• Workshop: Stop Making Sense! with Luis H. Francia

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

    Taking its title from a Talking Heads song, this two-hour workshop uses verbal play, emphasizing lyricism and non-narrative technique. As in jazz, a lyrical poem riffs on the verbal energy of its initial lines to evolve towards a whole greater than the sum of its parts.

    $45
  • Workshop: Writing as Spiritual Practice with Valerie Sayers

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

    This workshop will explore a broad range of writers, from Thicht Nhat Hahn to San Juan de la Cruz to Toni Morrison, whose writing has been anchored by their belief in (or search for) the Divine.

    $45
  • Workshop: Writing Family Stories with Estelle Ford-Williamson

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

    This workshop is now sold out. Our thanks to everyone who registered in advance. Led by an award-winning memoirist and novelist, this workshop is for those who want to put in writing their cache of family legends or happenings, and for those who want to assist their parents or relatives or friends in doing just that. A great holiday gift for a loved one!

    $45
  • An Evening with NYT Bestselling Novelist De’Shawn Charles Winslow

    NeverMore Books 910 Port Republic St, Beaufort, SC, United States

    As a free event of the Pat Conroy Literary Center’s seventh annual March Forth, the Conroy Center and NeverMore Books will host an evening with New York Times bestselling novelist De'Shawn Charles Winslow, author of the newly published Decent People, in conversation with Jonathan Haupt.

    Free
  • 7th Annual March Forth

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

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

    $30
  • An Evening with Memoirist Donna Keel Armer

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

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

    Free
  • Book Launch: Slack Tide with Nancy Ritter

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

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

    Free
  • March 2023 Open Mic Night

    Online - Facebook Live

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

    Free
  • Evening with Post and Courier Journalist Adam Parker

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

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

    Free
  • Kick-Start National Poetry Month Reading 2023

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

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

    Free
  • April 2023 Open Mic Night

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

    Our monthly virtual Open Mic Night is presented in partnership between the Pat Conroy Literary Center, the South Carolina Writers Association and Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce.

    Free
  • Book Launch: Jury of One with John Warley

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

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

    Free
  • Evening with USA Today Bestselling Novelist Colleen Oakley

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

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

    $36
  • Beaufort Human Library, Third Edition

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

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

    Free
  • Pat Conroy Book Club: The Boo

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

    The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center and the award-winning Rhett House Inn will host a monthly book club discussion of Pat Conroy's dozen books in order of publication, moderated by Charlene Spearen and Jonathan Haupt.

    $10
  • Workshop: Therapeutic Journaling with Sandra E. Johnson

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

    This interactive writing workshop will highlight how to use therapeutic journaling to become more resilient by transforming traumatic events into opportunities for growth, reframing failures into successes, and changing unhelpful habits into ones that strengthen wellbeing.

    $45
  • May 2023 Open Mic Night

    Online - Facebook Live

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

    Free
  • Book Launch: Rainbow Warrior with Jacquelyn Markham

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

    The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center is honored to host a public launch event for Jacquelyn Markham’s new collection of poetry, Rainbow Warrior, on Thursday, May 18, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 601 Bladen St., in downtown Beaufort.

    Free
  • Pat Conroy Book Club: The Water is Wide

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

    The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center and the award-winning Rhett House Inn will host a monthly book club discussion of Pat Conroy's dozen books in order of publication, moderated by Charlene Spearen and Jonathan Haupt.

    $10