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Our Prince of Scribes Panel Discussion at the Coligny Theater – Hilton Head Island, SC

Coligny Theather - Hilton Head Island, SC 1 N. Forest Beach, Building I-5, Hilton Head Island, SC, United States

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...

$15

South Carolina Writers Association’s Beaufort Retreat – October 31-Nov 3

Old Bay Marketplace - Beaufort, SC 917 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

Pat Conroy Literary Center Open House (October 31/19)

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen St, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

Free

Beaufort Tours Presents: Pat Conroy’s Beaufort ( October 31)

Beaufort Tours 1006 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

$40

Exhibit – Pat Conroy Literary Festival 2019: Sketches of contributors to “Our Prince of Scribes”

Hilton Head Island Town Center 1 Town Center, Hilton Head Island, SC, United States

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)...

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Pat Conroy Literary Center Open House (November 1/19)

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen St, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

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OLLI Workshop: How to Cook Up a Poem

USC Beaufort Center for the Arts 805 Carteret Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

Beaufort Tours Presents: Pat Conroy’s Beaufort ( November 1)

Beaufort Tours 1006 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

$40
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OLLI Workshop: Multimedia Storytelling

USC Beaufort Center for the Arts 805 Carteret Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

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Pat Conroy Festival: Bernie Schein

Old Bay Marketplace - Beaufort, SC 917 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

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Pat Conroy Festival: First Friday at Thibault Gallery

Thibault Gallery 815 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

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Pat Conroy Festival: First Friday at Pat Conroy Literary Center

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen St, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

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Pat Conroy Festival: First Friday at NeverMore Books

NeverMore Bookstore 910 Port Republic Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

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Pat Conroy Festival: First Friday at McIntosh Book Shoppe

McIntosh Book Shopee - Beaufort, SC 917 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

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Pat Conroy Festival: Open Mic Night at Common Ground

Common Ground Coffeehouse and Market Café 102 West Street Ext., Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

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Friends of the Beaufort Library Annual Book Sale – November 2/19

Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park - Beaufort, SC Beaufort, SC, United States

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)...

Pat Conroy Festival: Camp Conroy Reading

Old Bay Marketplace - Beaufort, SC 917 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

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Conroy Festival: Silhouette Cuttings with Clay Rice

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen St, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

Pat Conroy Literary Center Open House (November 2/19)

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen St, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

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Pat Conroy Festival: Caroline McIntyre as Rachel Carson

Old Bay Marketplace - Beaufort, SC 917 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

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Pat Conroy Festival: Eco-Memoir Panel with Janisse Ray and John Lane

Old Bay Marketplace - Beaufort, SC 917 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

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Beaufort Tours Presents: Pat Conroy’s Beaufort ( November 2)

Beaufort Tours 1006 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

$40
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Pat Conroy Festival: Memoir Panel

Old Bay Marketplace - Beaufort, SC 917 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

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Pat Conroy Festival: Annual Poetry Reading

Old Bay Marketplace - Beaufort, SC 917 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

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Pat Conroy Festival: Virginia & Dana Beach – book discussion

Old Bay Marketplace - Beaufort, SC 917 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

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Pat Conroy Festival: Mary Alice Monroe and Sally R. Murphy – books conversation

Technical College of the Lowcountry 104 Reynolds Street, Bldg 12, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

$15

Friends of the Beaufort Library Annual Book Sale – November 3/19

Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park - Beaufort, SC Beaufort, SC, United States

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)...

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Pat Conroy Festival: Brunch with Delia Owens

Dataw Island Club 100 Dataw Dr, St Helena Island, SC, United States

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...

$45

Pat Conroy Literary Center Open House (November 3/19)

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen St, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

Free

Beaufort Tours Presents: Pat Conroy’s Beaufort ( November 3)

Beaufort Tours 1006 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC, United States

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...

$40
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Pat Conroy Festival: State of the Heart Panel Discussion

Lowcountry Presbyterian Church - Bluffton, SC 10 Simmonsville Rd., Bluffton, SC, United States

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...

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Pat Conroy Festival: We the People: Mary Whyte in Conversation with Holly Jackson

Online Virtual Event Online, Beaufort, SC, United States

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.

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Pat Conroy Festival: Workshop Novel Incubator

Online Virtual Event Online, Beaufort, SC, United States

In this workshop, we’re going to take a different approach. Each participant will conceptualize and begin a concrete plan for writing a novel that will lead first sentences, first paragraphs, and beyond.

