I took one crown jewel from my Jesuit immersion at Gonzaga High School. When the scholarly, charismatic Joseph Monte walked into [our classroom] that first day, he radiated an owl-like authority and a passion for literature I’d never come across…. He brought his love of books and words and fine writing to u...
Southern-based novelists F. Rutledge Hammes (author of A Curious Matter of Men with Wings), Melissa Ginsburg (Sunset City), Chris Offutt (Country Dark), Brian Panowich (Bull Mountain), and moderator Ellen Malphrus (Untying the Moon) will discuss the sometimes dark...
Learn how Pat Conroy became a book collector and what you need to know to become one too. Immortalized in Conroy’s My Reading Life, Cliff Graubart of the Old New York Book Shop treats you to the ins and outs of collecting, how to spot a first edition, and the pitfalls to avoid when...
This year’s annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival poetry reading will feature writers Tim Conroy, Melissa Ginsburg, Anthony Grooms, Ellen Malphrus, Quitman Marshall, and Michael O’Keefe reading pieces inspired by our festival theme of the Foundations of Faith, Family and Friendship...
"The strands are all there: to the memory nothing is ever really lost," Eudora Welty says, and memoir writing is a great way to discover and explore some of the strands in the rich tapestry of memory we all carry. These two sessions will introduce you to the process of writing memoir by focusing on an important person or moment in your life.
Presented in partnership with the Pat Conroy Literary Center, Beaufort Tours will offer van tours of Pat Conroy's Beaufort during the third annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival--and year-round. See Pat Conroy’s Beaufort in this 90-minute tour of sites from Pat’s writing life—including the high school where he was a student during his junior and senior years and where he later taught for two years before going to Daufuskie Island, homes in the historic Point where Pat lived and wrote, sites related to his teachers and friends, his parents’ grave site...
Acclaimed southern writer Rick Bragg will discuss his new book The Best Cook in the World and his longtime friendship with Pat Conroy in conversation with his interviewer Walter Edgar, South Carolina’s preeminent historian...
Join us for a BBQ reception and cash bar, followed by a musical performance by the Tony Award-winning North Carolina string band The Red Clay Ramblers who appears prominently in Pat Conroy’s novel Beach Music...
The Pat Conroy Literary Center (905 Port Republic Street) will be open to the public 10:00 am to 4:00 pm during the Pat Conroy Literary Festival.
We're pleased to announce that the Southern Icons A-Z Photography exhibit curated by Meryl Truett, Donna Rosser, and Rob McDonald will be on display at the USCB Center for the Arts during this year's third annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival...
Debuting during our third annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival this November 1-4, the Conroy Center will host a special exhibition of author, artist, and editor Nicole Seitz's sketches of all 67 contributing writers to Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy (plus her sketch of the volume's inspiration himself)...
Sandra Brown is the author of more than sixty New York Times best-selling novels, most recently Seeing Red and Tailspin. Her novels French Silk, Smoke Screen, and Ricochet have been adapted for feature films, and she has appeared on...
Presented in partnership with the Pat Conroy Literary Center, Beaufort Tours will offer van tours of Pat Conroy's Beaufort during the third annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival--and year-round. See Pat Conroy’s Beaufort in this 90-minute tour of sites from Pat’s writing life—including the high school where he was a student during his junior and senior years and where he later taught for two years before going to Daufuskie Island, homes in the historic Point where Pat lived and wrote, sites related to his teachers and friends, his parents’ grave site...
Cultural preservationist and educator Victoria Smalls will share an enlightening presentation on the distinctive heritage of the Gullah Geechee culture of the lowcountry with an emphasis on spirituals and spiritual lives...
Presented in partnership with the Pat Conroy Literary Center, Beaufort Tours will offer van tours of Pat Conroy's Beaufort during the fourth annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival--and year-round...
The Pat Conroy Literary Festival and the USCB Center for Arts present the publication day book launch for Cassandra King Conroy's highly anticipated new memoir, Tell Me a Story: My Life with Pat Conroy. At 7:00 p.m., Cassandra King Conroy will be interviewed by award-winning journalist David Lauderdale on stage at the USCB Center...
Presented in partnership with the Pat Conroy Literary Center, Beaufort Tours will offer van tours of Pat Conroy's Beaufort during the fourth annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival--and year-round...
New York Times best-selling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans numbering in the millions, but none are more loyal to him and more committed to sustaining his literary legacy than the many writers he nurtured over the course of his 50-year...
Thursday, 10/31, to Sunday, 11/3, Old Bay Marketplace (917 Bay St., Beaufort). Workshops led by Amber Wheeler Bacon, Megan Mayhew Bergman, Stephanie Austin Edwards, Jon Pineda, Dana Ridenour, Jason Ryan, and Cassie Primo Steele. Pre-registration required...
The Pat Conroy Literary Center (905 Port Republic Street) will be open to the public 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm - other days other hours - please check the schedule...
Presented in partnership with the Pat Conroy Literary Center, Beaufort Tours will offer van tours of Pat Conroy's Beaufort during the fourth annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival--and year-round...
Debuting during our third annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival this November 1-4, the Conroy Center will host a special exhibition of author, artist, and editor Nicole Seitz's sketches of all 67 contributing writers to Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy (plus her sketch of the volume's inspiration himself)...
This special event has two parts on November 1, 2019 - There are two more similar events on November 2nd and 3rd - see schedule...
