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SUMMARY:November 2023 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly virtual Open Mic Night is presented in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center and the South Carolina Writers Association. Our featured writer for November is Halle Hill\, author of the story collection Good Women. Join us live on the Conroy Center’s Facebook page for readings by a pantheon of participating writers from in and beyond our South Carolina lowcountry. \nWhen: Thursday\, November 9\, 2023 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Facebook Live \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our featured writer:\nHalle Hill is from East Tennessee and lives in Winston-Salem\, North Carolina. A graduate of Maryville College and the M.F.A. Writing program at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)\, she is the winner of the 2021 Crystal Wilkinson Creative Writing Prize and was a finalist for the 2021 ASME Award for Fiction. Her short stories have been published in Joyland\, New Limestone Review\, Southwest Review\, and The Oxford American\, where she won the 2020 Debut Fiction Prize. https://hallehill.com \n“In Good Women\, Halle Hill gifts us an unflinching peek at women who are trying\, women who are aching\, women who are running their hands along the walls of their dark hearts\, fumbling for the light. Important and beautifully written\, this collection is alive with bite and verve tick-tick-ticking on every page.”—Leesa Cross-Smith\, author of Whiskey & Ribbons \n“A stunning slow burn brimming with observation\, emotion\, and incident.”—Kirkus Reviews\, Starred Review \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/november-2023-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Online – Facebook Live
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Open Mic Night
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SUMMARY:Workshop (4 Sessions): Fireflies at Night Flash Fiction with Amber Wheeler Bacon
DESCRIPTION:Register: patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nA series of 4 sessions: Wednesdays\, October 11 & 18 and November 1 & 8\, 6:00-8:00 p.m.\nCost: $45 per session or $150 for the series\nLimited to 15 participants (A minimum of five participants is needed for this workshop.)\nOnline: Zoom \nWriters from Grant Faulkner to Molly Giles have described flash fiction with metaphors ranging from a coyote appearing in your yard at night\, making the world a little more feral\, more dangerous\, to a firefly flickering on a summer’s night\, captivating and fleeting. They’re called flash\, microfiction\, short shorts. They’re the love child between a short story and a poem. Etgar Keret says they’re like Kool-Aid\, a partial story that only becomes real once it mixes with a reader. You get the point: flash fictions are things of beauty—short\, maybe\, but powerful\, otherworldly even. \nIn this class\, we’ll study some of the best flash fictions around\, from Amy Hempel to Venita Blackburn. We’ll write one to two flash fiction pieces each week and share our work for feedback in small groups. There will be optional homework and extra prompts for each week. The point of this class is to GENERATE\, to have fun\, to learn something new about stories and ourselves\, but mostly to create new work. Small flash prompts\, both fiction and nonfiction\, can be rejuvenating\, reminding me of the joys in small work\, the pleasures in a good line\, or even one word that can turn a whole story on its head. \nIt’s a busy time. While these classes do build on one another\, it’s also possible to attend only one\, two\, or three\, skipping those that fall on inconvenient nights. Those who sign up for all 4 classes will also have access to video recordings of the sessions. Whether you’re stuck in the middle of a big project or just want to practice writing in this form\, come join in and let’s write some fireflies. \nThis interactive writers workshop will be held as an online video conference call through Zoom. Details for joining the video call will be provided to all participating writers after registering. \nA series of 4 sessions: Wednesdays\, October 11 & 18 and November 1 & 8\, 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Zoom. Limited to 15 participants. (A minimum of five participants is needed for this workshop.) $150 for all 4 sessions + access to video recordings\, or $45/session \nStudent Testimonials\n“Wonderful teacher\, fabulous course. I learned so much.” \n“Amber Wheeler Bacon is a generous\, talented\, personable\, inspiring teacher.” \n“I found the prompts incredibly helpful. It helped me see the potential in stories that I would not have otherwise thought of.” \n“I really enjoyed all the different prompts\, especially because they each challenged me to think in a new way and seek out further creativity in my writing.” \nLearn more and register at https://patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nAbout our instructor: \nAmber Wheeler Bacon is a writer\, editor\, and teacher whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in Crazyhorse\, Ecotone\, Epiphany\, Five Points\, New Ohio Review\, Post Road\, Prairie Schooner and Witness. You can find her writing online at Ploughshares and CRAFT. She is the recipient of the 2018 Breakout Writers Prize sponsored by The Author’s Guild and a 2021 scholarship from Bread Loaf Environmental. \nIn 2020\, her story collection was a finalist for Hub City Press’s C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize and Moon City Press’s Short Fiction Award. She received the 2022 Lit/South Award for flash fiction. She was a finalist for the 2023 Chautauqua Janus Prize\, nominated by Ecotone. Amber has an MFA from Bennington College\, teaches at Coastal Carolina University and lives by the beach in South Carolina. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/workshop-fireflies-at-night-flash-fiction-with-amber-wheeler-bacon/2023-11-08/
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Novelist Maddie Dawson
DESCRIPTION:Thursday November 2\, 2023 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with novelist Maddie Dawson\, author of Snap Out of It\, on Thursday\, November 2\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). Books will be available for sale and signing. Please call to reserve your seat in advance: 843-379-7025. \nAbout Snap Out of It\nA funny\, warmhearted novel about falling in love\, falling apart\, and pulling it all together again by the bestselling author of Matchmaking for Beginners. \nAfter three marriages and a lot of living\, resilient Billie Slate knows exactly what trouble love can bring. Now she’s reinvented herself as the Heartbreak Bunny\, an on-call performance artist who can heal anyone who’s been burned by that four-letter word\, LOVE\, by hopping about and whisking away sad mementos from their past relationships. Call it magic. Call it peculiar. But her bunny costume is as perfect as her breakup mantra: SNAP OUT OF IT. \nAs Billie’s business goes viral and skyrockets her to sudden fame\, her comfortable life turns surreal: her daughter’s marriage begins to fail\, and Victor\, aka Worst Husband Ever\, wants not only to bond with the daughter he left but to win Billie back. Only\, he’s got competition: a charming widower might be falling in love with a woman who no longer believes in love. As every romantic notion Billie had pushed away starts pushing back\, the Heartbreak Bunny must confront the possibility that\, just maybe\, love has some tricks left up its sleeve. \n“Snap Out of It is a laugh-out-loud delight from start to finish with characters that are drawn with a unique wisdom and insight into human nature. My heart is full\, and I am still smiling. I absolutely loved this book.”―Annabel Monaghan\, author of Nora Goes Off Script \n“Maddie Dawson has a rare ability to craft quirky\, offbeat characters that are also utterly believable. Dawson is at the top of her game with Snap Out of It\, a magical\, wise\, tender\, joyously relatable read. From the moment Billie the Heartbreak Bunny stepped onto the page\, I felt as though I’d met a soulmate.” ―Marie Bostwick\, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Restoration of Celia Fairchild \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nMaddie Dawson is the bestselling author of eleven novels and three non-fiction humor books about parenting. (Well\, three of them were bestsellers\, anyway.) Maddie was born in the South and thinks the whole country should adopt the word “y’all\,” but up in the Northeast\, where she now has lived for 40 years\, they are putting up resistance to this effort of hers\, preferring “youse guys.” www.maddiedawson.com \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-novelist-maddie-dawson/
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SUMMARY:Workshop (4 Sessions): Fireflies at Night Flash Fiction with Amber Wheeler Bacon
DESCRIPTION:Register: patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nA series of 4 sessions: Wednesdays\, October 11 & 18 and November 1 & 8\, 6:00-8:00 p.m.\nCost: $45 per session or $150 for the series\nLimited to 15 participants (A minimum of five participants is needed for this workshop.)\nOnline: Zoom \nWriters from Grant Faulkner to Molly Giles have described flash fiction with metaphors ranging from a coyote appearing in your yard at night\, making the world a little more feral\, more dangerous\, to a firefly flickering on a summer’s night\, captivating and fleeting. They’re called flash\, microfiction\, short shorts. They’re the love child between a short story and a poem. Etgar Keret says they’re like Kool-Aid\, a partial story that only becomes real once it mixes with a reader. You get the point: flash fictions are things of beauty—short\, maybe\, but powerful\, otherworldly even. \nIn this class\, we’ll study some of the best flash fictions around\, from Amy Hempel to Venita Blackburn. We’ll write one to two flash fiction pieces each week and share our work for feedback in small groups. There will be optional homework and extra prompts for each week. The point of this class is to GENERATE\, to have fun\, to learn something new about stories and ourselves\, but mostly to create new work. Small flash prompts\, both fiction and nonfiction\, can be rejuvenating\, reminding me of the joys in small work\, the pleasures in a good line\, or even one word that can turn a whole story on its head. \nIt’s a busy time. While these classes do build on one another\, it’s also possible to attend only one\, two\, or three\, skipping those that fall on inconvenient nights. Those who sign up for all 4 classes will also have access to video recordings of the sessions. Whether you’re stuck in the middle of a big project or just want to practice writing in this form\, come join in and let’s write some fireflies. \nThis interactive writers workshop will be held as an online video conference call through Zoom. Details for joining the video call will be provided to all participating writers after registering. \nA series of 4 sessions: Wednesdays\, October 11 & 18 and November 1 & 8\, 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Zoom. Limited to 15 participants. (A minimum of five participants is needed for this workshop.) $150 for all 4 sessions + access to video recordings\, or $45/session \nStudent Testimonials\n“Wonderful teacher\, fabulous course. I learned so much.” \n“Amber Wheeler Bacon is a generous\, talented\, personable\, inspiring teacher.” \n“I found the prompts incredibly helpful. It helped me see the potential in stories that I would not have otherwise thought of.” \n“I really enjoyed all the different prompts\, especially because they each challenged me to think in a new way and seek out further creativity in my writing.” \nLearn more and register at https://patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nAbout our instructor: \nAmber Wheeler Bacon is a writer\, editor\, and teacher whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in Crazyhorse\, Ecotone\, Epiphany\, Five Points\, New Ohio Review\, Post Road\, Prairie Schooner and Witness. You can find her writing online at Ploughshares and CRAFT. She is the recipient of the 2018 Breakout Writers Prize sponsored by The Author’s Guild and a 2021 scholarship from Bread Loaf Environmental. \nIn 2020\, her story collection was a finalist for Hub City Press’s C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize and Moon City Press’s Short Fiction Award. She received the 2022 Lit/South Award for flash fiction. She was a finalist for the 2023 Chautauqua Janus Prize\, nominated by Ecotone. Amber has an MFA from Bennington College\, teaches at Coastal Carolina University and lives by the beach in South Carolina. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/workshop-fireflies-at-night-flash-fiction-with-amber-wheeler-bacon/2023-11-01/
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SUMMARY:2023 Festival Day Four
DESCRIPTION:Eighth Annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival\, October 26-29\, 2023 \nJoin Us in the Storied Lowcountry for the 8th Annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival on October 26-29\, 2023! The Pat Conroy Literary 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 8th Annual Conroy Festival will be held on Thursday\, October 26\, through Sunday\, October 29\, as a series of free and ticketed events in Beaufort\, SC\, featuring author discussions\, writers workshops\, a poetry reading\, a screening of the film The Lords of Discipline\, and a musical performance. The ribbon cutting for the new Witness Tree Park has been postponed to 2024. \nTickets will be available for all events but the workshops at the door\nPresenting writers\, poets\, and instructors include bestselling authors Ron Rash (The Caretaker)\, Mary Alice Monroe (The Summer of Lost and Found)\, Mary Kay Andrews (Bright Lights\, Big Christmas)\, Victoria Benton Frank (My Magnolia Summer)\, Cassandra King (Tell Me a Story)\, Homeira Qaderi (Dancing in the Mosque)\, and Mitchell Zuckoff (The Secret Gate); screenwriter Tom Pope (The Lords of Discipline); Gallery Books executive editor Carrie Feron; poets Jennifer Bartell Boykin (Traveling Mercy)\, Freya Manfred (When I Was Young and Old)\, and Tim Conroy (No True Route); English professors and literary scholars Valerie Sayers\, Sean Heuston\, and Ellen Malphrus; and many more. \nOctober 29 Schedule (click for more information on the Festival website) \n12:00 pm TOURS: Pat Conroy Literary Center @ Pat Conroy Literary Center – Free\nPOSTPONED TO 2024: WITNESS TREE PARK RIBBON CUTTING @ Pat Conroy Literary Center – Free\nFestival Website Links: \nEvents Schedule \nWorkshops \nFestival Facebook Page (where you can watch many author events) \nPresenters \nThe nonprofit Conroy Center is open to the public Thursday through Sunday\, noon to 4:00 p.m. (with extended hours during the festival weekend) at 601 Bladen Street in historic downtown Beaufort.
