2019 Festival History

2019 Schedule (October 29 – November 3)

October 29, 2019

2:00 pm Beaufort Tours Presents: Pat Conroy’s Beaufort ( October 29)
7:00 pm Cassandra King Conroy’s Tell Me a Story: My Life With Pat Conroy – Book Launch – Beaufort, SC

October 30, 2019

2:00 pm Beaufort Tours Presents: Pat Conroy’s Beaufort ( October 30)
6:00 pm Our Prince of Scribes Panel Discussion at the Coligny Theater – Hilton Head Island, SC

October 31, 2019

8:30 am South Carolina Writers Association’s Beaufort Retreat – October 31-Nov 3
12:00 pm Pat Conroy Literary Center Open House (October 31/19)
2:00 pm Beaufort Tours Presents: Pat Conroy’s Beaufort ( October 31)

November 1, 2019

8:00 am Exhibit – Pat Conroy Literary Festival 2019: Sketches of contributors to “Our Prince of Scribes”
9:00 am Friends of the Beaufort Library Annual Book Sale – November 1/19
10:00 am Pat Conroy Literary Center Open House (November 1/19)
1:00 pm OLLI Workshop: How to Cook Up a Poem
2:00 pm Beaufort Tours Presents: Pat Conroy’s Beaufort ( November 1)
3:30 pm OLLI Workshop: Multimedia Storytelling
5:00 pm Pat Conroy Festival: Bernie Schein
6:00 pm Pat Conroy Festival: First Friday at Thibault Gallery
6:00 pm Pat Conroy Festival: First Friday at Pat Conroy Literary Center
6:00 pm Pat Conroy Festival: First Friday at NeverMore Books
6:00 pm Pat Conroy Festival: First Friday at McIntosh Book Shoppe
6:30 pm Pat Conroy Festival: Open Mic Night at Common Ground

November 2, 2019

9:00 am Friends of the Beaufort Library Annual Book Sale – November 2/19
10:00 am Pat Conroy Festival: Camp Conroy Reading
10:00 am Pat Conroy Literary Center Open House (November 2/19)
10:00 am Conroy Festival: Silhouette Cuttings with Clay Rice
11:45 am Pat Conroy Festival: Caroline McIntyre as Rachel Carson
1:00 pm Pat Conroy Festival: Eco-Memoir Panel with Janisse Ray and John Lane
2:00 pm Beaufort Tours Presents: Pat Conroy’s Beaufort ( November 2)
2:15 pm Pat Conroy Festival: Memoir Panel
3:30 pm Pat Conroy Festival: Annual Poetry Reading
4:45 pm Pat Conroy Festival: Virginia & Dana Beach – book discussion
7:00 pm Pat Conroy Festival: Mary Alice Monroe and Sally R. Murphy – books conversation

November 3, 2019

10:00 am Friends of the Beaufort Library Annual Book Sale – November 3/19
11:00 am Pat Conroy Festival: Brunch with Delia Owens
12:00 pm Pat Conroy Literary Center Open House (November 3/19)
2:00 pm Beaufort Tours Presents: Pat Conroy’s Beaufort ( November 3)
4:30 pm Pat Conroy Festival: State of the Heart Panel Discussion

2019 Partners & Sponsors

  • The Estate of Robert Handler

2019 Presenters

SCHEDULED PRESENTERS

Amber Wheeler Bacon, Virginia & Dana Beach, Megan Bergman, Cassandra King Conroy, Stephanie Austin Edwards, Margaret Evans, Maureen Griffin, Jonathan Haupt, Harrison Scott Key, John Lane, J Drew Lanham, Tanner Latham, David Lauderdale, Ellen Malphrus, Caroline McIntyre, Mary Alice Monroe, Sally Murphy, Delia Owens, Jon Pineda, Janisse Ray, Dana Ridenour, Sallie Ann Robinson, Aida Rogers, Lawrence Rowland, Jason Ryan, Valerie Sayers, Bernie Schein, Cassie Steele, Kathryn Taylor

SPECIAL EVENT

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

Old Bay Marketplace – Beaufort, SC 917 Bay Street, Beaufort

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.