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SUMMARY:Workshop: Two-Sentence Elevator Pitch with Ann Garvin
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: This workshop has been rescheduled to Thursday June 1\, 2023 6:00-8:00 p.m. EDT \nRegister: patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nCost: $45\nLimited to 15 participants (A minimum of ten participants is needed for this workshop.)\nOnline: Zoom \nWhen an agent or editor asks\, “What’s your book about?” will your brief description (your logline) capture their interest? Will they ask for more? Will they see you as a skilled professional or an eager newbie who isn’t quite sure what they are doing? \nEven the most skilled authors find distilling their book down to a compelling pitch difficult to do\, not because they don’t know what their book is about\, but because they do. In fact\, they know it so well that they don’t want to leave anything out. This results in more of a summary than juicy marketing copy designed to hook and interest an agent or a publisher. \nIn this virtual workshop led by USA Today bestselling novelist and Tall Poppy Writers founder Ann Garvin\, you will learn how to get to the very heart of your project and make certain that the story you’re working on is compelling and clear. Even the most complicated or quiet of tales can be pitched in such a way that people will sit up and take notice. \nTuesday\, May 9\, 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Zoom. Limited to 15 participants. $45/person. \nLearn more and register at https://patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nThis 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. \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nAbout our instructor: \nAnn Garvin\, PhD\, is the USA Today bestselling author of five funny and sad novels about people who do too much\, in a world that asks too much from them. Her forthcoming novel\, There’s No Coming Back From This\, will be published this August. Ann teaches in the low-residency master of fine arts program at Drexel University and lives in Wisconsin with her anxious and overly protective dog\, Peanut. She is the founder of the Tall Poppy Writers and is dedicated to helping authors find readers and vice versa. For more information visit www.anngarvin.net. \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:June 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\, June 8\, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our featured writer is poet Helen P. Bradley\, author of the novel Breach of Trust\, forthcoming in May 2023. \nWhen: Thursday\, June 8\, 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:\nHelen P. Bradley’s debut novel Breach of Trust draws from her experiences during twenty-seven years heading a nationally-recognized crime victim advocacy program. A former newspaper journalist\, Helen has written curricula\, essays\, and articles for the National Organization for Victim Assistance\, the National Center for Victims of Crime\, and the Georgia Victim Assistance Academy. Her writing has been published in The Savannah Anthology\, Savannah Magazine\, The Savannah Morning News\, and Law Enforcement Magazine. She volunteered for 10 years with Deep Center\, a Savannah youth literacy program that won a 2015 National Endowment for the Arts award. \nIn August 2022\, Helen won first place in a national essay contest out of a field of 55 entries. NextTribe\, the “voice of women aging boldly\,” sponsored the contest in which Helen’s essay\, “From High Heels to Hot Wheels\,” reveals how she unexpectedly became a first-time mom at the age of 52\, when her husband’s two-year-old grandson came to live with them. Learn more at www.helenpbradley.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/june-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:Camp Conroy: Summer Camp for Young Writers & Artists 2023
DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION: Eventbrite \nCamp Conroy is a two-week day camp build-a-book experience for young writers and artists\, ages 8 to 14. Participants will create independently and collaboratively as they research\, write\, illustrate\, edit\, design\, and ultimately publish a book together. \nThe nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center’s 6th annual Camp Conroy will be held June 12 to 23\, Monday to Friday\, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Drop-off and pick-up hours are between 8:00-9:00 a.m. and 3:30-4:00 p.m.)\, with a closing reading to be held on Friday afternoon\, June 23. Presented in partnership with Beaufort Middle School\, the camp will creatively explore this year’s theme\, “When we find ourselves on a voyage exploring the unknown\, we discover extraordinary adventures leading to the most bountiful treasures.” \nDuring the first week of the camp\, we invite our campers to immerse themselves in creative exploration as they respond to our theme. In the second week\, campers refine their stories\, essays\, poems\, artwork\, and photography as they build their anthology together. Participants also constructively critique one another’s work\, forming thematic connections as they combine their selected works into a cohesive\, collaborative publication. \nCamp Conroy invites diversity and inclusivity among our campers with respect to race\, religion\, ability\, and all other aspects of identity.