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SUMMARY:2023 Festival Day Three
DESCRIPTION:Eighth Annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival\, October 26-29\, 2023 \nJoin Us in the Storied Lowcountry for the 8th Annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival on October 26-29\, 2023! The Pat Conroy Literary 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 8th Annual Conroy Festival will be held on Thursday\, October 26\, through Sunday\, October 29\, as a series of free and ticketed events in Beaufort\, SC\, featuring author discussions\, writers workshops\, a poetry reading\, a screening of the film The Lords of Discipline\, and a musical performance. The ribbon cutting for the new Witness Tree Park has been postponed to 2024. \nTickets will be available for all events but the workshops at the door\nPresenting writers\, poets\, and instructors include bestselling authors Ron Rash (The Caretaker)\, Mary Alice Monroe (The Summer of Lost and Found)\, Mary Kay Andrews (Bright Lights\, Big Christmas)\, Victoria Benton Frank (My Magnolia Summer)\, Cassandra King (Tell Me a Story)\, Homeira Qaderi (Dancing in the Mosque)\, and Mitchell Zuckoff (The Secret Gate); screenwriter Tom Pope (The Lords of Discipline); Gallery Books executive editor Carrie Feron; poets Jennifer Bartell Boykin (Traveling Mercy)\, Freya Manfred (When I Was Young and Old)\, and Tim Conroy (No True Route); English professors and literary scholars Valerie Sayers\, Sean Heuston\, and Ellen Malphrus; and many more. \nOctober 28 Schedule (click for more information on the Festival website) \n10:00 am FILM DISCUSSION: The Lords of Discipline @ USC Beaufort Center for the Arts – $10\n10:30 am WORKSHOP: Excavating Memory into Poetry Led by Jennifer Bartell Boykin @ Pat Conroy Literary Center – $45\n11:15 am AUTHOR EVENT: The Secret Gate: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice During the Collapse of Afghanistan @ USC Beaufort Center for the Arts – $10\n12:00 pm TOURS: Pat Conroy Literary Center @ Pat Conroy Literary Center – Free\n2:00 pm AUTHOR EVENT: Homeira Qaderi\, author of Dancing in the Mosque @ USC Beaufort Center for the Arts – $10\n3:30 pm POETRY PANEL: Why Poetry Matters @ USC Beaufort Center for the Arts – $10\n3:30 pm WORKSHOP: Writing a Great Fiction Query Letter Led by Carrie Feron @ Pat Conroy Literary Center – $100\n7:00 pm RECEPTION: 2023 Wrap Party @ Pat Conroy Literary Center – $35\nFestival Website Links: \nEvents Schedule \nWorkshops \nFestival Facebook Page (where you can watch many author events) \nPresenters \nThe nonprofit Conroy Center is open to the public Thursday through Sunday\, noon to 4:00 p.m. (with extended hours during the festival weekend) at 601 Bladen Street in historic downtown Beaufort.
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SUMMARY:2023 Festival Day Two
DESCRIPTION:Eighth Annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival\, October 26-29\, 2023 \nJoin Us in the Storied Lowcountry for the 8th Annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival on October 26-29\, 2023! The Pat Conroy Literary 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 8th Annual Conroy Festival will be held on Thursday\, October 26\, through Sunday\, October 29\, as a series of free and ticketed events in Beaufort\, SC\, featuring author discussions\, writers workshops\, a poetry reading\, a screening of the film The Lords of Discipline\, and a musical performance. The ribbon cutting for the new Witness Tree Park has been postponed to 2024. \nTickets will be available for all events but the workshops at the door\nPresenting writers\, poets\, and instructors include bestselling authors Ron Rash (The Caretaker)\, Mary Alice Monroe (The Summer of Lost and Found)\, Mary Kay Andrews (Bright Lights\, Big Christmas)\, Victoria Benton Frank (My Magnolia Summer)\, Cassandra King (Tell Me a Story)\, Homeira Qaderi (Dancing in the Mosque)\, and Mitchell Zuckoff (The Secret Gate); screenwriter Tom Pope (The Lords of Discipline); Gallery Books executive editor Carrie Feron; poets Jennifer Bartell Boykin (Traveling Mercy)\, Freya Manfred (When I Was Young and Old)\, and Tim Conroy (No True Route); English professors and literary scholars Valerie Sayers\, Sean Heuston\, and Ellen Malphrus; and many more. \nOctober 27 Schedule (click for more information on the Festival website) \n9:00 am WORKSHOP: From Bad to Good to Unputdownable Led by Sean A. Scapellato @ Pat Conroy Literary Center – $45\n11:00 am AUTHOR EVENT: New York Times best-selling author Ron Rash @ USC Beaufort Center for the Arts – $10\n12:00 pm TOURS: Pat Conroy Literary Center @ Pat Conroy Literary Center – Free\n12:30 pm WORKSHOP: The Gift of Family Led by Freya Manfred @ Pat Conroy Literary Center – $45\n2:00 pm AUTHOR EVENT: Leading Ladies in Southern Fiction @ USC Beaufort Center for the Arts – $10\n4:00 pm FILM PANEL: Panel discussion of The Lords of Discipline @ USC Beaufort Center for the Arts – $10\n6:00 pm FILM SCREENING: The Lords of Discipline @ USC Beaufort Center for the Arts – $10\nFestival Website Links: \nEvents Schedule \nWorkshops \nFestival Facebook Page (where you can watch many author events) \nPresenters \nThe nonprofit Conroy Center is open to the public Thursday through Sunday\, noon to 4:00 p.m. (with extended hours during the festival weekend) at 601 Bladen Street in historic downtown Beaufort.
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SUMMARY:Pat Conroy Book Club: My Losing Season
DESCRIPTION:Thursday October 26\, 2023 – 6:30-7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: $10\nRegistration: Register at Eventbrite | Limited to 20 participants\nVenue: The Rhett House Inn | 1009 Craven St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe 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. Book discussions will be held on fourth Thursdays beginning at 6:30 p.m. Limited to 20 participants each month. $10/person. Advance registration required. Participants are expected to read the books and to come prepared to discuss them. \nDiscussions will be held at The Rhett House Inn (1009 Craven St.\, Beaufort) \nSCHEDULE \n\nOctober 26 (Pat Conroy’s birthday): My Losing Season (2002)\nNovember 30 (5th Thursday due to Thanksgiving): The Pat Conroy Cookbook (2004)\n\nRegister at Eventbrite \nABOUT OUR DISCUSSION LEADERS \nDr. Charlene Monahan Spearen received her MFA degree in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in Composition and Rhetoric from the University of South Carolina. She is currently serving as the Public Relations and Special Projects Coordinator for Penn Center after a successful career in academia at Allen University. She served as the Program Coordinator for the University of South Carolina’s Arts Institute and was the Assistant Director for the South Carolina Poetry Initiative. In addition to her work throughout the Carolinas\, Spearen has been a featured reader and Creative Writing instructor and scholar in County Monaghan and County Mayo\, Ireland. She has published a full-length collection of poems titled A Book of Exquisite Disasters. Her poems have appeared in journals and publications throughout the United States. \nJonathan Haupt is the executive director of the nonprofit Conroy Center and the former director of the University of South Carolina Press\, where he created the Story River Books fiction imprint with Pat Conroy\, named by Garden & Gun magazine as one of “the top ten things to love about the South.” Haupt’s book reviews and author interviews have appeared in the Charleston Post and Courier\, Lowcountry Weekly\, Beaufort Lifestyle\, Savannah Morning News’ Beacon magazine\, Southern Review of Books\, and Southern Writers Magazine’s Suite T blog. He is co-editor of the anthology Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy\, the recipient of seventeen book awards. He serves on the boards of the Friends of South Carolina Libraries and the South Carolina Academy of Authors. In 2020\, Haupt was recognized with the Doug Marlette Literacy Leadership Award presented by the Pulpwood Queens\, the largest book club in the U.S. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/pat-conroy-book-club-my-losing-season/
LOCATION:The Rhett House Inn\, 1009 Craven St.\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
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SUMMARY:2023 Festival Day One
DESCRIPTION:Eighth Annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival\, October 26-29\, 2023 \nJoin Us in the Storied Lowcountry for the 8th Annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival on October 26-29\, 2023! The Pat Conroy Literary 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 8th Annual Conroy Festival will be held on Thursday\, October 26\, through Sunday\, October 29\, as a series of free and ticketed events in Beaufort\, SC\, featuring author discussions\, writers workshops\, a poetry reading\, a screening of the film The Lords of Discipline\, and a musical performance. The ribbon cutting for the new Witness Tree Park has been postponed to 2024. \nTickets will be available for all events but the workshops at the door\nPresenting writers\, poets\, and instructors include bestselling authors Ron Rash (The Caretaker)\, Mary Alice Monroe (The Summer of Lost and Found)\, Mary Kay Andrews (Bright Lights\, Big Christmas)\, Victoria Benton Frank (My Magnolia Summer)\, Cassandra King (Tell Me a Story)\, Homeira Qaderi (Dancing in the Mosque)\, and Mitchell Zuckoff (The Secret Gate); screenwriter Tom Pope (The Lords of Discipline); Gallery Books executive editor Carrie Feron; poets Jennifer Bartell Boykin (Traveling Mercy)\, Freya Manfred (When I Was Young and Old)\, and Tim Conroy (No True Route); English professors and literary scholars Valerie Sayers\, Sean Heuston\, and Ellen Malphrus; and many more. \nOctober 26 Schedule (click for more information on the Festival website) \n12:00 pm TOURS: Pat Conroy Literary Center @ Pat Conroy Literary Center – Free\n2:00 pm WORKSHOP: Say What? A Playful Dialogue Workshop Led by Valerie Sayers @ Pat Conroy Literary Center – $45\n\n6:30 pm BOOK CLUB: My Losing Season @ Rhett House Inn – $10 \nFestival Website Links: \nEvents Schedule \nWorkshops \nFestival Facebook Page (where you can watch many author events) \nPresenters \nThe nonprofit Conroy Center is open to the public Thursday through Sunday\, noon to 4:00 p.m. (with extended hours during the festival weekend) at 601 Bladen Street in historic downtown Beaufort.
