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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: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/
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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/
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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
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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/
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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/2023-10-15/
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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.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/workshop-writing-for-your-readers-a-four-day-editing-workshop-led-by-leslie-rindoks/2023-10-21/
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: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: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: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 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: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.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/2023-festival-day-three/
CATEGORIES:Festival
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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.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/2023-festival-day-four/
CATEGORIES:Festival
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