Events

Join us at Hub City on Thursday, September 19th at 6 pm for an evening of poetry with Tim Conroy and Kathryn Kirkpatrick. Each will read from their new works and sign books. Make it an very-Spartanburg-evening by participating in ArtWalk, a walking tour of art in the...

Tim Conroy will give the keynote address for the Saluda Counseling Center at a luncheon to benefit the Care Fund. The Care Fund provides support to those clients who do not have insurance or otherwise would not be able to afford therapy and medication management. For...

Join us for a screening of the film version of Pat Conroy’s 1976 tour-de-force autobiographical novel, The Great Santini. The movie features Robert Duvall in an Oscar-nominated role as “the Great Santini,” heroic Marine pilot, on the one hand, but abusive husband and father, on the other. The film will be introduced by Tim Conroy, Pat’s brother and a talented South Carolina poet who has turned his trauma into poetic creativity. Don’t miss Tim’s other programs on October 3rd!

The workshop, “Saying the Great Yes,” will inspire practicing and would-be writers to take the full plunge into poetry. South Carolina poet Tim Conroy, brother to beloved writer Pat Conroy, will discuss Pat’s commitment to the writing life at a...

Tim Conroy, South Carolina poet and brother of beloved novelist and longtime Lowcountry resident Pat Conroy, will explore the power of writing to help us withstand and ultimately understand family conflict. In his presentation, “Family Secrets/Family Truths: Writing out of the Shadow of the Great Santini,” Tim will talk about how Pat pieced together dark family secrets into healing family truths through the power of writing, with focus on the tour de force autobiographical novel, The Great Santini, about an abusive Marine fighter-pilot father’s reign of terror over his family. He will recount his own version of Conroy family secrets and how he now uses poetry as a means for expressing his vision of the family truths.

OUR PRINCE OF SCRIBES WRITERS CONFERENCE -- AIKEN, AUGUST 24 Since its publication in September 2018, the anthology Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy, edited by Nicole Seitz and Jonathan Haupt, has been the subject of more than...

The Great Santini book club discussion led by Tim Conroy Thursday, June 13, 2019 5:30 p.m. Pat Conroy Literary Center 905 Port Republic St Beaufort, SC 29902 Description: The third Pat Conroy Literary Center Book Club meeting will be held on June 13 at 5:30 p.m. and...

Piccolo Spoleto Festival: Sundown Poetry Series Programs at http://www.piccolospoleto.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/PS19-program-guide-digital-4.16.pdf Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 6:30pm Dock Street Theatre Courtyard (free admission) 135 Church Street Description: Tim...

Pat Conroy’s Great Love of Poetry #6 with co-presenter Jonathan Haupt Thursday, April 25, 2019 6:00-8:00 Sponsored by South Carolina Humanities Council Dorchester County Library, Summerville Branch 76 Old Trolley Road Description: Pat Conroy wrote that “the poets of...

Pat Conroy’s Great Love of Poetry #5 Tim Conroy April 23, 2019 8:30-10:30 a.m. Anderson High School 905 Wren School Road, Piedmont, SC 29673 Description: Tim Conroy has delivered similar presentations on the centrality of poetry to his brother’s life and work, and...