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: No True Route with Tim Conroy
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday October 25\, 2023 – 5:00-7:00 PM EDT\nPrice: Free public drop-in event\nRegistration: No advance registration needed\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center is honored to host a free public drop-in launch event for poet Tim Conroy’s second book\, No True Route. Join us on Wednesday\, October 25\, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at 601 Bladen St.\, in downtown Beaufort. No advance registration required. Books will be available for sale and signing. Refreshments will be provided. Conroy will read from his new book of poetry at 5:30 p.m. \nAbout No True Route\n“The title of Tim Conroy’s second book\, No True Route\, asks us to think about journeys in both time and space. And\, for sure\, there are poems throughout the book taking up the themes of movement\, direction\, detour\, destination. These are poems by a man looking back over his life—those landscapes of time and family and loss—and thinking about how he got here. What were the signposts? Where could his life have taken another direction? What then? Who would he have been? Not this man\, certainly. Another\, perhaps harder\, or lost\, and not a writer. Don’t we all think about the choices we made or failed to make\, the inheritances we rejected and those we kept\, like a mother’s jar of seashells on a bookshelf\, a slight thing\, a thing weighted with memory\, and inevitabilities? \n“Yet\, I’m struck by a theme of sustenance that threads the book—a mother packing her children’s lunches\, a joke between spouses about a soup of nothing\, coastal meals of crab and shrimp\, a bag of chips that rivets a dog’s attention. Or dreams that will be eaten. Rainwater in chalices. Surely that is another way to think about our lives: the things and people that have sustained us\, fed us\, kept us going. And surely that is another way to think about poetry like this. Something to chew on. Something that can keep us going. Words that sustain.”–Ed Madden\, former Poet Laureate of Columbia\, S.C.\, from the preface \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nAuthor of the collections A Theology of Terrain and No True Route (forthcoming in October)\, Tim Conroy is a poet and former educator. His work has appeared in Fall Lines\, Jasper Magazine\, Marked by the Water\, Sheltered\, Twelve Mile Review\, Poetry on the Comet\, The Post and Courier\, Ukweli: Searching for Healing Truth\, and Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy. In 2022\, he received the Broad River Prize for prose from Fall Lines\, Volume IX. \nA founding board member of the Pat Conroy Literary Center established in his brother’s honor\, Tim\, and his wife Terrye\, live in Dunedin\, Florida. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/book-launch-no-true-route-with-tim-conroy/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Writing for Your Readers: A Four-Day Editing Workshop Led by Leslie Rindoks
DESCRIPTION:Register: patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nOctober 14 and 15\, and October 21 and 22 9:30-4:00 p.m. EDT\nCost: $2225 for all 4 days\nLimited to 10 participants\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St Beaufort\, SC 29902 \nMaybe you were coached to turn off your “inner editor” and this advice made it easier to complete your manuscript. Congratulations! It’s time to celebrate! \n“A book is a party the writer throws for the reader.” Wait a minute. Look who’s on the guest list: readers. And hold the confetti! That nifty little quote implies that the writer is the host. Whoa\, you’re thinking\, throwing a party is something someone else should do. It sounds like a lot of work. \nDon’t despair. Dorothy Parker once said\, “I hate writing\, but I love having written.” It’s true\, the fun begins after we’ve written. Then we have something to play with\, something to revise. Revision is what grants readers access to the festivities. Editing ensures that guests don’t get lost on their way to the party and provides proper introductions once they arrive. Good editing makes them want to stay. \nIn this four-day workshop\, we’ll reactivate (and even befriend) our inner editors. We’ll examine other writers’ early drafts\, try our hand at editing those\, and compare our efforts to final\, published versions. Instead of worrying where to put commas\, we’ll explore where our characters are\, what they’re saying and doing\, and why. We’ll explore how to leverage key story elements to their best advantage\, making the work tighter and stronger. Working in pairs\, we’ll analyze and revise our work and share our breakthroughs. By the end of the workshop\, we’ll have a clear plan for our “party” and the confidence to execute it. \nWilliam Zinsser said that rewriting is where the game is won or lost. Whether you’ve just completed your first draft\, or your twenty-first\, this workshop is where you learn to win. \nFORMAT and COST:\nThis highly interactive in-person workshop will be held at the Pat Conroy Literary Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort) from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on two consecutive weekends\, October 14 and 15\, and October 21 and 22. Snacks and drinks provided; lunch on your own. Limited to 10 participants; $2\,225 per person. Registration includes all 4 days. \nParticipants are asked to bring a completed draft of their manuscripts. While the techniques discussed in the workshop are applicable to fiction and nonfiction\, the session will focus on the editing of nonfiction work for publication. \nA detailed day-by-day outline of the workshop will be provided in advance to all registered participants. \nTESTIMONIALS:\n“Because of Leslie\, I am a much better writer. Her guidance and tutelage were invaluable.” —Dan Pliszka\, author of Life is Great! (Even if Your Boat Flips Over) \n“For my novel\, and its iterations over time\, I am thankful for Leslie’s sharp eyes and clear-headed comments.” —Karen Salyer McElmurray\, author of Wanting Radiance \n“Leslie Rindoks is the best in the business. She’s timely\, quick-witted\, steadfast\, and kind. Her mentorship took me from a timid wannabe writer to an author writer with a distinct style.” —Amelia Wyatt\, author of Ozzy and the Island and Mind the Gap \n“I owe Leslie so much for her knowledge and her intuition as to what makes a good story. She certainly knows her business. In my mind\, she is quite brilliant.” —Michael Ambrose\, author of the forthcoming Learning to Land \nLearn more and register at https://patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nAbout our instructor: \nOriginally from Chicago\, Leslie Rindoks studied writing at Iowa Writers’ Workshop and illustration at Maryland Institute College of Art. She holds a BFA and MFA in design\, and an MFA in creative writing and publication arts. \nThe founder of Lorimer Press and WayWord Books (waywordbooks.com)\, she has edited more than 70 books. Passionate about combining words and images\, she was the lead writer and book designer for LUCK\, A Collection of Facts\, Fiction\, Incantations & Verse and her work was featured in Far From the Centers of Ambition and 100 Love Notes. Writing as Avery Caswell\, she is the author of the story collection MotherLoad and the novels Salvation and Dry Spell. (averycaswell.com) \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Writing for Your Readers: A Four-Day Editing Workshop Led by Leslie Rindoks
DESCRIPTION:Register: patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nOctober 14 and 15\, and October 21 and 22 9:30-4:00 p.m. EDT\nCost: $2225 for all 4 days\nLimited to 10 participants\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St Beaufort\, SC 29902 \nMaybe you were coached to turn off your “inner editor” and this advice made it easier to complete your manuscript. Congratulations! It’s time to celebrate! \n“A book is a party the writer throws for the reader.” Wait a minute. Look who’s on the guest list: readers. And hold the confetti! That nifty little quote implies that the writer is the host. Whoa\, you’re thinking\, throwing a party is something someone else should do. It sounds like a lot of work. \nDon’t despair. Dorothy Parker once said\, “I hate writing\, but I love having written.” It’s true\, the fun begins after we’ve written. Then we have something to play with\, something to revise. Revision is what grants readers access to the festivities. Editing ensures that guests don’t get lost on their way to the party and provides proper introductions once they arrive. Good editing makes them want to stay. \nIn this four-day workshop\, we’ll reactivate (and even befriend) our inner editors. We’ll examine other writers’ early drafts\, try our hand at editing those\, and compare our efforts to final\, published versions. Instead of worrying where to put commas\, we’ll explore where our characters are\, what they’re saying and doing\, and why. We’ll explore how to leverage key story elements to their best advantage\, making the work tighter and stronger. Working in pairs\, we’ll analyze and revise our work and share our breakthroughs. By the end of the workshop\, we’ll have a clear plan for our “party” and the confidence to execute it. \nWilliam Zinsser said that rewriting is where the game is won or lost. Whether you’ve just completed your first draft\, or your twenty-first\, this workshop is where you learn to win. \nFORMAT and COST:\nThis highly interactive in-person workshop will be held at the Pat Conroy Literary Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort) from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on two consecutive weekends\, October 14 and 15\, and October 21 and 22. Snacks and drinks provided; lunch on your own. Limited to 10 participants; $2\,225 per person. Registration includes all 4 days. \nParticipants are asked to bring a completed draft of their manuscripts. While the techniques discussed in the workshop are applicable to fiction and nonfiction\, the session will focus on the editing of nonfiction work for publication. \nA detailed day-by-day outline of the workshop will be provided in advance to all registered participants. \nTESTIMONIALS:\n“Because of Leslie\, I am a much better writer. Her guidance and tutelage were invaluable.” —Dan Pliszka\, author of Life is Great! (Even if Your Boat Flips Over) \n“For my novel\, and its iterations over time\, I am thankful for Leslie’s sharp eyes and clear-headed comments.” —Karen Salyer McElmurray\, author of Wanting Radiance \n“Leslie Rindoks is the best in the business. She’s timely\, quick-witted\, steadfast\, and kind. Her mentorship took me from a timid wannabe writer to an author writer with a distinct style.” —Amelia Wyatt\, author of Ozzy and the Island and Mind the Gap \n“I owe Leslie so much for her knowledge and her intuition as to what makes a good story. She certainly knows her business. In my mind\, she is quite brilliant.” —Michael Ambrose\, author of the forthcoming Learning to Land \nLearn more and register at https://patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nAbout our instructor: \nOriginally from Chicago\, Leslie Rindoks studied writing at Iowa Writers’ Workshop and illustration at Maryland Institute College of Art. She holds a BFA and MFA in design\, and an MFA in creative writing and publication arts. \nThe founder of Lorimer Press and WayWord Books (waywordbooks.com)\, she has edited more than 70 books. Passionate about combining words and images\, she was the lead writer and book designer for LUCK\, A Collection of Facts\, Fiction\, Incantations & Verse and her work was featured in Far From the Centers of Ambition and 100 Love Notes. Writing as Avery Caswell\, she is the author of the story collection MotherLoad and the novels Salvation and Dry Spell. (averycaswell.com) \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
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SUMMARY:Workshop (4 Sessions): Fireflies at Night Flash Fiction with Amber Wheeler Bacon
