The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening of conversation with visiting novelists Colleen Coble, author of Fragile Designs, and Rhonda McKnight, author of The Thing About Home, on Wednesday, January 3, at 5:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort).
The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening of with Eat It and Like It host Jesse Blanco, author of Savannah Food Crawls, in conversation with food and travel writers Lynn and Cele Seldon.
The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with award-winning writer Halle Hill, author of the newly published story collection, Good Women, on Thursday, December 7, at 5:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.).
The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with mystery novelist Linda Lovely, author of A Killer App (An HOA Mystery), on Wednesday, November 29, at 6:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort). In keeping with the themes and plot of her newest novel, Linda will also be discussing AI (Artificial Intelligence) and its implications for writers and readers.
Beaufort Bookstore and the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with poet and writer Quitman Marshall, author of Swampitude: Escapes with the Congaree, on Monday, November 27, at 5:00 p.m. at the Beaufort Bookstore (2127 Boundary St #15, Beaufort).
In this generative workshop, we will draw on guidance from poets Denise Levertov and Mary Oliver, as we explore different containers for our experiences. We will move from organic form through free verse to formal patterns, such as the cinquain and rondeau, to see our experiences take shape in new ways.
In this highly interactive 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.
The 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.).
The 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.
In 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.