POSTPONED TO 2024: WITNESS TREE PARK RIBBON CUTTING
Featuring public remarks and a musical performance. Free. (across King Street from the Pat Conroy Literary Center, 601 Bladen St., Beaufort)
RECEPTION: 2023 Wrap Party
Wrap Party at the Pat Conroy Literary Center and preview of the Witness Tree Park, with guest MCs Jeanne Meserve and Jeffrey Blount, with a musical performance by the Beaufort Mass Choir.
WORKSHOP: Writing a Great Fiction Query Letter Led by Carrie Feron
Learn from one of the top editors in New York on how to structure a persuasive introduction to you and your work. What in your biography or experience is likely to get an agent or editor’s attention? How much plot description is enough or too much?
POETRY PANEL: Why Poetry Matters
Why Poetry Matters, panel discussion with poets Ron Rash (Poems: New and Selected), Jennifer Bartell Boykin (Traveling Mercy), Freya Manfred (When I Was Young and Old), and Tim Conroy (No True Route), moderated by Ellen Malphrus.
AUTHOR EVENT: Homeira Qaderi, author of Dancing in the Mosque
Writer and human rights advocate Homeira Qaderi, author of Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son, in conversation with author Valerie Sayers.
AUTHOR EVENT: The Secret Gate: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice During the Collapse of Afghanistan
The Secret Gate: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice During the Collapse of Afghanistan by New York Times bestselling author Mitchell Zuckoff, with former U.S. State Department Special Agent and diplomat Sam Aronson, in conversation with Landon K. Thorne
WORKSHOP: Excavating Memory into Poetry Led by Jennifer Bartell Boykin
In this workshop, we will excavate memory to build poems that stitch together a new quilt of experience. We will examine ways in which we can structure a memory poem around time and space.
FILM DISCUSSION: The Lords of Discipline
The Lords of Discipline screenwriter Thomas Pope in conversation with Ron Tucker, executive director of the Beaufort International Film Festival, on the making of the film.
FILM SCREENING: The Lords of Discipline
FILM SCREENING: The Lords of Discipline
FILM PANEL: Panel discussion of The Lords of Discipline
Panel discussion of The Lords of Discipline with screenwriter Thomas Pope, Citadel English professor Sean Hueston, and Pat Conroy's classmate and fellow author John Warley.