DESCRIPTION:Register: patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nA series of 4 sessions: Wednesdays\, October 11 & 18 and November 1 & 8\, 6:00-8:00 p.m.\nCost: $45 per session or $150 for the series\nLimited to 15 participants (A minimum of five participants is needed for this workshop.)\nOnline: Zoom \nWriters from Grant Faulkner to Molly Giles have described flash fiction with metaphors ranging from a coyote appearing in your yard at night\, making the world a little more feral\, more dangerous\, to a firefly flickering on a summer’s night\, captivating and fleeting. They’re called flash\, microfiction\, short shorts. They’re the love child between a short story and a poem. Etgar Keret says they’re like Kool-Aid\, a partial story that only becomes real once it mixes with a reader. You get the point: flash fictions are things of beauty—short\, maybe\, but powerful\, otherworldly even. \nIn this class\, we’ll study some of the best flash fictions around\, from Amy Hempel to Venita Blackburn. We’ll write one to two flash fiction pieces each week and share our work for feedback in small groups. There will be optional homework and extra prompts for each week. The point of this class is to GENERATE\, to have fun\, to learn something new about stories and ourselves\, but mostly to create new work. Small flash prompts\, both fiction and nonfiction\, can be rejuvenating\, reminding me of the joys in small work\, the pleasures in a good line\, or even one word that can turn a whole story on its head. \nIt’s a busy time. While these classes do build on one another\, it’s also possible to attend only one\, two\, or three\, skipping those that fall on inconvenient nights. Those who sign up for all 4 classes will also have access to video recordings of the sessions. Whether you’re stuck in the middle of a big project or just want to practice writing in this form\, come join in and let’s write some fireflies. \nThis interactive writers workshop will be held as an online video conference call through Zoom. Details for joining the video call will be provided to all participating writers after registering. \nA series of 4 sessions: Wednesdays\, October 11 & 18 and November 1 & 8\, 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Zoom. Limited to 15 participants. (A minimum of five participants is needed for this workshop.) $150 for all 4 sessions + access to video recordings\, or $45/session \nStudent Testimonials\n“Wonderful teacher\, fabulous course. I learned so much.” \n“Amber Wheeler Bacon is a generous\, talented\, personable\, inspiring teacher.” \n“I found the prompts incredibly helpful. It helped me see the potential in stories that I would not have otherwise thought of.” \n“I really enjoyed all the different prompts\, especially because they each challenged me to think in a new way and seek out further creativity in my writing.” \nLearn more and register at https://patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nAbout our instructor: \nAmber Wheeler Bacon is a writer\, editor\, and teacher whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in Crazyhorse\, Ecotone\, Epiphany\, Five Points\, New Ohio Review\, Post Road\, Prairie Schooner and Witness. You can find her writing online at Ploughshares and CRAFT. She is the recipient of the 2018 Breakout Writers Prize sponsored by The Author’s Guild and a 2021 scholarship from Bread Loaf Environmental. \nIn 2020\, her story collection was a finalist for Hub City Press’s C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize and Moon City Press’s Short Fiction Award. She received the 2022 Lit/South Award for flash fiction. She was a finalist for the 2023 Chautauqua Janus Prize\, nominated by Ecotone. Amber has an MFA from Bennington College\, teaches at Coastal Carolina University and lives by the beach in South Carolina. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/workshop-fireflies-at-night-flash-fiction-with-amber-wheeler-bacon/2023-10-18/
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Writing for Your Readers: A Four-Day Editing Workshop Led by Leslie Rindoks
DESCRIPTION:Register: patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nOctober 14 and 15\, and October 21 and 22 9:30-4:00 p.m. EDT\nCost: $2225 for all 4 days\nLimited to 10 participants\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St Beaufort\, SC 29902 \nMaybe you were coached to turn off your “inner editor” and this advice made it easier to complete your manuscript. Congratulations! It’s time to celebrate! \n“A book is a party the writer throws for the reader.” Wait a minute. Look who’s on the guest list: readers. And hold the confetti! That nifty little quote implies that the writer is the host. Whoa\, you’re thinking\, throwing a party is something someone else should do. It sounds like a lot of work. \nDon’t despair. Dorothy Parker once said\, “I hate writing\, but I love having written.” It’s true\, the fun begins after we’ve written. Then we have something to play with\, something to revise. Revision is what grants readers access to the festivities. Editing ensures that guests don’t get lost on their way to the party and provides proper introductions once they arrive. Good editing makes them want to stay. \nIn this four-day workshop\, we’ll reactivate (and even befriend) our inner editors. We’ll examine other writers’ early drafts\, try our hand at editing those\, and compare our efforts to final\, published versions. Instead of worrying where to put commas\, we’ll explore where our characters are\, what they’re saying and doing\, and why. We’ll explore how to leverage key story elements to their best advantage\, making the work tighter and stronger. Working in pairs\, we’ll analyze and revise our work and share our breakthroughs. By the end of the workshop\, we’ll have a clear plan for our “party” and the confidence to execute it. \nWilliam Zinsser said that rewriting is where the game is won or lost. Whether you’ve just completed your first draft\, or your twenty-first\, this workshop is where you learn to win. \nFORMAT and COST:\nThis highly interactive in-person workshop will be held at the Pat Conroy Literary Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort) from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on two consecutive weekends\, October 14 and 15\, and October 21 and 22. Snacks and drinks provided; lunch on your own. Limited to 10 participants; $2\,225 per person. Registration includes all 4 days. \nParticipants are asked to bring a completed draft of their manuscripts. While the techniques discussed in the workshop are applicable to fiction and nonfiction\, the session will focus on the editing of nonfiction work for publication. \nA detailed day-by-day outline of the workshop will be provided in advance to all registered participants. \nTESTIMONIALS:\n“Because of Leslie\, I am a much better writer. Her guidance and tutelage were invaluable.” —Dan Pliszka\, author of Life is Great! (Even if Your Boat Flips Over) \n“For my novel\, and its iterations over time\, I am thankful for Leslie’s sharp eyes and clear-headed comments.” —Karen Salyer McElmurray\, author of Wanting Radiance \n“Leslie Rindoks is the best in the business. She’s timely\, quick-witted\, steadfast\, and kind. Her mentorship took me from a timid wannabe writer to an author writer with a distinct style.” —Amelia Wyatt\, author of Ozzy and the Island and Mind the Gap \n“I owe Leslie so much for her knowledge and her intuition as to what makes a good story. She certainly knows her business. In my mind\, she is quite brilliant.” —Michael Ambrose\, author of the forthcoming Learning to Land \nLearn more and register at https://patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nAbout our instructor: \nOriginally from Chicago\, Leslie Rindoks studied writing at Iowa Writers’ Workshop and illustration at Maryland Institute College of Art. She holds a BFA and MFA in design\, and an MFA in creative writing and publication arts. \nThe founder of Lorimer Press and WayWord Books (waywordbooks.com)\, she has edited more than 70 books. Passionate about combining words and images\, she was the lead writer and book designer for LUCK\, A Collection of Facts\, Fiction\, Incantations & Verse and her work was featured in Far From the Centers of Ambition and 100 Love Notes. Writing as Avery Caswell\, she is the author of the story collection MotherLoad and the novels Salvation and Dry Spell. (averycaswell.com) \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Writing for Your Readers: A Four-Day Editing Workshop Led by Leslie Rindoks
DESCRIPTION:Register: patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nOctober 14 and 15\, and October 21 and 22 9:30-4:00 p.m. EDT\nCost: $2225 for all 4 days\nLimited to 10 participants\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St Beaufort\, SC 29902 \nMaybe you were coached to turn off your “inner editor” and this advice made it easier to complete your manuscript. Congratulations! It’s time to celebrate! \n“A book is a party the writer throws for the reader.” Wait a minute. Look who’s on the guest list: readers. And hold the confetti! That nifty little quote implies that the writer is the host. Whoa\, you’re thinking\, throwing a party is something someone else should do. It sounds like a lot of work. \nDon’t despair. Dorothy Parker once said\, “I hate writing\, but I love having written.” It’s true\, the fun begins after we’ve written. Then we have something to play with\, something to revise. Revision is what grants readers access to the festivities. Editing ensures that guests don’t get lost on their way to the party and provides proper introductions once they arrive. Good editing makes them want to stay. \nIn this four-day workshop\, we’ll reactivate (and even befriend) our inner editors. We’ll examine other writers’ early drafts\, try our hand at editing those\, and compare our efforts to final\, published versions. Instead of worrying where to put commas\, we’ll explore where our characters are\, what they’re saying and doing\, and why. We’ll explore how to leverage key story elements to their best advantage\, making the work tighter and stronger. Working in pairs\, we’ll analyze and revise our work and share our breakthroughs. By the end of the workshop\, we’ll have a clear plan for our “party” and the confidence to execute it. \nWilliam Zinsser said that rewriting is where the game is won or lost. Whether you’ve just completed your first draft\, or your twenty-first\, this workshop is where you learn to win. \nFORMAT and COST:\nThis highly interactive in-person workshop will be held at the Pat Conroy Literary Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort) from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on two consecutive weekends\, October 14 and 15\, and October 21 and 22. Snacks and drinks provided; lunch on your own. Limited to 10 participants; $2\,225 per person. Registration includes all 4 days. \nParticipants are asked to bring a completed draft of their manuscripts. While the techniques discussed in the workshop are applicable to fiction and nonfiction\, the session will focus on the editing of nonfiction work for publication. \nA detailed day-by-day outline of the workshop will be provided in advance to all registered participants. \nTESTIMONIALS:\n“Because of Leslie\, I am a much better writer. Her guidance and tutelage were invaluable.” —Dan Pliszka\, author of Life is Great! (Even if Your Boat Flips Over) \n“For my novel\, and its iterations over time\, I am thankful for Leslie’s sharp eyes and clear-headed comments.” —Karen Salyer McElmurray\, author of Wanting Radiance \n“Leslie Rindoks is the best in the business. She’s timely\, quick-witted\, steadfast\, and kind. Her mentorship took me from a timid wannabe writer to an author writer with a distinct style.” —Amelia Wyatt\, author of Ozzy and the Island and Mind the Gap \n“I owe Leslie so much for her knowledge and her intuition as to what makes a good story. She certainly knows her business. In my mind\, she is quite brilliant.” —Michael Ambrose\, author of the forthcoming Learning to Land \nLearn more and register at https://patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nAbout our instructor: \nOriginally from Chicago\, Leslie Rindoks studied writing at Iowa Writers’ Workshop and illustration at Maryland Institute College of Art. She holds a BFA and MFA in design\, and an MFA in creative writing and publication arts. \nThe founder of Lorimer Press and WayWord Books (waywordbooks.com)\, she has edited more than 70 books. Passionate about combining words and images\, she was the lead writer and book designer for LUCK\, A Collection of Facts\, Fiction\, Incantations & Verse and her work was featured in Far From the Centers of Ambition and 100 Love Notes. Writing as Avery Caswell\, she is the author of the story collection MotherLoad and the novels Salvation and Dry Spell. (averycaswell.com) \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/workshop-writing-for-your-readers-a-four-day-editing-workshop-led-by-leslie-rindoks/2023-10-14/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
