Pat Conroy Literary Center Open House (November 2)
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.
In Good Faith: Religion in the Work of Pat Conroy
An accomplished group of literary and humanities scholars will trace Pat Conroy's developing and defining interests in issues of faith over decades. Most immediately, panelists will consider Conroy's relationship to specific religions, including Catholicism, the faith he was born into, and Judaism, a faith that fascinated him from boyhood...
Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy
The new anthology Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy shares the heartfelt remembrances of 67 writers inspired and influenced by Conroy over the arc of their own writing lives. This special dinner event invites guests to share a meal and memories with more than 20 of those contributing writers—including Conroy family members and longtime friends.
Screening of Three Short Films
Originally screened at the Expecting Goodness film festivals in Spartanburg, South Carolina, these films are each based on short stories written by acclaimed South Carolina authors...
Daufuskie Island Field Trip
The Pat Conroy Literary Center, in partnership with Haig Point and Tour Daufuskie, presents a day trip to Daufuskie Island—immortalized as Yamacraw in Pat Conroy’s beloved memoir The Water Is Wide.
Patti Callahan in Conversation with Pastor Jonathan Riddle
The New York Times best-selling author Patti Callahan will discuss her new historical novel Becoming Mrs. Lewis with Pastor Jonathan Riddle at the Rotary Community Center in Bluffton. A book signing will follow this event.
Beaufort Tours Presents: Pat Conroy’s Beaufort ( November 2)
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...
Beaufort Tours Presents: Pat Conroy’s Beaufort ( November 4)
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...
Beaufort Tours Presents: Pat Conroy’s Beaufort ( November 1)
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...
Workshop: Pat Conroy – The Book Collector
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...
