August 2022 Open Mic Night
Online - Facebook LiveOur monthly virtual Open Mic Night is presented on Zoom in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center and the South Carolina Writers Association.
Free
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Workshop (Part 1): Demystifying the Poetic Form with Charlene Spearen
Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United StatesPoetry 101 is a free two-part in-person introductory poetry writing workshop led by Charlene Spearen at the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center. Part I will explore not only examples of artistic expression in Conroy’s work but also the art of writing haikus, sonnets, as well as pastoral and ballad poetry as a vehicle of imaginative awareness.
Free
Workshop: How to Publish Your Book with Mary T. Jacobs
Online - ZOOMIn this workshop, Mary will share the stories beyond her books, including how she developed and published them. Through Mary's stories of the missteps she took, the lessons she learned, and the approaches which now guide her publishing journey, she will offer advice and guidance for writers seeking to craft and publish their own books.
$45
Workshop (Part 2): Imaginative Awareness and Risky Business with Charlene Spearen
Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen Street, Beaufort, SC, United StatesPoetry 101 is a free two-part in-person introductory poetry writing workshop led by Charlene Spearen at the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center. In Part 2 participants will learn how to cross barriers and take risks as they create poems that move their audience deeply into their own individual worlds and experiences.
Free
An Evening with Suzanne Kamata
NeverMore Books 910 Port Republic St, Beaufort, SC, United StatesNeverMore Books, in partnership with the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, will host an evening with novelist Suzanne Kamata, author of The Baseball Widow, on Tuesday, August 23, at 5:00 p.m.
Free
An Evening with NYT Bestselling Novelist Therese Anne Fowler
Beaufort Bookstore 2127 Boundary St, Beaufort, SC, United StatesThe Beaufort Bookstore, in partnership with the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, will host an evening with New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist Therese Anne Fowler, author of It All Comes Down to This, in conversation with Conroy Center executive director Jonathan Haupt.
Free
September 2022 Open Mic Night
Online - Facebook LiveOur monthly virtual Open Mic Night is presented on Zoom in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center and the South Carolina Writers Association.
Free
An Evening with Taylor Brown, Author of Wingwalkers
NeverMore Books 910 Port Republic St, Beaufort, SC, United StatesNeverMore Books, in partnership with the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, will host an evening with Savannah-based novelist Taylor Brown, author of Wingwalkers, on Tuesday, September 20, at 5:00 p.m.
Free
Gamechanger: The Life and Writing of Julia Mood Peterkin with Ann-Chadwell Humphries
Beaufort County Library 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, SC, United StatesHonoring the literary legacy of South Carolina's only Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Gamechanger: The Life and Writing of Julia Mood Peterkin is a free public program presented by poet Ann-Chadwell Humphries on behalf of the South Carolina Humanities Speakers Bureau.
Free
Lowcountry Book Club Convention: Virtual Visit with Zibby Owens
Online - ZOOMAs a prologue to the 6th annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention, on Friday, September 23, at 6:00 p.m., the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host a special live-streamed appearance by podcaster and publisher Zibby Owens, creator of Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books and author of Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, in conversation with Lauren Marino, editorial director of Hachette Books and author of Bookish Broads: Women Who Wrote Themselves into History.
Free
The Sixth Annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention
Culinary Institute of the South 1 Venture Dr, Bluffton, SC, United StatesThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host the 6th annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention on Saturday, September 24, at the Culinary Institute of the South in Bluffton, SC.
$15 – $40
An Evening with Karen Spears Zacharias
NeverMore Books 910 Port Republic St, Beaufort, SC, United StatesNeverMore Books, in partnership with the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, will host an evening with award-winning writer and Gold-Star Daughter Karen Spears Zacharias, author of The Murder Gene, on Tuesday, October 4, at 5:00 p.m.
Free
Workshop: Writing Dialogue that Works with Tiffany Quay Tyson
Online - ZOOMWe’ll look at examples of effective dialogue, discuss what makes these examples work, and use what we learn to practice writing dialogue on our own.
$45
October 2022 Open Mic Night
Online - Facebook LiveOur monthly virtual Open Mic Night is presented on Zoom in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center and the South Carolina Writers Association.
Free
An Evening with Novelist Jamie Ford
Online - ZOOMIn partnership with Buxton Books of Charleston, the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host a virtual visit with bestselling novelist Jamie Ford, author The Many Daughters of Afong Moy, a newly named selection of the Today Show's Read with Jenna Book Club.
Free
Pine Ridge: I Was Born to Be in a Library: Pat Conroy’s Great Love of Libraries, presented by Jonathan Haupt
Congaree Elementary 1221 Ramblin Road, West ColumbiaPat Conroy Literary Center executive director Jonathan Haupt will discuss Conroy’s lifelong love of books and libraries—focusing on the roles public libraries, school libraries, and Pat's own personal library played in his writing life.
Free
2022 Festival Day One
Beaufort, SC, United StatesThe 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 StatesThe 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 StatesThe 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 StatesPoet 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