. Godwin, J.C. Sasser, and Michel Stone--will share their instructive insights on how to cultivate resilience, stoke your creativity, and find success as a writer.

$45
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