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SUMMARY:October 2023 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with the South Carolina Writers Association and the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce\, the Conroy Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held at Sandies (711 Bladen St.) on Thursday\, October 12\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is Brooke McKinney\, author of the debut poetry collection The Distance Between Birds. \nWhen: Thursday\, October 12\, 2023 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Sandies (711 Bladen St.) \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our featured writer:\nBrooke McKinney is a poet and writer from South Georgia where she grew up on a farm and was raised by bulldogs. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from Valdosta State University and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Hollins University. \nBrooke’s work was a finalist in the Key West Emerging Writer’s Contest and the World’s the Best Short-Short Story. Her nonfiction has received scholarships to the Sewanee Writers’ Conference\, Looking Glass Rock Writers’ Conference\, and Writers in Paradise. Her poetry collection\, The Distance Between Birds\, is forthcoming October 2023. She is the recipient of two Academy of American Poets Awards and most recently\, her poetry was shortlisted for the Montreal International Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Florida Review\, Copper Nickel\, New South\, Salt Hill Journal\, Potomac Review\, The Southeast Review\, Columbia Poetry Review\, RHINO Poetry\, Artemis and Kestrel. She lives in Beaufort\, SC\, with two dogs\, Jane and Arlo. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/october-2023-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Sandies\, 711 Bladen St.\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Open Mic Night
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SUMMARY:Workshop (4 Sessions): Fireflies at Night Flash Fiction with Amber Wheeler Bacon
DESCRIPTION:Register: patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nA series of 4 sessions: Wednesdays\, October 11 & 18 and November 1 & 8\, 6:00-8:00 p.m.\nCost: $45 per session or $150 for the series\nLimited to 15 participants (A minimum of five participants is needed for this workshop.)\nOnline: Zoom \nWriters from Grant Faulkner to Molly Giles have described flash fiction with metaphors ranging from a coyote appearing in your yard at night\, making the world a little more feral\, more dangerous\, to a firefly flickering on a summer’s night\, captivating and fleeting. They’re called flash\, microfiction\, short shorts. They’re the love child between a short story and a poem. Etgar Keret says they’re like Kool-Aid\, a partial story that only becomes real once it mixes with a reader. You get the point: flash fictions are things of beauty—short\, maybe\, but powerful\, otherworldly even. \nIn this class\, we’ll study some of the best flash fictions around\, from Amy Hempel to Venita Blackburn. We’ll write one to two flash fiction pieces each week and share our work for feedback in small groups. There will be optional homework and extra prompts for each week. The point of this class is to GENERATE\, to have fun\, to learn something new about stories and ourselves\, but mostly to create new work. Small flash prompts\, both fiction and nonfiction\, can be rejuvenating\, reminding me of the joys in small work\, the pleasures in a good line\, or even one word that can turn a whole story on its head. \nIt’s a busy time. While these classes do build on one another\, it’s also possible to attend only one\, two\, or three\, skipping those that fall on inconvenient nights. Those who sign up for all 4 classes will also have access to video recordings of the sessions. Whether you’re stuck in the middle of a big project or just want to practice writing in this form\, come join in and let’s write some fireflies. \nThis interactive writers workshop will be held as an online video conference call through Zoom. Details for joining the video call will be provided to all participating writers after registering. \nA series of 4 sessions: Wednesdays\, October 11 & 18 and November 1 & 8\, 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Zoom. Limited to 15 participants. (A minimum of five participants is needed for this workshop.) $150 for all 4 sessions + access to video recordings\, or $45/session \nStudent Testimonials\n“Wonderful teacher\, fabulous course. I learned so much.” \n“Amber Wheeler Bacon is a generous\, talented\, personable\, inspiring teacher.” \n“I found the prompts incredibly helpful. It helped me see the potential in stories that I would not have otherwise thought of.” \n“I really enjoyed all the different prompts\, especially because they each challenged me to think in a new way and seek out further creativity in my writing.” \nLearn more and register at https://patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nAbout our instructor: \nAmber Wheeler Bacon is a writer\, editor\, and teacher whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in Crazyhorse\, Ecotone\, Epiphany\, Five Points\, New Ohio Review\, Post Road\, Prairie Schooner and Witness. You can find her writing online at Ploughshares and CRAFT. She is the recipient of the 2018 Breakout Writers Prize sponsored by The Author’s Guild and a 2021 scholarship from Bread Loaf Environmental. \nIn 2020\, her story collection was a finalist for Hub City Press’s C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize and Moon City Press’s Short Fiction Award. She received the 2022 Lit/South Award for flash fiction. She was a finalist for the 2023 Chautauqua Janus Prize\, nominated by Ecotone. Amber has an MFA from Bennington College\, teaches at Coastal Carolina University and lives by the beach in South Carolina. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/workshop-fireflies-at-night-flash-fiction-with-amber-wheeler-bacon/2023-10-11/
LOCATION:Online – ZOOM
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: The Red Starfish with Donna Keel Armer
DESCRIPTION:Saturday October 7\, 2023 – 5:00-7:00 PM EDT\nPrice: Free public drop-in event\nRegistration: No advance registration needed\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center is honored to host a free public drop-in launch event for Donna Keel Armer’s The Red Starfish ~ Book #1 in the Cat Gabbiano Mystery Series. Join us on Saturday\, October 7\, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at 601 Bladen St.\, in downtown Beaufort. No advance registration required. Books will be available for sale and signing. Refreshments will be provided. The author will speak briefly at 5:45 p.m. \nAbout The Red Starfish\nKidnapped? Murdered? Or another publicity stunt? \nA gorgeous film star and her priceless starfish necklace disappear. What do the indecipherable clues she leaves behind mean? Desperate to find her missing friend\, Cat Gabbiano abandons her home and business in the South Carolina Lowcountry to fly across the ocean to Italy where she and her best friend spent magical childhood summers. Will Cat solve the mystery of her friend’s disappearance or will she become the next victim? Woven against the alluring Adriatic coastline of Puglia\, The Red Starfish mixes a dangerous cocktail of power\, corruption\, passion\, and the forever friendship of two captivating women. \n“Donna Keel Armer has written a colorfully crafted page turner that illustrates\, in chilling fashion\, how loyalty\, devotion and naïveté can quickly propel us into the vortex of our friends’ misfortunes and tragedies. Love isn’t just blind. It’s often deaf to the inner voice that warns us to proceed with caution.”–Joe Palmer\, author of A Mariner’s Tale \n“Born on the same day\, two women forge a life-long friendship. When Cat gets Stella’s desperate phone call asking for help\, she doesn’t hesitate to get on a plane from the Low Country of South Carolina to the Italian village of Castello del Mare. When she arrives and learns Stella is missing\, she finds herself caught in a web of treachery\, danger and deceit. Can she decipher the clues Stella left her? Is there anyone she can trust? The Red Starfish is a gripping and suspenseful tale that will keep you guessing right to the end. Donna Keel Armer has crafted a superb mystery – and if you’ve been to Italy\, you’ll delight in the descriptions of the food and the countryside. If you’ve never been\, you’ll long to go.”–Sally Handley\, author of the Holly & Ivy cozy mystery series \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nDonna Keel Armer is the author of Solo in Salento: A Memoir which has been translated into Italian as Un’americana in Salento. She recently completed a book tour of Southern Italy. She’s a photojournalist and has published essays for travel anthologies and in magazines featuring photographs and articles on travel\, food and wine\, home and garden and various other topics. When she’s on the road\, she writes a private travelogue. \nShe graduated with honors from Mississippi University for Women with a double major in psychology and social sciences and graduate studies in theology. Her first job during high school was a gofer for a furniture company and her last position before turning to writing was president of the hospitality business owned by Donna and her husband Ray. In-between she’s been in senior management in both the insurance and airline industries. She’s a former board member of Friends of the Library\, a member of Sea Island Spirit Writers\, and a docent at the Pat Conroy Literary Center. Donna and Ray split their time between their forever home in the South Carolina Lowcountry and their beloved Italy. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/book-launch-the-red-starfish-with-donna-keel-armer/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Terah Shelton Harris
DESCRIPTION:Friday October 6\, 2023 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \n“A natural pick for book clubs―there is plenty to discuss in this thought-provoking\, moving story of forgiveness\, unexpected connection\, and the myriad ways people protect those they love.”―Booklist \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with novelist Terah Shelton Harris\, author of One Summer in Savannah\, on Friday\, October 6\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.). Books will be available for sale and signing in partnership with Beaufort Bookstore. Please register in advance at 843-379-7025. \nAbout One Summer in Savannah\nIt’s been eight years since Sara Lancaster left her home in Savannah\, Georgia. Eight years since her daughter\, Alana\, came into this world\, following a terrifying sexual assault that left deep emotional wounds Sara would do anything to forget. But when Sara’s father falls ill\, she’s forced to return home and face the ghosts of her past. \nWhile caring for her father and running his bookstore\, Sara is desperate to protect her curious\, outgoing\, genius daughter from the Wylers\, the family of the man who assaulted her. Sara thinks she can succeed―her attacker is in prison\, his identical twin brother\, Jacob\, left town years ago\, and their mother are all unaware Alana exists. But she soon learns that Jacob has also just returned to Savannah to piece together the fragments of his once-great family. And when their two worlds collide―with the type of force Sara explores in her poetry and Jacob in his astrophysics―they are drawn together in unexpected ways. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nTerah Shelton Harris is a collection development librarian based in Alabama and a freelance writer. She has been published in Women’s Health\, Natural Solutions\, Every Day with Rachael Ray\, Backpacker\, Draft\, and Women’s Adventure. \n  \n  \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-terah-shelton-harris/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Seventh Annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention
