• 7th Annual March Forth

    Penn Center 16 Penn Center Circle West, St. Helena Island, SC, United States

    Our Conroy Center's seventh annual March Forth will be held on Saturday, March 4, and Sunday, March 5, with a special preview event the evening of Friday, March 3.

    $30
  • An Evening with Memoirist Donna Keel Armer

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

    The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host Donna Keel Armer author of the travel memoir Solo in Solento, on Thursday, March 16, at 5:00 p.m. Donna’s talk, “One Story, Two Books,” will explore her globetrotting experiences as her book was translated into Italian as Un’americana in Salento and she was invited on a recent book tour of Southern Italy and Sicily.

    Free
  • Book Launch: Slack Tide with Nancy Ritter

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

    Our nonprofit Conroy Center is honored to host the book launch for Slack Tide, the Beaufort-based debut novel from Nancy Ritter. This free public drop-in event will be held at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort) on Saturday March 18, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.

    Free
  • March 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
  • Evening with Post and Courier Journalist Adam Parker

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

    On Tuesday, April 4, at 5:00 p.m., the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center and the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce are honored to host veteran journalist for the Charleston Post and Courier, Adam Parker, to discuss his newest book, Us.

    Free
  • Kick-Start National Poetry Month Reading 2023

    Hilton Head Island Branch Library 11 Beach City Rd, Hilton Head Island, SC, United States

    The annual Kick-Start Poetry Month Reading honors the start of National Poetry Month each April and is hosted in partnership between the Hilton Head Island Writers' Network, the Hilton Head Island Office of Cultural Affairs, and the Pat Conroy Literary Center.

    Free
  • April 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
  • Book Launch: Jury of One with John Warley

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

    Our nonprofit Conroy Center is honored to host the book launch for Jury of One, the new Beaufort-based legal thriller from novelist John Warley.

    Free
  • Evening with USA Today Bestselling Novelist Colleen Oakley

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

    The Pat Conroy Literary Center, NeverMore Books, and The Rhett House Inn will host an evening with USA Today bestselling novelist Colleen Oakley, author of the newly released The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise--named a Most Anticipated New Release of 2023 by Southern Living and Today.

    $36
  • Beaufort Human Library, Third Edition

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

    The third edition of the Beaufort Human Library will be held on opening day of National Library Week: Sunday, April 23, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in MacLean Hall, building 12 of the Technical College of the Lowcountry (TCL), at 104 Reynolds Street in Beaufort. Free and open to the public.

    Free
  • Pat Conroy Book Club: The Boo

    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: 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