YBR Publishing is proud to announce the public debut of Driftwood Unmasked, a novel by Beaufort’s own Gibbes McDowell, at Boondocks Restaurant, 1760 Sea Island Parkway, Saint Helena Island, on Saturday, October 13 from 4:30 – 8:30 pm.
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Meet Annie Spence, keynote author for the Second Annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention “Perfect for any bibliophile and terrifically funny.” That’s how the esteemed Library Journal, in a starred review, praised Dear Fahrenheit 451, the debut book from librarian Annie Spence. It’s an apt description of the author as well. Spence will keynote the Pat Conroy Literary Center’s second annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention, a free day of learning and fellowship to be held at the Technical College of the Lowcountry’s MacLean Hall on Saturday, October 6.
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Award-winning artist and visiting Vermont instructor, TJ Cunningham, will return to the Lowcountry this November to hold a 3-day workshop on landscapes for oil painters. In this studio painting class, held at Art League Academy, Cunningham will help students focus on challenges that tend to impede upon successful landscape paintings.
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A conversation with Patti Callahan, author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis: The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis By Margaret Evans, EditorLike so many of my favorite people, Patti Callahan Henry entered my life thanks to Pat Conroy. Though her reputation as a New York Times bestselling novelist preceded her, we met at Pat’s 70th birthday celebration a few years ago, quickly learned we had some things in common – Alabama, for one – and just sort of clicked, like women sometimes (but not always) do. I interviewed Patti for the Conroy Center’s Porch Talk blog when she published her 12th novel, The Bookshop at Water’s End, and our friendship grew, but it wasn’t until I heard about her latest project that I knew we were truly kindred spirits.
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“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” – George Burns Most of us bewitchingly blissful souls, miserable wretches and those in between seem to spend a soul withering amount of time focused on happiness, both our own and that of others. Even back in my academic days, the science of human happiness was built on often intriguing research.
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Vance Gilbert burst onto the singer/songwriter scene in the early 90’s when buzz started spreading in the folk clubs of Boston about an ex-multicultural arts teacher who was knocking ’em dead at open mics.
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This fall, the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra kicks off its season with Classical Genius, a concert featuring works by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Haydn, and guest violinist Sam Parrini (left).
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CRESCENDO-The Second Annual Arts, Culture and History Celebration, sponsored by the Arts & Cultural Council of Hilton Head (ACCHH), will be held September 27- November 15, 2018. The Opening Night event will take place on Thursday September 27, 2018 at the Coastal Discovery Museum with free guided public art tours, ticket give-aways, exhibitions, performances and refreshments.
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The 2018 Short Story America Festival and Conference is scheduled for the weekend of September 28-30 in downtown Beaufort. This fifth celebration of short fiction will feature top presenting authors like John Engell (San Francisco, CA), Niles Reddick (University of Memphis), Marjorie Brody (San Antonio, TX), Gregg Cusick (Durham, NC), Nancy Allen (Dallas, TX), John Newlin (Wilmington, DE), James Goertel (Rochester, NY), Ray Morrison (Winston-Salem, NC), and Beaufort-based author and editor Tim Johnston (left).
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The Pat Conroy Literary Center’s Visiting Writers Series presents Thomas McConnell reading from his debut novel The Wooden King at NeverMore Books (702 Craven St., Beaufort) on Thursday, September 27, at 4:00 p.m. and Georgia poet Clifford Brooks reading from his collections Athena Departs and The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics on Tuesday, October 2, at 2:00 p.m. at the Hilton Head Island Library (11 Beach City Rd, Hilton Head). Both events are free and open to the public, with book signings to follow the readings.
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