\nCamp Conroy 2023 Theme: When we find ourselves on a voyage exploring the unknown\, we discover extraordinary adventures leading to the most bountiful treasures. \nThe $300 registration fee for Camp Conroy includes two weeks of instruction\, camp activities\, and healthy daily snacks. Students must bring their own lunches and drinks each day. (This is a day camp; overnight lodging and meals are not included.) After the camp\, participants will each receive a copy of their published anthology. Registration closes on May 15. \nIn the 2004 Pat Conroy Cookbook\, Pat describes his “Bill Dufford Summer” spent between his junior and senior years on the campus of Beaufort High School (what is now Beaufort Middle School\, the site of last year’s Camp Conroy). It was a transformative summer for Pat and for his principal\, mentor\, and surrogate father figure\, Bill Dufford. As Pat writes at the end of his recollection\, “I had everything—the best summer of my life.” That has been and remains the goal of our Camp Conroy\, to give our campers the best summers of their lives. We hope you will join us this year. \nApplying for a Scholarship: A limited number of full and partial scholarships are available\, including a scholarship established in memory of Maura Connelly\, an instructor in our original Camp Conroy. To apply\, interested students should submit a sample of their work (story\, essay\, poem\, artwork\, or photography) with a brief letter about their interest in the Camp Conroy experience by May 15\, to the Pat Conroy Literary Center\, Attention: Camp Conroy\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC 29902. Scholarship recipients will be contacted in early June. \nSponsoring a Scholarship: Tax-deductible donations to the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center are most welcome to sponsor student scholarships or a visiting instructor for Camp Conroy. See the camp registration link for details. \nQuestions: Email us at campconroysc@gmail.com. \nMEET OUR INSTRUCTORS \nLisa Anne Cullen is an author\, illustrator\, and artist. Her most recent books are the Carolina folktales Little Orange Honey Hood\, Three Wild Pigs (University of South Carolina Press/Young Palmetto Books) and Haskell & Greta (Quantum 8 Press). She is a member of the National Association of Women Artists\, Seacoast Artists Guild\, Seacoast Artist’s Guild & Gallery Writer’s Group\, and teaches art and illustration. She holds an MFA in writing for children. \n  \nTwice nominated for the Pushcart Prize (2019 & 2023)\, Miho Kinnas is a Japanese poet and translator. Two collections of poetry\, Today\, Fish Only (2014) and Move Over\, Bird (2019) were published by Math Paper Press. We Eclipse Into the Other Side\, co-written with E. Ethelbert Miller\, will be released from Pinyong Publishing in summer\, 2023. Elaine Equi chose her poem\, “Three Shrimp Boats Over the Horizon” (Wet Cement Press Magazine) for The Best American Poetry 2023. \n  \nMaddy Roth is a third grade teacher at Lady’s Island Elementary School. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Elementary and Early Childhood Education with a minor in Special Education from Pennsylvania State University in the spring of 2021. She also runs a competitive gymnastics program at The Foundry in Beaufort and coaches JV Cheerleading at Beaufort High School. \n  \nJonathan Haupt is the executive director of the Pat Conroy Literary Center\, the former director of the University of South Carolina Press\, and co-editor of Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy\, winner of 17 book awards. In 2020\, he was awarded the Doug Marlette Literacy Leadership Award by the Pulpwood Queens\, the largest book club in the U.S. \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/camp-conroy-summer-camp-for-young-writers-artists-2023/
LOCATION:Beaufort Middle School\, 2501 Mossy Oaks Rd.\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
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SUMMARY:Pat Conroy Book Club: The Great Santini
DESCRIPTION:Thursday June 22\, 2023 – 6:30 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. Discussions will be held at The Rhett House Inn (1009 Craven St.\, Beaufort) \nSCHEDULE \n\nApril 27: The Boo (1970)\nMay 25 The Water Is Wide (1972)\nJune 22: The Great Santini (1976)\nJuly 27: The Lords of Discipline (1980)\n\nFuture discussion dates will be announced this summer\, once the book club is underway. \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-great-santini/
LOCATION:The Rhett House Inn\, 1009 Craven St.\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
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SUMMARY:Workshop: June 2023 Writing Family Stories with Estelle Ford-Williamson