DESCRIPTION:When: Saturday\, September 30\, 2023 9:00 am – 3:45 pm EDT\nWhere: Culinary Institute of the South | 1 Venture Dr\, Bluffton\, SC 29910\nRegistration: Eventbrite \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host the 7th annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention on Saturday\, September 30\, at the Culinary Institute of the South at the Technical College of the Lowcountry in Bluffton\, SC. Ideal for book club members\, those interested in joining a book club\, or anyone who simply loves the joy of reading\, the Lowcountry Book Club Convention is presented in partnership with NeverMore Books and the Technical College of the Lowcountry\, and made possible by the generous support of the Pulpwood Queens Books Club\, the largest book club in the U.S. \nThis year’s presenters include musician\, educator\, and bestselling novelist Brendan Slocumb\, author of The Violin Conspiracy (A Good Morning America Book Club Selection) and Symphony of Secrets; master entertainer and chef Johnathon Scott Barrett\, author of Cook & Celebrate: A Collection of Southern Holiday & Party Culinary Traditions; and teenage entrepreneur Sidney Keys III\, creator of the Books N Bros Book Club (featured in Forbes Magazine). The Convention will begin this year with a panel discussion highlighting five lowcountry novelists with new or recently released books: Donna Keel Armer (The Red Starfish)\, Laura Elizabeth (All Is Now Lost)\, Nancy Ritter (Slack Tide)\, Lynn Seldon (Carolina’s Ring)\, and John Warley (Jury of One). \nA gourmet box lunch will be provided by Catering by Debbi Covington. Books by presenting authors will be available for sale and signing. The Culinary Institute of the South will also be offering guided tours of their facility for the convention attendees. The registration fee includes all-day access to all author events and a tour. \nAs a prologue to Saturday’s in-person events\, on Friday\, September 23\, at 6:00 p.m.\, the Conroy Center will also 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. This free event will be held on Zoom and also live-streamed on the Conroy Center’s Facebook page. \nRegistration for ticketed events through the Conroy Center’s Eventbrite page: Eventbrite \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nSCHEDULE OF EVENTS\nSaturday\, September 30\n9:00-9:30 a.m. Check-in Begins \n9:30-10:30 a.m. Lowcountry Novelists Panel Discussion\, featuring Donna Keel Armer (The Red Starfish)\, Laura Elizabeth (All Is Now Lost)\, Nancy Ritter (Slack Tide)\, Lynn Seldon (Carolina’s Ring)\, and John Warley (Jury of One)\, moderated by Pat Conroy Literary Center executive director Jonathan Haupt \n10:30 a.m.-11:00 p.m. Book signing break \n11:00-12:00 p.m. As featured in the Good Morning America Book Club — musician\, educator\, and novelist Brendan Slocumb (The Violin Conspiracy and Symphony of Secrets) in conversation with Jonathan Haupt \n12:00-12:45 p.m. Book signing break & lunch: Gourmet box lunches by Catering by Debbi Covington. (Register by September 18 for lunch) \n12:45-1:45 p.m. Master entertainer and chef Johnathon Scott Barrett\, (Cook & Celebrate: A Collection of Southern Holiday & Party Culinary Traditions) in conversation with Mary Martha Greene (The Cheese Biscuit Queen Tells All) \n1:45-2:15 p.m. Book signing break \n2:15-3:15 p.m. As featured in Forbes Magazine — Sidney Keys III\, author of Books N Bros and founder of the Books N Bros book club\, in conversation with local students. \n3:15-3:45 p.m. Final book signing break and tour of the Culinary Institute of the South. \nAbout the Featured Authors\nBRENDAN SLOCUMB\nBrendan Slocumb was raised in Fayetteville\, North Carolina. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a degree in music education\, concentrations on Violin and Viola. For the past two decades\, he has been a public and private school music educator from kindergarten through twelfth grade\, teaching general music\, orchestra\, and guitar ensembles. His students were often chosen for district and regional orchestras. \nIn 2005\, Brendan was named Teacher of the Year for Robert E. Lee High School; he has been named to Who’s Who of American teachers\, and is a Nobel Teacher of distinction. Brendan also serves as an educational consultant for the Kennedy Center in Washington\, D.C. He is the author of two novels: The Violin Conspiracy (a selection of the Good Morning America Book Club) and the recently released Symphony of Secrets. www.brendanslocumb.com \nJOHNATHON SCOTT BARRETT\nJohnathon Scott Barrett is a seventh-generation Georgian\, and grew up amongst a family that placed high value on fresh\, farm-to-table food. He held onto those roots and became a renowned cook and host in his home state. A nonprofit executive\, he is also an avid reader\, fisherman\, and gardener. His cookbooks include Cook & Celebrate\, Rise & Shine\, and Cook & Tell. www.johnathonbarrett.com \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSIDNEY KEYS III\nSidney Keys III is a rising teen entrepreneur. At the young age of 10\, he decided to take his love for reading to the next level and create Books N Bros\, a book club to empower boys while advocating for African American literacy. Keys offers kids a place to be mentored by their “Big Bros” and connect over a shared love for reading and the “Cool Bros Read” mantra. \nFeatured in Forbes Magazine\, he has made appearances on Cartoon Network\, Good Morning America\, Today with Hoda and Jenna\, CNN\, MARVEL Hero Project on Disney+\, and in Oprah’s O magazine and the Huffington Post. Keys lives in Atlanta\, GA. www.booksnbros.com \nAbout the Local Authors\nDONNA KEEL ARMER\nDonna Keel Armer is the author of the travel memoir Solo in Salento (recently translated into Italian) and the debut novel The Red Starfish. She has published numerous articles and photographs on travel\, food\, human interest\, and home and garden in South Carolina magazines. She also teamed up with the Sons of Italy in Columbia\, SC\, to produce Bella Cucina Italiana\, a cookbook featuring her photography. She and her husband Ray live in Beaufort where she volunteers with the Pat Conroy Literary Center and Hunting Island State Park. https://donnaarmer.com. \n  \nLAURA ELIZABETH\nLaura Elizabeth enjoys a well-established career in business as well as a rich family life that\, many years ago\, took her to Daufuskie Island for the first time. Following her years of family experiences on the island\, Laura imagined Mongin Island as the home for her new cozy series\, The Island Mysteries\, beginning with the newly released All Is Now Lost. www.theislandmysteries.com. \n  \n  \n  \nNANCY RITTER\nThe author of Slack Tide\, Nancy Ritter has worked as a paralegal\, a reporter\, and an editor. She has received numerous awards for her writing\, culminating in a Service to America Medal for her work at the U.S. Department of Justice on the nation’s missing persons crisis\, where she first learned about “ambiguous loss\,” an issue she explores in her debut novel. Ritter lives and writes in Beaufort\, where she is a volunteer for the Pat Conroy Literary Center. \n  \n  \nLYNN SELDON\nGraduate of Virginia Military Institute and Army veteran Lynn Seldon is a longtime writer with more than 500 magazine and newspaper credits\, including USA Today\, The Atlanta Journal- Constitution\, TrailBlazer\, airline inflights\, several AAA publications\, and dozens more. He is the author or coauthor of six nonfiction books\, and the novels\, Virginia’s Ring and Carolina’s Ring. He lives in Beaufort with fellow writer and wife Cele Seldon. www.seldonink.com \n  \n  \n  \nJOHN WARLEY\nJohn Warley is the award-winning author of seven books. His bestselling novel\, A Southern Girl\, was praised by Pat Conroy as “stylish as a novel by John Irving and as tightly written as one by John Grisham.” His history of his undergraduate alma mater\, Stand Forever\, Yielding Never: The Citadel in the 21st Century\, led to his selection to write both the inscription for the college’s war memorial and “The Citadel at War\,” a narrative history of the wars and conflicts in which Citadel alumni have made the ultimate sacrifice. NPR selected his essay “Lingering at the Doors” for publication in This I Believe on Fatherhood. A graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law\, he drew on decades of experience practicing law in writing Jury of One\, his most recent novel. Warley lives in Beaufort. www.johnwarley.com. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
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SUMMARY:Pat Conroy Book Club: Beach Music
DESCRIPTION:Thursday September 28\, 2023 – 6:30-7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: $10\nRegistration: Register at Eventbrite | Limited to 20 participants\nVenue: The Rhett House Inn | 1009 Craven St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe 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. Book discussions will be held on fourth Thursdays beginning at 6:30 p.m. Limited to 20 participants each month. $10/person. Advance registration required. Participants are expected to read the books and to come prepared to discuss them. \nDiscussions will be held at The Rhett House Inn (1009 Craven St.\, Beaufort) \nSCHEDULE \n\nSeptember 28: Beach Music (1995)\nOctober 26 (Pat Conroy’s birthday): My Losing Season (2002)\nNovember 30 (5th Thursday due to Thanksgiving): The Pat Conroy Cookbook (2004)\n\nRegister at Eventbrite \nABOUT OUR DISCUSSION LEADERS \nDr. Charlene Monahan Spearen received her MFA degree in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in Composition and Rhetoric from the University of South Carolina. She is currently serving as the Public Relations and Special Projects Coordinator for Penn Center after a successful career in academia at Allen University. She served as the Program Coordinator for the University of South Carolina’s Arts Institute and was the Assistant Director for the South Carolina Poetry Initiative. In addition to her work throughout the Carolinas\, Spearen has been a featured reader and Creative Writing instructor and scholar in County Monaghan and County Mayo\, Ireland. She has published a full-length collection of poems titled A Book of Exquisite Disasters. Her poems have appeared in journals and publications throughout the United States. \nJonathan Haupt is the executive director of the nonprofit Conroy Center and the former director of the University of South Carolina Press\, where he created the Story River Books fiction imprint with Pat Conroy\, named by Garden & Gun magazine as one of “the top ten things to love about the South.” Haupt’s book reviews and author interviews have appeared in the Charleston Post and Courier\, Lowcountry Weekly\, Beaufort Lifestyle\, Savannah Morning News’ Beacon magazine\, Southern Review of Books\, and Southern Writers Magazine’s Suite T blog. He is co-editor of the anthology Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy\, the recipient of seventeen book awards. He serves on the boards of the Friends of South Carolina Libraries and the South Carolina Academy of Authors. In 2020\, Haupt was recognized with the Doug Marlette Literacy Leadership Award presented by the Pulpwood Queens\, the largest book club in the U.S. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/pat-conroy-book-club-beach-music/
LOCATION:The Rhett House Inn\, 1009 Craven St.\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club Discussion
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion - All Night\, All Day: Life\, Death & Angels
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 21\, 2023 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nFree Registration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host a panel discussion and book signing for the anthology All Night\, All Day: Life\, Death & Angels on Thursday\, September 21\, at 5:00 p.m. Free and open to the public\, this event will be held at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please call 843-379-7025 to reserve in advance.\nThe panel discussion will include editor Susan Cushman and contributing writers Cassandra King\, Wendy Reed\, and Nancy Dorman-Hickson. \nAbout All Night\, All Day: Life\, Death & Angels\n“All Night\, All Day is an inspirational collection of personal essays\, stories\, and poems by outstanding women authors who write about the appearance of the divine in their lives. Some of these angels come to save a life or change a flat tire. Some appear to warn people\, tell them what to do\, suggest more vegetables and maybe better shoes… In this stunning anthology which explores so many heartwarming brushes with celestial beings\, all these angels are messengers come to assure us we are not alone\, and we are loved.”—Margaret McMullan\, award-winning author of Where the Angels Lived \nThere is something mystical about holding the hand of a person who is “crossing over.” It can be heartbreaking\, of course\, but also very holy and beautiful. Some of the pieces in this collection share the experience of personal loss when a loved one dies. Often the presence of an angel or another mystical experience is shared. But not only in death—there are also stories here of the way the mystical world interacts with us in daily life. And not only angels\, but also mothers\, fathers\, sisters\, grandfathers\, friends\, and even a homeless man and a dog. \nABOUT THE EDITOR AND AUTHORS\nThis is Susan Cushman’s fourth anthology to edit. She is also the author of two novels\, two memoirs\, and a short story collection. Pat Conroy and Cassandra King are her two favorite authors and inspired her to write. Enough said. \n  \n  \nCassandra King (Conroy) is the author of five best-selling novels and two nonfiction books. Her latest book\, Tell Me a Story\, a memoir about life with her late husband Pat Conroy\, was named SIBA’s 2020 non-fiction Book of the Year. A conversation with Cassandra at her home in 2018 about angels—and particularly about the one that visited Pat as he was dying—was the inspiration for this book. \n  \nWendy Reed is an Emmy-winning writer and producer\, whose work include documentaries and the long-running series Bookmark with Don Noble and Discovering Alabama. She is the author of An Accidental Memoir: How I Killed Someone and Other Stories and the co-editor of All Out of Faith and Circling Faith: Southern Women on Spirituality. \n  \nAfter almost twenty years as a features editor at Southern Living magazine\, Nancy Dorman-Hickson now freelances in Birmingham\, Alabama. She co-authored Diplomacy and Diamonds\, the best-selling memoir of Joanne King Herring who was portrayed by Julia Roberts in the movie Charlie Wilson’s War. She is working on a memoir which draws from her rural childhood in the 1960s and 1970s in Mississippi. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/panel-discussion-all-night-all-day-life-death-angels/
