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Adventure); Helen Wilbur (Lily’s Victory artwork from Maralee and the Turtles of the messages in bottles. Once found, the
Garden); Marjory Wentworth (Out of Sea as they create quick one-inch thumbnail messages will be decoded to reveal their
Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets); and sketches from a story idea. Discover how hidden meanings. Ages 8 and older.
Camp Conroy authors (Re-World: Fix the to develop a character and explore how •2:00-3:00 p.m.- BOOKMOBILE
Damage Done). to add movement, emotion, and action •3:00-4:00 p.m. - Marlena Smalls and
Pat Conroy Literary Center’s Children’s into illustrations. A picture book template is Marianne Rice - Readings and Stories
Book Fair Workshops: provided to each participant. This course is in Song: Participants will explore culture
•10:00-10:30 a.m.-Miho Kinnas -Haiku suitable for all skill levels, from beginner to through the eyes and voices of children.
Tanka, Linked Haiku, and Halibu Prose: experienced artist. Standard pencils and TripAdvisor’s top-ranked destination in
From a Haiku to a book with audience erasers are needed for this workshop. Beaufort, the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary
participation, participants learn the stages of •12:30-1:00 p.m. - Helen Wilbur - Center is located at 905 Port Republic Street
creativity and production of the poetic form Write Your Garden: Participants work on in historic downtown and open to the public
of Haiku. Ages 12 and older. their skills with a hands-on exercise using from noon to 4:00 pm on Thursdays through
Sundays. Winner of the 2019 Civitas Award
•10:30-11:00 a.m. - Lisa Anne Cullen
their five senses to build a word garden.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Illustration in Picture Books: Participants In this session for budding writers, author for Tourism Leadership presented by the
Contact: Maura Connelly / 843-379-7025 will explore how an artist determines Helen Wilbur shares her story of a young Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce,
what to illustrate in picture book stories.
the Conroy Center is South Carolina’s first
girl's determination to grow her garden in
maura@patconroyliterarycenter.org Illustrating always starts with knowing as Lily's Victory Garden. With the right tools, affiliate of the American Writers Museum
much as possible about the characters. This discover how an idea as small as a seed and second American Library Association
workshop highlights the fun artistic process can be nurtured to grow into a story. Young Literary Landmark. Through its interpretive
The Conroy Center and the Anchorage 1770 Inn to Host of picture book illustration. writers will build a word garden. Ages 8 center, year-round educational programs,
and older.
•11:00-2:00 LUNCH
and annual literary festival, the Conroy
a Southern Living Inspired Event: Cook the Book •12:00-12:30 p.m. - Rebecca •2:00-3:00 p.m. - Susan Diamond Center preserves and continues the literary
Chamberlain - Telling Stories Through Riley - Find Your Lost Treasure: Following a legacy of Pat Conroy (1945-2016) as a
With James Beard Award-winning Chef and Cookbook Author Cynthia Graubart Pictures: This workshop touches on the reading from her newly published chapter teacher, mentor, advocate, and friend to
process of illustrating a standard 32-page book, The Sea Island’s Secret, Susan readers and writers alike. To learn more
picture book for children. Participants Diamond Riley will send participants on about the Conroy Center, please visit www.

BEAUFORT, SC - Southern Living, the Pat Conroy Literary Center, and the Anchorage 1770 preview thumbnail sketches and original a treasure hunt to find previously hidden patconroyliterarycenter.org.
Inn are excited to announce the first Cook The Book: Sharing Recipes, Wine & Words, a
,
special event to be held Saturday, May 19 from 4:00–9:00 p.m. at the Anchorage 1770
(1103 Bay St., Beaufort, SC). The inaugural Cook the Book will be presented by renowned

southern chef Cynthia Graubart, and will focus on recipes from her recent cookbook Sunday
Suppers (2017). The event has three components: Cynthia will give a cooking demonstration
of three recipes from Sunday Suppers assisted by Anchorage chef Byron Landis, followed by

a book and apron signing with wine and appetizers on the veranda, and culminating with a
four-course dinner complete with hand-selected wine pairings in the dining room.

This new venture was inspired by Pat Conroy’s passion for cooking and his perennial search

for a new recipe. Pat opens his 2004 cookbook with the words, “The subject of food is
nearly a sacred one to me.” His lifelong passion for cooking was first ignited in 1969 and
only became more intense as he grew older. Many of his readers are familiar with another

quote from his cookbook, “a recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.”

Cynthia Graubart is an ideal chef to launch the new Cook the Book series, which celebrates
foodways, writing, and fellowship. When Pat first began cooking in earnest, he turned to

Cynthia’s husband Cliff for guidance. It was 1969 and Pat’s first wife had appointed him
family chef. He ventured to the Old New York Bookshop in Atlanta, asking for Graubart’s

help. According to Pat’s recollections, Cliff, fearing the Conroy clan demise by starvation, BeaufortLifestyle.com | September 2019 37
handed Pat an edition of Auguste Escoffier’s cookbook. And so Pat’s culinary adventures
began, and he became the epicurean ‘magician’, the soup ‘sorcerer’, turning “the art of

stealing recipes into both a hobby and an art.”

Cynthia’s newest cookbook, Sunday Suppers extols the virtues of the Sunday supper. She
says the Sunday ‘supper’ was different than the Sunday ‘dinner’, a little less formal, but

always just as comforting because it’s always about family time spent at the dining table. In
her preface, Cynthia explains succinctly and lovingly, “Family mealtime is heralded by
educators, clergy, and grandmothers as an important part of a child’s growth and

development.”

Anchorage Chef Byron Landis, who will be assisting with the cooking demonstration and
meal preparation, concurs. “Food is important to not only physical sustenance, but also

spiritual and emotional nourishment. The stove is the hearth, the table the gathering place. I
learned that growing up in a family that had a catering business.”