Featuring public remarks and a musical performance. Free. (across King Street from the Pat Conroy Literary Center, 601 Bladen St., Beaufort)
Pat Conroy Literary Center open to the public for guided tours. Free. (601 Bladen St., Beaufort)
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.
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?
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.
I'll explain that talking about "process" is antithetical to how I think and work, or play. My "process" involves remembering as much of what I see and hear as I can and trying to describe it; for me the process of writing means getting lost in watching something or someone, rarely knowing what will happen next, and then writing about it.
This workshop will explore that process of taking a story from bad to good to great. We’ll analyze the toughest problems in backstory, dialogue, and description (by “leaving out the parts most readers skip” says Elmore Leonard), the vexing issues of character and plot, and challenges to quality writing time.
We’ll take a good look at dialogue that takes off with examples from the masters, including Raymond Chandler, Flannery O’Connor, Toni Morrison and, of course, Pat Conroy. We’ll question how realistic dialogue can and should be, and we’ll explore how many ways there are to weave speech and action and description together.
This is a generative workshop, so bring your "what really happened" and let's apply some real pressure. Let's put your characters in the driver's seat and see what they're capable of. I'm telling you -- that's the sweet, sweet glory.
Scenes are the building blocks of stories and novels. Mastering scene-writing is a powerful way to develop characters and to increase tension and suspense. In this workshop, you will gain a deeper understanding of how you can use scenes, alongside summary, to build stories and novels that have dramatic power and emotional impact.
What do we invite into our life? Let's frolic in the creation of a fruitful, customized practice to observe and write in ways that welcome and celebrate opportunities for peace, passion and joy!
Join Jennifer Daniels and Jeff Neal for ninety minutes of fast-paced, interactive tips and tricks for songwriting. We'll run exercises that will empower you to pursue your own unique voice with confidence.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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 (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...
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...
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...
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)...
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.
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)...
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.
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)...
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.
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)...
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.
The Pat Conroy Literary Center (308 Charles Street) will be open special hours during the Pat Conroy Literary Festival. Free and open to the public. Donations welcome.
The Pat Conroy Literary Center (308 Charles Street) will be open special hours during the Pat Conroy Literary Festival. Free and open to the public. Donations welcome.
Reception and Book Signing at the center (308 Charles Street) - come and have a glass of wine and light refreshments with us. Book signing authors: Cassandra King Conroy, Tim Conroy, Melissa Conroy, Ellen Malphrus, Maggie Schein, Catherine Seltzer, and John Warley. Advanced registration required, this is a ticketed event and includes screening, reunion panel, and reception FRIDAY BUNDLE TICKET: Use this one ticket for 3 events: 1. Movie Screening of the Lords of Discipline 2. Citadel Class of 1967 Reunion Panel Discussion 3. Reception and Book [...]
The Pat Conroy Literary Center (308 Charles Street) will be open special hours during the Pat Conroy Literary Festival. Free and open to the public. Donations welcome.
The Pat Conroy Literary Center (308 Charles Street) will be open special hours during the Pat Conroy Literary Festival. Free and open to the public. Donations welcome.
2023 Festival
The eighth annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival will be held October 26-29, 2023, in beautiful Beaufort, South Carolina. Join us as we honor Pat Conroy’s legacy as student, teacher, and mentor through our 2023 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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