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Susan Beckham Zurenda
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, September 19\, 2023 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nLocation: Pat Conroy Literary Center (601 Bladen Street) | please call The Center to reserve your seat: 843-379-7025 \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center and NeverMore Books will host an evening with novelist Susan Beckham Zurenda\, author of The Girl from the Red Rose Motel\, on September 19\, at 5:00 p.m. Zurenda will be joined in conversation by bestselling author Cassandra King\, author of Tell Me a Story: My Life with Pat Conroy. Free and open to the public\, this special event will be held at The Pat Conroy Literary Center (601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort). Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please call 843-379-7025 to reserve in advance. \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nABOUT The Girl from the Red Rose Motel\nImpoverished high school junior Hazel Smalls and privileged senior Sterling Lovell would never ordinarily meet. But when both are punished with in-school suspension\, Sterling finds himself drawn to the gorgeous\, studious girl seated nearby\, and an unlikely relationship begins. Set in 2012 South Carolina\, the novel interlaces the stories of Hazel\, living with her homeless family in the rundown Red Rose Motel; Sterling\, yearning to break free from the expectations of his wealthy parents; and recently widowed Angela Wilmore\, their stern but compassionate English teacher. \nHazel hides her homelessness from Sterling until he discovers her cleaning the motel’s office one morning when he goes with his slumlord father to unfreeze the motel’s pipes. With her secret revealed\, their relationship deepens. Angela\, who has her own struggles in a budding romance with the divorced principal\, offers Hazel the support her family can’t provide. Navigating between privilege and poverty\, vulnerability and strength\, all three must confront what they need from themselves and each other as Hazel gains the courage to oppose boundaries and make a bold\, life-changing decision at novel’s end. Gripping and richly drawn\, The Girl from the Red Rose Motel explores the complex bonds between adults and teenagers and the power of the families we both inherit and create. \nInspired by the author’s experiences teaching in a South Carolina high school\, the novel is also an unflinching\, authentic look at the challenges faced by America’s public school teachers and the struggles of the thousands of homeless children in motels who live\, precariously and almost invisibly\, amid the nation’s most affluent communities. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nSusan Zurenda taught English for 33 years on the college level and at the high school level to AP students. Her debut novel\, Bells for Eli (Mercer University Press\, March 2020; paperback edition March 2021)\, has been selected the Gold Medal (first place) winner for Best First Book—Fiction in the 2021 IPPY (Independent Publisher Book Awards)\, a Foreword Indie Book Award finalist\, a Winter 2020 Okra Pick by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance\, a 2020 Notable Indie on Shelf Unbound\, a 2020 finalist for American Book Fest Best Book Awards\, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for 2021. \nShe has won numerous regional awards for her short fiction. She lives in Spartanburg\, SC. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-susan-beckham-zurenda/
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SUMMARY:September 2023 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly virtual Open Mic Night is presented in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center and the South Carolina Writers Association. Our featured writer for September is Yvette R. Murray\, author of the poetry collection Hush\, Puppy. Join us live on the Conroy Center’s Facebook page for readings by a pantheon of participating writers from in and beyond our South Carolina lowcountry. \nWhen: Thursday\, September 14\, 2023 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Facebook Live \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our featured writer:\nYvette R. Murray is an award-winning poet and writer. She has been published in Chestnut Review\, Emrys Journal\, Litmosphere\, A Gathering Together\, and others. She is the 2022 Susan Laughter Meyers Poetry Fellow\, a 2021 Best New Poet selection\, a Watering Hole Fellow\, and a Pushcart Prize nominee. She is a board member of the South Carolina Writer’s Association and the Poetry Society of South Carolina\, and a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators. @MissYvettewrites. \n“Yvette Murray offers a collection that is so shrimp and grits\, so Gullah\, so Battery\, so Charleston. She invites us to taste\, feel\, and breathe her Charleston. She exercises her poetry muscles with traditional forms and lifts voices that Carolinians have heard all their lives. Let her be your tour guide through the pain and the joy. How grateful we are to share in her witness.”–Len Lawson\, author of Chime and co-editor of The Future of Black: Afrofuturism\, Black Comics\, and Superhero Poetry \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/september-2023-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Online – Facebook Live
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SUMMARY:An Evening with T. M. Brown\, author of The Last Laird of Sapelo\, in conversation with Bren McClain
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday September 12\, 2023 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \n“A heart-wrenching and beautiful story of a man and his family brought to its knees by the Civil War. . . . historical fiction at its finest.”–Patti Callahan Henry\, New York Times Best-Selling Author of The Secret Book of Flora Lea \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with novelist T.M. Brown\, author of The Last Laird of Sapelo\, in conversation with Willie Morris Award-winning novelist Bren McClain. This free event will be held on Tuesday\, September 12\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.). Books will be available for sale and signing. Please register in advance at 843-379-7025. \nAbout The Last Laird of Sapelo\nThe Last Laird of Sapelo is based on the tragic story of Randolph Spalding\, the youngest son of Georgia’s most well-known antebellum-era coastal planter and influential political figure\, Thomas Spalding. Following his father’s death in 1851\, Randolph parlays his father’s fame and gifted landholdings on Sapelo Island\, hobnobbing from Charleston to Savannah to Milledgeville and ultimately failing to thwart Georgia’s decision to follow South Carolina into secession by early 1861. \nWithin weeks after the assault on Fort Sumter\, Lincoln’s naval blockade threatens the entire southern coast. Colonel Randolph Spalding\, now a reluctant commander of militia\, faces a storm of life-altering events in the months that follow\, imperiling his family’s legacy\, livelihood\, and lands. He ultimately must decide between supposed justice and saving the life of a slave who exacted revenge for the murder and rape of two children on Sapelo Island. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nAuthor T. M. Brown went back to school after a thirty-year sales and marketing career; his lifelong love for history\, teaching\, and coaching landed him in the classroom until he retired in 2014. He took up writing novels and has published four award-winning Southern novels. \nHe is a member of the Atlanta Writers Club\, Southeastern Writers Association\, Broadleaf Writers Association\, American Christian Fiction Writers\, and founding president of Hometown Novel Writers Association\, Inc.\, in Newnan\, Georgia. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-t-m-brown/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tuesday Talk: Patrick Dean\, Author of Nature's Messenger
DESCRIPTION:Register: Click the “Book a Program button on the Port Royal Sound Foundation website \nTuesday\, September 12\, 3:00-4:00 p.m. EDT\nCost: $10\nVenue: Port Royal Sound Foundation Maritime Center | 310 Okatie Hwy\, Okatie\, SC \nAs part of their Tuesday Talks series\, the Port Royal Sound Foundation Maritime Center\, in partnership with the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center\, will host an afternoon lecture by Patrick Dean\, author of the recently published book Nature’s Messenger: Mark Catesby and His Adventures in a New World. The program will be held at the Maritime Center’s education classroom\, 310 Okatie Hwy\, Okatie\, on Tuesday\, September 12\, at 3:00 p.m. $10/person. Books will be available for sale and signing. \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nAbout Nature’s Messenger\n“In this enlightening biography\, nature writer Dean traces the life of British naturalist Mark Catesby (1683–1749)\, whose The Natural History of Carolina\, Florida\, and the Bahama Islands was among the first European accounts of the flora and fauna of the Americas and influenced John James Audubon. An informative account of an important if lesser-known naturalist.” — Publishers Weekly \nIn 1722\, Mark Catesby stepped ashore in Charles Town in the Carolina colony. Over the next four years\, this young naturalist made history as he explored deep into America’s natural wonders\, collecting and drawing plants and animals which had never been seen back in the Old World. Nine years later Catesby produced his magnificent and groundbreaking book\, The Natural History of Carolina\, the first-ever illustrated account of American flora and fauna. \nIn Nature’s Messenger\, acclaimed writer Patrick Dean follows Catesby from his youth as a landed gentleman in rural England to his early work as a naturalist and his adventurous travels. A pioneer in many ways\, Catesby’s careful attention to the knowledge of non-Europeans in America—the enslaved Africans and Native Americans who had their own sources of food and medicine from nature—set him apart from others of his time. \nNature’s Messenger takes us from the rice plantations of the Carolina Lowcountry to the bustling coffeehouses of 18th-century England\, from the sun-drenched islands of the Bahamas to the austere meeting-rooms of London’s Royal Society\, then presided over by Isaac Newton. It was a time of discovery\, of intellectual ferment\, and of the rise of the British Empire. And there on history’s leading edge\, recording the extraordinary and often violent mingling of cultures as well as of nature\, was Mark Catesby. \nIntensively researched and thrillingly told\, Nature’s Messenger will thrill fans of exploration and early American history as well as appealing to birdwatchers\, botanists\, and anyone fascinated by the natural world. \nAbout the author: \nPatrick Dean writes on the outdoors and the environment. He has worked as a teacher\, a political media director\, and is presently the executive director of a rail-trail nonprofit. \nAn avid trail-runner\, paddler\, and mountain-biker\, he lives with his wife and dogs on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee\, and is the author of A Window to Heaven\, about the summit of Denali. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/tuesday-talk-patrick-dean-author-of-natures-messenger/
