Conroy Center’s Open Mic Night set or April 13 at Black Chamber
In partnership with the South Carolina Writers Association and the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce (BCBCC), the Conroy Center’s monthly Open Mic Night will be held at 6 p.m., Thursday, April 13, at Sandies at the BCBCC at 711 Bladen Street, featuring short readings by local poets and writers.
The featured author for National Poetry Month is Jacquelyn Markham, author of two chapbooks and a personal mythology. Markham’s newest collection is Rainbow Warrior. Books will be available for sale and signing.
No advance registration is needed to attend. Writers interested in reading from their work (3 to 5 minutes) can sign up at the start of the event or in advance by emailing contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org.
Book launch for Jury of One set for April 14
The Conroy Center will host the book launch for Jury of One, the new Beaufort-based legal thriller from novelist John Warley, Pat Conroy’s classmate at The Citadel.
This free public drop-in event will be held at the Conroy Center at 601 Bladen Street, on Friday, April 14, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Books will be available for sale and signing. No advance registration needed.
As a special feature of this event, there will also be a jewelry give-away with a donation to the Conroy Center.
An evening with Colleen Oakley
The Conroy Center, NeverMore Books, and The Rhett House Inn will host an evening with USA Today bestselling novelist Colleen Oakley at 5 p.m., Sunday, April 15. Oakley is author of the newly released The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise – a selection of the Reader’s Digest Book Club and a Most Anticipated New Release of 2023 by Southern Living and Today.
The $36 registration fee includes a signed copy of the novel, the author’s book talk, and refreshments, and music by the Alibis. Additional copies of the author’s books will be available for sale and signing through NeverMore Books. This special event will be held at The Rhett House Inn at 1009 Craven Street.
For more information or to register, visit http://bit.ly/3Kdtwyf.
Beaufort Human Library back for thirds
The third edition of the Beaufort Human Library will be held on opening day of National Library Week, from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, April 23 in MacLean Hall, Building 12 of the Technical College of the Lowcountry (TCL), at 104 Reynolds Street in Beaufort. The event is free and open to the public.
The event is hosted by TCL; the nonprofit Conroy Center; the DAYLO (Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization) chapters of Beaufort Academy, Beaufort High School, and Battery Creek High School; and volunteer community organizers. The program is funded in part with a grant from South Carolina Humanities, a nonprofit organization inspiring, engaging, and enriching South Carolinians with programs on literature, history, culture, and heritage.
Participating Human Books include Major General Harold L. “Mitch” Mitchell (ret.), Rev. Lori Hlaban, Rev. Rebecca Albright, Lola Campbell, Aki Kato, Gwenn McClune, Rodney Adams, Dana Ridenour, Ryan Copeland, Isabella Troy Brazoban, Eric Hayes, two Joseph Taylors, and others, with a special appearance by historical re-enactor and educator Donald Sweeper as celebrated Beaufortonian Robert Smalls.