The Pat Conroy Literary Center (905 Port Republic Street) will be open to the public 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm - other days other hours - please check the schedule...
Have you ever found yourself stuck, not knowing how to move forward in your writing? Ever wished your writing had more finesse? Or wondered what goes into the making of a fine poem? This class that explores “poetic ingredients” in the areas of content, sound, and form...
Presented in partnership with the Pat Conroy Literary Center, Beaufort Tours will offer van tours of Pat Conroy's Beaufort during the fourth annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival--and year-round...
Have you ever found yourself stuck, not knowing how to move forward in your writing? Ever wished your writing had more finesse? Or wondered what goes into the making of a fine poem? This class that explores “poetic ingredients” in the areas of content, sound, and form...
Join us as the Pat Conroy Literary Festival welcomes back Bernie Schein, author of Pat Conroy: Our Lifelong Friendship. A love letter and homage, and a way to share the Pat he knew, this book collects Schein’s cherished...
As part of the fourth annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival and South Carolina Writers Association Beaufort Retreat, participating festival authors, retreat faculty members, and local writers will be discussing and signing their books across downtown Beaufort on First Friday, November 1, beginning at...
As part of the fourth annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival and South Carolina Writers Association Beaufort Retreat, participating festival authors, retreat faculty members, and local writers will be discussing and signing their books across downtown Beaufort on First Friday, November 1, beginning at...
As part of the fourth annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival and South Carolina Writers Association Beaufort Retreat, participating festival authors, retreat faculty members, and local writers will be discussing and signing their books across downtown Beaufort on First Friday, November 1, beginning at...
As part of the fourth annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival and South Carolina Writers Association Beaufort Retreat, participating festival authors, retreat faculty members, and local writers will be discussing and signing their books across downtown Beaufort on First Friday, November 1, beginning at...
The Pat Conroy Literary Center, South Carolina Writers Association, and Common Ground coffeehouse will present an open mic reading on First Friday, 11/1, from 6:30-8:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public...
This special event is a full day event. Please visit and support our library. 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m: Friends of the Beaufort Library Annual Book Sale, Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park (Open to the public)...
Join us as the Pat Conroy Literary Festival welcomes back some of our young poets and writers from this summer's second annual Camp Conroy. Our campers will be reading selections from Re-World, the nearly 80-page...
Clay Rice is a third-generation multi-award winning silhouette artist and children's author. This rare art form is a Rice family tradition spanning three generations and two artists...
The Pat Conroy Literary Center (905 Port Republic Street) will be open to the public 10:00 pm to 4:00 pm - other days other hours - please check the schedule...
Join us as the Pat Conroy Literary Festival welcomes historical interpreter Caroline McIntyre as Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring (1962). Carson is depicted just after the publication of Silent Spring and 18 months before she dies of breast cancer...
Join us for the Pat Conroy Literary Festival's eco-memoir panel with award-winning writers Janisse Ray, author of the quintessential eco-memoir Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, and John Lane, author of the newly...
Presented in partnership with the Pat Conroy Literary Center, Beaufort Tours will offer van tours of Pat Conroy's Beaufort during the fourth annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival--and year-round...
Join us for the Pat Conroy Literary Festival's memoir panel with three award-winning writers as they read from and discuss their family-themed memoirs. Featuring Harrison Scott Key, author of Congratulations, Who Are You Again?; Kathryn Taylor, author...
Join us for the Pat Conroy Literary Festival's annual poetry reading as four accomplished poets--Maureen Ryan Griffin, Miho Kinnas, John Lane, and Jon Pinda --read from and discuss their work...
Join us as the Pat Conroy Literary Festival welcomes Virginia and Dana Beach for a discussion of their book, A Wholly Admirable Thing, which chronicles ten stories...
Join us as the Pat Conroy Literary Festival welcomes New York Times best-selling novelist Mary Alice Monroe and fellow conservationist, "turtle lady," and author Sally R. Murphy for a lively conversation about...
This special event is a full day event. Please visit and support our library. 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m: Friends of the Beaufort Library Annual Book Sale, Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park (Open to the public)...
THIS EVENTS IS SOLD OUT - Thank you The Pat Conroy Literary Festival and the USCB Center for the Arts present a special brunch with Delia Owens, author of the New York Times #1 best-selling novel Where the Crawdads Sing...
The Pat Conroy Literary Center (905 Port Republic Street) will be open to the public 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm - other days other hours - please check the schedule...
Presented in partnership with the Pat Conroy Literary Center, Beaufort Tours will offer van tours of Pat Conroy's Beaufort during the fourth annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival--and year-round...
The three-volume anthology State of the Heart: South Carolina Writers on the Place They Love shares the place-based remembrances and lessons of more than 100 contemporary writers from the Palmetto State, representing many genres...
Launching this year’s 5th annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival, in partnership with Crescendo, the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host a free virtual conversation between acclaimed artist and author Mary Whyte and ETV Lowcountry’s Holly Jackson, host of By the River.
2024 Festival
The ninth annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival will be held November 1-2, 2024, in beautiful Beaufort, South Carolina. Join us as we honor Pat Conroy’s legacy as student, teacher, and mentor through our 2024 festival.
Presented by the Pat Conroy Literary Center the annual festival will be held as a series of author presentations and panel discussions, writing workshops, exhibits, and virtual tours.
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