Bestselling Novelist Sara Shepard and Teen Actress Lilia Buckingham join Conroy Center for virtual conversation
The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host #1 New York Times best-selling novelist Sara Shepard (Pretty Little Liars) and teen actress and advocate Lilia Buckingham, coauthors of the new novel Influence, a murder mystery set in the glamorous and precarious world of instantly famous social media influencers. Shepard and Buckingham will be in conversation with the Conroy Center's Beaufort High School student intern Holland Perryman and executive director Jonathan Haupt.
Fortitude: the strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage – Merriam-Webster
“Before this decisive night, I’d not fully appreciated the subtle line between inspiration and insanity. But now, with all of our lives at risk, I found myself navigating that most perilous edge.
"Only the enslaved can fathom the price and the cost of freedom – life or death itself. Not only my life, but that of my wife, our children. And not just my family’s, but those of my crewmates. Would we live an unknown future of freedom, or perish to the dark and watery depths? Men. Women. Babies. Fifteen lives hanging in the balance, entrusted to me.
Entering its fifth year, March Forth is a signature annual program of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, commemorating the anniversary of Pat Conroy’s death (March 4, 2016) with educational conversations about storytelling, conservation, social justice, and inclusivity—major themes of Conroy’s writing and teaching life.
Novelists Bren McClain and Jon Sealy in virtual conversation
On Wednesday, January 27, at 6:00 p.m., the Pat Conroy Literary Center will host a virtual conversation with fiction writers Bren McClain and Jon Sealy as they discuss South Carolina stories--what they are and aren't, and the challenge of writing stories that are timely and yet timeless. They will also read from their novels: Bren’s One Good Mama Bone and Jon’s The Merciful. This free program will be moderated by Brooke McKinney, the Conroy Center's communications and events coordinator.
On Wednesday, January 20, at 6:00 p.m., the Pat Conroy Literary Center and NeverMore Books will host a free virtual evening with Estelle Ford-Williamson, author of the new novel Rising Fawn, in conversation with the Conroy Center's communications and events coordinator Brooke McKinney. Estelle and Brooke will be joined by a special appearance by Jennifer Daniels, a Lookout Mountain-based alt-country, folk rock band that inspired a scene in the novel.
The Friends of the Beaufort Library announce the 2021 schedule for their popular 8-week annual Books Sandwiched In series, featuring book talks by local personalities to provoke interest in books both fiction and non-fiction. The programs are held on Mondays (except January 18) from noon to 1:00 PM, January 11ththrough March 8th.
This year the programs will be hosted on the popular videoconference program, Zoom.
Instructions for how to access the presentations will be on the Friends’ website: www.FriendsOfTheBeaufortLibrary.com