On June 5, the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, in partnership with NeverMore Books, hosted an evening with acclaimed fiction writer Julia Elliott, author of the newly published story collection Hellions—named a TIME Best Book of the Month and a Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of the Year. Elliott was in conversation with Conroy Center executive director Jonathan Haupt and DAYLO student leader E Achurch.

On May 17, the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center hosted the Beaufort launch event for Ahead of Her Time: The Trailblazing Life and Literary Legacy of Ann Head, the highly anticipated new biography written by Head’s firstborn daughter Nancy Thode and published by Evening Post Books. This special event will be held in partnership with DAYLO: the Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization and the Beaufort County Historical Society. Nancy Thode was in conversation with Conroy Center executive director Jonathan Haupt and youth artivist and past DAYLO student leader Millie Bennett.

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Camp Conroy 2024's closing reading and reception was held on Friday, June 21, at Robert Smalls Leadership Academy. Our thanks to this year's 20 campers for their remarkable creativity in their art and writing during our two-week build-a-book experience. We are beyond grateful for the leadership and guidance of our camp's instructors: Miho Kinnas, Lisa Anne Mckibben, and Maddy Roth; our camp counselors: E Achurch, Bailey Bates, Alex Bosley, Savannah Epps, Mickie Thompson, and Ellene Warner; and the Pat Conroy Literary Center's executive director Jonathan Haupt. Special thanks to Conroy Center volunteer Gina Baker for her daily assistance and to our guest instructors and presenters: author and editor Susan Diamond Riley, author Susan Montanari, teaching artist Brenda Singleton, Penn Center docent Dr. Marie Gibbs, NPS Ranger Samantha Mischke; and to Robert Smalls Leadership Academy's principal Bradley Tarrance and the school's summer staff. We are also grateful to the many donors and supporters, and to our Camp Conroy families who all make this experience possible for our campers. Stay tuned after this video for a trio of special short bonus recordings from Camp Conroy on one of this year's collaborative storytelling projects to see what happens when H.G. Wells' The Time Machine meets Bon Jovi's Livin' on a Prayer. And see a special short video on this year's Camp Conroy from the Beaufort County School District here: https://youtu.be/IeecVJmcxgc?si=j_Xk5GA_6lURS2Rz www.patconroyliterarycenter.org