$60

Pat Conroy Festival: Workshop Finding a Storytelling Voice

Online Virtual Event Online, Beaufort, SC, United States

Whether you're writing a novel, a memoir, stories, or narrative nonfiction, the voice you use to tell your story is crucial. We'll look at examples of great storytelling voices, including the inimitable Pat Conroy's, and try out short scenes in different voices.

$45
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Pat Conroy Festival: Brad Taylor in Conversation with Jonathan Haupt

Online Virtual Event Online, Beaufort, SC, United States

Brad Taylor, New York Times best-selling author of the Pike Logan thriller series, will discuss his life of writing and service in conversation with Conroy Center executive director Jonathan Haupt.

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Pat Conroy Festival: Before We Were Writers Panel Discussion

Online Virtual Event Online, Beaufort, SC, United States

Broadway dancer. Undercover FBI agent. Urban planner. U.S. Army Special Forces officer. This group of novelists lived interesting lives before deciding to pursue their dreams of becoming fulltime writers.

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Pat Conroy Festival: Workshop Writing the Short Story Cycle

Online Virtual Event Online, Beaufort, SC, United States

This workshop will explore the process of linking stories together in such a way as to make the whole of a collection greater than the sum of its parts.

$45
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Pat Conroy Festival: Student Readings

Online Virtual Event Online, Beaufort, SC, United States

Join us live on the Pat Conroy Literary Festival Facebook for readings by young writers from our 2020 Camp Conroy summer camp and the inaugural Ann Head Literary Prize at Beaufort High School.

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Pat Conroy Festival: Poetry Reading

Online Virtual Event Online, Beaufort, SC, United States

Join us for the annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival Poetry Reading, this year featuring poets Emily Davis-Fletcher (a finalist for the 2019 Sublingua Prize for Poetry), Gary Jackson (author of Missing You, Metropolis), Len Lawson (author of Chime and co-editor of Hand in Hand: Poets Respond to Race), and Elizabeth Robin (author of Where Green Meets Blue and Silk Purses and Lemonade), introduced by USCB Writer in Residence Ellen Malphrus.

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Pat Conroy Festival: South Carolina Academy of Authors Reading

Online Virtual Event Online, Beaufort, SC, United States

Join us for a virtual reading with fiction writers Pam Durban, Andrew Geyer, and Valerie Sayers--all inductees into the South Carolina Academy of Authors, the Palmetto State's Literary Hall of Fame

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Pat Conroy Festival: Local Authors Panel Discussion

Online Virtual Event Online, Beaufort, SC, United States

Join us for a local(ish) author panel discussion featuring four authors of recently published new small press books: Rebecca Dwight Bruff, author of the historical novel Trouble the Water (moderator); Donna Keel Armer, author of the travel memoir Solo in Salento; Susan Diamond Riley, author of the YA novel The Sea Turtle's Curse; and, from farther off, special guest Joe Palmer, author of the debut novel A Mariner's Tale.

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Pat Conroy Festival: Workshop Writing What Haunts

Online Virtual Event Online, Beaufort, SC, United States

Exploring the work of poets Robert Hayden, Terrance Hayes, Sonia Sanchez, and others, we will find avenues into writing what we work so hard to keep locked away.

$45
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Pat Conroy Festival: Open Mic Night

Online Virtual Event Online, Beaufort, SC, United States

Join us on the Pat Conroy Literary Festival's Facebook page for a live-stream of our festival's virtual Open Mic Night, featuring readings by festival presenters--hosted by Vivian Bikulege and presented in partnership with the South Carolina Writers Association.

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Pat Conroy Festival: Conroy Center Virtual Tour

Online Virtual Event Online, Beaufort, SC, United States

Join us online on Sunday, November 8, at 10:30 a.m. for a guided tour of our Pat Conroy Literary Center, led by executive director Jonathan Haupt. This virtual tour will be held as part of our fifth annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival.

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Pat Conroy Festival: A Measure of Belonging Panel Discussion

Online Virtual Event Online, Beaufort, SC, United States

Join us for a panel discussion of A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South, a newly named New York Times Notable Book--featuring editor Cinelle Barnes and contributing essayists Latria Graham and Gary Jackson--introduced by Ellen Malphrus.

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Pat Conroy Festival: Characters Who Grow from Where They’re Planted

Pat Conroy Literary Center 601 Bladen St, Beaufort, SC, United States

Guided brainstorming will be implemented to build characters for our fiction work; we’ll practice with timed drills to flesh out aspects of their personality and generate possible plot angles. After writing examples of these aspects of character, participants will read some of their work and give each other feedback; Participants will leave with tangible detail of at least one character that will enable them to begin constructing a story or fleshing out a character in a novel or short story.

$45

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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