LOCATION:Port Royal Sound Maritime Center\, 310 Okatie Hwy\, Okatie\, SC\, 29909\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks and Lectures
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SUMMARY:Pat Conroy Book Club: The Prince of Tides
DESCRIPTION:Thursday August 24\, 2023 – 6:30-7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: $10\nRegistration: Register at Eventbrite | Limited to 20 participants\nVenue: The Rhett House Inn | 1009 Craven St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe 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. Book discussions will be held on fourth Thursdays beginning at 6:30 p.m. Limited to 20 participants each month. $10/person. Advance registration required. Participants are expected to read the books and to come prepared to discuss them. \nDiscussions will be held at The Rhett House Inn (1009 Craven St.\, Beaufort) \nSCHEDULE \n\nAugust 24: The Prince of Tides (1986)\nSeptember 28: Beach Music (1995)\nOctober 26 (Pat Conroy’s birthday): My Losing Season (2002)\nNovember 30 (5th Thursday due to Thanksgiving): The Pat Conroy Cookbook (2004)\n\nRegister at Eventbrite \nABOUT OUR DISCUSSION LEADERS \nDr. Charlene Monahan Spearen received her MFA degree in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in Composition and Rhetoric from the University of South Carolina. She is currently serving as the Public Relations and Special Projects Coordinator for Penn Center after a successful career in academia at Allen University. She served as the Program Coordinator for the University of South Carolina’s Arts Institute and was the Assistant Director for the South Carolina Poetry Initiative. In addition to her work throughout the Carolinas\, Spearen has been a featured reader and Creative Writing instructor and scholar in County Monaghan and County Mayo\, Ireland. She has published a full-length collection of poems titled A Book of Exquisite Disasters. Her poems have appeared in journals and publications throughout the United States. \nJonathan Haupt is the executive director of the nonprofit Conroy Center and the former director of the University of South Carolina Press\, where he created the Story River Books fiction imprint with Pat Conroy\, named by Garden & Gun magazine as one of “the top ten things to love about the South.” Haupt’s book reviews and author interviews have appeared in the Charleston Post and Courier\, Lowcountry Weekly\, Beaufort Lifestyle\, Savannah Morning News’ Beacon magazine\, Southern Review of Books\, and Southern Writers Magazine’s Suite T blog. He is co-editor of the anthology Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy\, the recipient of seventeen book awards. He serves on the boards of the Friends of South Carolina Libraries and the South Carolina Academy of Authors. In 2020\, Haupt was recognized with the Doug Marlette Literacy Leadership Award presented by the Pulpwood Queens\, the largest book club in the U.S. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/pat-conroy-book-club-the-prince-of-tides/
LOCATION:The Rhett House Inn\, 1009 Craven St.\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Amy Paige Condon
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday August 22\, 2023 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.\nVenue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe 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. This free event will be held on Tuesday\, August 22\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). Books will be available for sale and signing. Please call to reserve your seat in advance: 843-379-7025. \nAbout A Nervous Man Shouldn’t Be Here in the First Place\n“This is not a simple life\, my friend\, and there are no simple answers.” The late editor of the late Miami News\, Bill Baggs\, stamped these words on plain white postcards and sent them to readers who sent him hate mail―a frequent occurrence\, as Baggs\, a white editor of a prominent southern newspaper\, championed unpopular ideas in his front-page columns\, such as protecting the environment\, desegregating public schools\, and peace in Vietnam. \nUnder his leadership\, the Miami News earned three Pulitzer Prizes. For his stances\, Baggs earned a bullet hole through his office window\, police officers stationed outside his home\, and a used Mercedes outfitted with a remote starter so that if it had been rigged with a bomb\, it would blow up before he opened the door. Despite his causes and accomplishments\, when Baggs died of pneumonia in 1969 at the age of forty-five\, his story nearly died with him\, and that would have been a travesty because Baggs still has so much to teach us about how to find the answers to those not-so-simple questions\, like how to live in peace with one another? \nIn this first biography of this influential editor\, Amy Paige Condon retraces how an orphaned boy from rural Colquitt\, Georgia\, bore witness and impacted some of the twentieth century’s most earth-shifting events: World War II\, the civil rights movement\, the Cuban Missile Crisis\, and the Vietnam War. With keen intellect and sparkling wit\, Baggs seemed to be in the right place at the right time. From bombardier to reporter then accidental diplomat\, Baggs used his daily column as a bully pulpit for social justice and wielded his pen like a scalpel to reveal the truth. \n“The marquee proclaiming the most celebrated journalists of the twentieth century probably wouldn’t include Bill Baggs. But ask everyone listed on the marquee who’s missing. By unanimous consent\, they’d say Bill Baggs\, the daring\, fearless\, ‘rapscallion’ editor of the Miami News. Why? Because as Amy Paige Condon so masterfully reveals\, Baggs led them on race\, Vietnam\, the environment\, historic preservation\, land conservation\, and the liberal conversation we’re still having today. This is a necessary resurrection of a departed journalist worth celebrating.”–Hank Klibanoff\, Pulitzer Prize–winning coauthor of The Race Beat: The Press\, the Civil Rights Struggle\, and the Awakening of a Nation \n“When a book keeps you riveted into the wee hours of the morning\, and then brings tears to your eyes when it ends\, you can be pretty sure it’s a winner.”–Carol McCabe Booker\, editor of Alone Atop the Hill \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nAmy Paige Condon is the founder of the Refinery Writing Studio and the associate editor of Beacon\, a quarterly news magazine published by the Savannah Morning News. She is the coauthor of Wiley’s Championship BBQ Cookbook and The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-amy-paige-condon/
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SUMMARY:August 2023 Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with the South Carolina Writers Association and the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce\, the Conroy Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held at Sandies (711 Bladen St.) on Thursday\, August 10\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is Ed Madden\, past Poet Laureate of Columbia and author of the newly published collection A Pooka in Arkansas. \nWhen: Thursday\, August 10\, 2023 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\nWhere: Sandies (711 Bladen St.) \nInterested in reading as part of Open Mic? Let us know at contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org \nWe want to build our community of writers and an appreciation for the art and talent of new\, emerging\, and long-time writers. Thank you for supporting this partnership! \nEvent Facebook Page \nAbout our featured writer:\nEd Madden is the author of four other books and four chapbooks of poetry\, most recently Ark\, about his father’s last months in hospice care\, and So they can sing\, which won the 2016 Robin Becker Chapbook Prize. \nHe is a professor of English and the former director of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina\, where he teaches Irish literature\, queer studies\, and creative writing. From 2015 through 2022\, Ed has served as the poet laureate for the City of Columbia\, SC. He is recipient of an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship and artist residencies at the Hambidge Center in Georgia and the Instituto Sacatar in Itaparica\, Brazil. \n“This book redeems the curse of where and what we are born into by conjuring spells. Bestial. Animistic. The poet strutting around like a mythic centaur\, or if you like\, a domestic ass. This book flies in the face of making the rough places plain and the crooked straight. You won’t have to have grown up queer in the deep rural South to be touched by the lyrical antics that go on here\, this alternative gospel spreading its haunches till every knee bow\, every tongue confess\, this chorus of Hallelujah inflected/infected by its own down and dirty twang.”—Timothy Liu \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/august-2023-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Sandies\, 711 Bladen St.\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Open Mic Night
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SUMMARY:An Evening with USA Today Bestselling Author Leonard Goldberg
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday August 9\, 2023 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Call the bookstore to reserve your seat: 843-812-9460\nLocation: Nevermore Books | 910 Port Republic St\, Beaufort \n“A testament to the power of deductive reasoning…. Goldberg brings his characters vibrantly to life… a worthy successor to Conan Doyle’s original.”―Charleston Post and Courier \nNeverMore 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. This free event will be held on Wednesday\, August 9\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at 910 Port Republic St\, Beaufort. Books will be available for sale and signing. Call the bookstore to reserve your seat: 843-812-9460 \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nABOUT The Wayward Prince\nDuring the height of the Great War\, playboy Prince Harry\, the third in line to the British throne\, vanishes in thin air while horseback riding in Hyde Park. When his absence continues on for days\, the royal family grows concerned and summons Scotland Yard\, who can only recover scant\, unrevealing clues. The concern deepens when MI5 decodes a recent message from German spies in London which speaks of a captured asset that will bring great embarrassment to the Crown. There is a strong belief within the Intelligence agency that plans are underway to transport the captive prince to Berlin without delay. Despite an intensive search\, no trace of the royal can be detected. \nWith Scotland Yard and MI5 baffled\, Joanna Holmes\, daughter of the famed British detective\, and the senior and younger Dr. Watsons are called in\, and they soon find themselves entangled in a web of abortion\, murder\, treason\, and spies\, all of which is seemingly being orchestrated by an arch-enemy of the long-dead Sherlock Holmes. In their race to rescue Prince Harry\, it becomes clear that the mastermind behind the maze of crimes has a singular motive in mind. He desires overdue revenge in the form of Joanna’s death. \n“An appealing installment for franchise fans and newcomers alike.” ―Kirkus Reviews \n“Goldberg amply demonstrates once again just how compelling a figure Joanna Holmes has become. Simply put\, this series is one of the best continuations of the Sherlock mythos that one could hope for.”―Mystery Scene \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nLeonard Goldberg is the USA Today bestselling author of the Joanna Blalock medical thrillers. His novels have been translated into a dozen languages and were selections of the Book of the Month Club\, French and Czech book clubs\, and The Mystery Guild. They were featured as People’s “Page-Turner of the Week” and at the International Book Fair. After a long career affiliated with the UCLA Medical Center as a Clinical Professor of Medicine\, he now lives on an island off the coast of Charleston\, SC. \n  \nABOUT THE INTERVIEWER \nJonathan Haupt is the executive director of the Pat Conroy Literary Center\, a frequent guest book reviewer for the Charleston Post and Courier\, and co-editor of Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy\, winner of 17 book awards. \n  \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-usa-today-bestselling-author-leonard-goldberg/
LOCATION:NeverMore Books\, 910 Port Republic St\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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