Arts Briefs

Conroy Center hosting evening with Stewart

The Beaufort Bookstore, in partnership with the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, will host an evening with novelist Polly Stewart, author of The Good Ones, in conversation with retired FBI special agent turned thriller writer Dana Ridenour. This free event will be held at 5 p.m., Thursday, June 29, at at 2127 Boundary Street, Suite 15. 

Books will be available for sale and signing. Call Beaufort Bookstore to reserve your seat: 843-525-1066.

Conroy Center, BCBCC hosting evening with Watson

At and in partnership with the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce (BCBCC), the Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with historical novelist Ruth P. Watson, author of the newly published A Right Worthy Woman, based on the inspiring life of Maggie Lena Walker. A reception will follow the presentation, with books available for sale and signing through NeverMore Books. 

Free and open to the public, advance registration at https://bit.ly/3JyiSTx is requested. This event will be held at the BCBCC, 711 Bladen Street, at 5 p.m., Friday, July 7.

A Right Worthy Woman takes its place alongside novels such as Rebecca Dwight Bruff’s Trouble the Water, illuminating African-American heroes born in strife who find the strength, fortitude, and love to lead lives touched by grace.”-– Historical Fiction Review

Conroy Center hosts afternoon with Williams

The Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an afternoon with New York Times bestselling novelist Beatriz Williams, author of The Beach at Summerly, at 2 p.m., Sunday, July 9. Free and open to the public, this event will be held at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen Street, Beaufort). 

Books will be available for sale and signing through the Beaufort Bookstore. Seating is limited; call 843-379-7025 to reserve in advance.

– From staff reports

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