Conroy Center Hosts
New York Times Bestsellers and Debut Novelists Throughout May
The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center is South Carolina’s only affiliate of the American Writers Museum, second American Library Association Literary Landmark, winner of the Civitas Award for Tourism Leadership, and a two-time recipient of the Tripadvisor Travelers Choice Award. Thursdays through Sundays, from noon to 4:00 p.m., you can visit the Conroy Center at 601 Bladen Street in downtown Beaufort for free guided tours of galleries chronicling the writing and teaching life of Pat Conroy (1945-2016), the beloved author of The Water Is Wide, The Great Santini, and The Prince of Tides. Private tours are also available at other times on request. Learn more about the year-round educational mission of the Conroy Center at www.patconroyliterarycenter.org.
The Conroy Center also hosts both live and live-streamed visiting author programs throughout the year, at the Conroy Center and in partnership with booksellers across our region. In May, in four separate events, the Conroy Center will host visits by New York Times bestselling novelists Kim Michele Richardson and Matt Goldman as well as debut novelists T.D. Johnston and William Walsh. All events are free and open to the public. See the schedule below for locations and registration information.
Tuesday, May 10, 7:00 p.m.,
Online Event
Virtual Visit with New York Times Bestselling Novelist Kim Michele Richardson, Author of The Book Woman’s Daughter,
in Conversation with Holland Perryman and Jonathan Haupt
In partnership with the Friends of South Carolina Libraries and Blue Bicycle Books of Charleston, the nonprofit Conroy Center will host an evening with bestselling historical novelist Kim Michele Richardson, author The Book Woman’s Daughter (the highly anticipated sequel to The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek), in conversation with Holland Perryman and Jonathan Haupt, who have also reviewed the novel for the Charleston Post and Courier. This special event will be presented virtually on Zoom and live-streamed on the Conroy Center’s Facebook page. Signed copies of The Book Woman’s Daughter and
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek are available through Blue Bicycle Books. To learn more and to attend on Zoom, register in advance by May 8 at https://aneveningwithkimmichelerichardson.eventbrite.com.
“In Kim Michele Richardson’s beautifully and authentically rendered The Book Woman’s Daughter, she once again paints a stunning portrait of the raw, somber beauty of Appalachia, the strong resolve of remarkable women living in a world dominated by men, and the power of books and sisterhood to prevail in the harshest circumstances. A critical and profoundly important read for our time. Badassery womanhood at its best!” Sara Gruen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Water for Elephants.
Saturday, May 14, 2:00 p.m.,
Pat Conroy Literary Center
An Afternoon with T.D. Johnston, Author of the Debut Novel Reciprocity
Short Story America founder T.D. Johnston will speak about his debut crime novel Reciprocity, at the Conroy Center, 601 Bladen St. This in-person event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please call to reserve: 843-379-7025.
“The pages turn at paper-cutting speed in this absorbing and addictive novel. Johnston is a daring writer of supreme importance.”—Mathieu Cailler, author of Loss Angeles
Monday, May 23, 6:00 p.m.,
Pat Conroy Literary Center
An Evening with William Walsh, Author of the Debut Novel Lakewood
The Conroy Center will host an evening with editor, poet, and author William Walsh, author of the debut coming-of-age novel Lakewood, at the Conroy Center, 601 Bladen St. This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please call to reserve: 843-379-7025.
“’I want what I say to be more than myself,’ introspective college student Robert English commits to his typescript journal in a summer of self-discovery spent housesitting for the new owners of his childhood home, the site of his sister’s death eleven years prior. William Walsh’s Lakewood takes us deeply into Robert’s wounded psyche as he navigates the hauntings of his past and the uncertainty of the future. His tribulations in love and betrayal, immersion into great novels, and discovery of long hidden secrets impart lessons for Robert and for Walsh’s readers of our capacity to understand and forgive ourselves and one another. Walsh has long established himself as a multifaceted Swiss Army knifeof a writer, and Lakewood further distinguishes him as a masterful storyteller to be read again and again.” —Jonathan Haupt, co-editor of Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy
Tuesday, May 31, 5:00 p.m.,
Beaufort Bookstore
An Evening with New York Times Bestselling Writer Matt Goldman, author of Carolina Moonset
Set in our beloved Beaufort, Carolina Moonset, the thrilling new novel from New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-winning television writer Matt Goldman, will be published on Tuesday, May 31. That evening, the Conroy Center and Beaufort Bookstore will host Goldman in conversation with Jonathan Haupt for a launch event at Beaufort Bookstore, 2127 Boundary Street, Suite 15. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please contact the bookstore to reserve: 843-525-1066.
“Carolina Moonset is a compelling story of how the past is never the past… I loved this book.”—William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author of the Cork O’Connor Novels