DESCRIPTION:Register: patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nWhen: Tuesday June 27\, 2023; 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.\nCost: $45\nLimited to 15 participants\nLocation: Pat Conroy Literary Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort\, SC) with a Zoom option \nDid you tell yourself this is the year to publish some of your family stories? Whether your goal is a family-only writing project or maybe something a lot bigger\, begin writing and sharing with other writers in this follow-up to the February class. This course will enable you to start (or continue) the process with a goal of completing a project in the fall. \nCovers Beginning the Stories\, Finding Structure in Your Many Tales\, Publication\, and What to Do after Publishing the Stories\, as well as a round-robin sharing of work with feedback. Attendance at Writing Family Stories 1 is not required. \nThis interactive writers workshop will be held as an in-person class at the Pat Conroy Literary Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort)\, with an option for remote participants to join via Zoom. \nTuesday\, June 27\, 5:00-7:00 p.m. Limited to 15 participants. $45/person. \nLearn more and register at https://patconroyliterarycenter.eventbrite.com \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nAbout our instructor: \nEstelle Ford-Williamson’s most recent book is Rising Fawn\, a novel set in Atlanta and Lookout Mountain\, GA. Previously she published Abbeville Farewell\, a Novel of Early Atlanta and North Georgia\, and co-wrote a memoir\, Seed of South Sudan: Memoir of a ‘Lost Boy’ Refugee with Majok Marier. For four years\, she led “Writing Your Story” workshops at a senior center in the Atlanta area; a dozen students went on to publish full memoirs. \nShe has received awards for her novels and short fiction\, and offers writing workshops through the Pat Conroy Literary Center and the South Carolina Writers Association; she lives on nearby St. Helena Island. \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-june-2023-writing-family-stories-with-estelle-ford-williamson/
LOCATION:Pat Conroy Literary Center\, 601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Polly Stewart\, Author of The Good Ones\, in Conversation with Dana Ridenour
DESCRIPTION:Thursday June 29\, 2023 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT\nPrice: Free\nRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-525-1066.\nVenue: Beaufort Bookstore | 2127 Boundary St. #15\, Beaufort \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe Beaufort Bookstore\, in partnership with the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center\, will host an evening with novelist Polly Stewart\, author of The Good Ones\, in conversation with retired FBI special agent turned thriller writer Dana Ridenour. This free event will be held on Thursday\, June 29\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at 2127 Boundary St.\, Ste 15. Books will be available for sale and signing. Call Beaufort Bookstore to reserve your seat: 843-525-1066. \n“Polly Stewart’s The Good Ones is a fantastic achievement. A classic Southern Gothic tale told through the prism of modern-day sensibilities. Not to be missed.”—S. A. Cosby\, New York Times bestselling author of Razorblade Tears \n“Smart\, dark\, and suspenseful\, The Good Ones skillfully navigates the sharp edges of small-town secrets that cut deep. A beautifully written mystery that’ll keep you guessing til the end.”—Laura McHugh\, award-winning author of What’s Done in Darkness \nABOUT The Good Ones\nThe last time Nicola Bennett saw Lauren Ballard she was scraping a key along the side of a new cherry-red Chevy Silverado. That was the night before her friend mysteriously vanished from her home\, leaving a bloodstained washcloth and signs of a struggle—as well as her grieving husband and young daughter—behind. \nNow\, nearly twenty years later\, Nicola\, newly unemployed and still haunted by the disappearance of her childhood friend\, is returning to her Appalachian hometown. For Nicola\, Tyndall County has remained frozen in time. Everywhere she turns she’s reminded of Lauren. Yet shockingly\, her former friends and neighbors have all moved on. Drawn to stories of missing girls\, Nicola obsessively searches the internet\, hoping to discover a clue to Lauren’s ultimate fate. \nDriven by a desperate need to know what happened to her friend\, Nicola takes a job in her hometown\, determined to uncover any bit of information\, any small clue\, that can help. Deep down she knows the answers are tucked in the hollows and valleys of this small Blue Ridge county. As secrets come to light and the truth begins to unravel\, will Nicola finally find release and break free of the past—or lose herself completely to unanswered questions from her adolescence? \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nPolly Stewart is the author of The Good Ones\, forthcoming from Harper Books in June 2023. As Mary Stewart Atwell\, she’s also the author of Wild Girls (Scribner 2012). Her essays have appeared in the New York Times and Poets & Writers\, among other publications. She runs the Craft of Crime Fiction interview series\, formerly published on Fiction Writers Review and now appearing on Instagram. \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-polly-stewart/
LOCATION:Beaufort Bookstore\, 2127 Boundary St\, Beaufort\, SC\, 29902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview
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