2024
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Sun City Hilton Head
September 3
Riverbend Lodge – 39 Tidewatch Drive
Denise Dammling,Lifestyles Coordinator
(843) 705-4026
www.suncityhiltonhead.org
Denise.Dammling@schhca.com
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Silver Bay YMCA
August 11-16
preach/ book talk/ writing workshop
Silver Bay, NY
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Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church
Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church
September 11, 2pm
Dallas, TX
2025
Colleton River Club
https://www.colletonriverclub.com/
February 12
Bluffton , SC
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Lexington Book Festival
March 22, 2025
Lexington, SC
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Lowcountry Literature and Leisure Getaway
https://luxelowcountrytravel.com/getaways-and-destinations/
March 26-30, 2025
Beaufort, SC
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Clarksville Writers' Conference
https://clarksvillewritersconference.com/
June 4-6, 2025
Clarksville, TN
Highland Park UMC
https://www.hpumc.org/grow/umw
United Methodist Women
September 8, 2025
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PAST EVENTS
2024
Jan 25, 6p Charleston
In conversation with Jeffrey Blount
20 South Battery, Charleston SC
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January 27 Perry Page Turners Book Festival
Perry, GA
Beckie Burnham beckiebythebook@gmail.com
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Feb 1, 5p Beaufort, SC
In conversation with Jeffrey Blount
Pat Conroy Literary Center and Beaufort Black Chamber of Commerce
711 Bladen St, Beaufort, SC 29902
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Feb 9 2:30p Zoom with private book club
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Feb 16 10a Dataw Island
Raymond James women’s brunch
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Feb 29 9a Beaufort Elementary School
Gullah Celebration
March 2 Macon Writers Club
First Presbyterian Church, Macon, GA
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March 3 noon Centenary UMC, Macon GA
in conversation with Peggy Elliott
Sara Pugh Montgomery sara@centenarymacon.org
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March 21 HerNextAct, women’s retreat
Beaufort Joan Paul: joan@hernextact.com
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March 28 11a Daniel Jenkins School, N Charleston
April 24, 11a Skidaway Methodist Church Book Club
Rev. Michelle Johnson
michelle@skidawaymethodist.org
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2023
Tuesday, August 1 7P Silver Bay, NY
Book Talk: Trouble the Water
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Wednesday, August 23 - Itinerant Literate Books
Brewing on Books series
Thursday, Sept 7, 7p Private Book Club
Callawassie Island, SC
Monday, Sept 11, 7p Spring Valley Reads
Spring Valley UMC, Dallas, TX
Monday, Sept 11, 2p Private Book Club
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Sept 22-25 – Santa Fe writing retreat
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Tuesday, October 3, 3p Port Royal Sound Foundation
Speakers Series: Trouble the Water
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Monday, Ocobert 16, 1p
Women of Woodside, Aiken SC
Wednesday October 18, 4p St. Helena Branch,
Beaufort Country Library:Trouble the Water
6355 Jonathan Francis Sr. Rd., St. Helena, SC 29920
843.255.6548, candace.vantine@bcgov.net
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October 21, 22 - South Carolina Maritime Museum
729 Front St, Georgetown, SC 29440
{In conjunction with Wooden Boat Show, signings!}
Thursday, October 26
Williamsburg VA - private book clubs
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Wednesday, November 1, 12 noon Lancaster County Historical Restoration
Robert Smalls' Life and Legacy, Trouble the Water
Lunch & Learn, Lancaster County Society for Historical Preservation
Lancaster Cultural Arts Center, 307 W Gay St, Lancaster, SC 29720
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Wednesday Nov 8, 11a “Lunch and Learn”
Hampton Lake Women’s Group
Monday, November 20, 5p Buxton Books -
in Conversation with Melanie Bowles, author of Liberty Biscuit
April 11, 2023 7p – Anne Makins book club, Dallas
April 12, 2023 9:30a Lakewood Literary Guild, Dallas contact: Dinah Gaspard, dgasp1023@aol.com
April 16, 3:30p Sumter Library
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Monday, Feb 13, 12 noon Books Sandwiched In, sponsored by Friends of the Beaufort County Library, free to the public, USCB Center for the Arts, Beaufort, SC
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Wed, Feb 22, 7p Daniels Island Author Series, sponsored by the Daniel Island News,
Daniel Pointe Retirement Community - Daniel’s Point Theatre,
514 Robert Daniel Dr, Daniel Island, SC 29492; 843-800-0075]
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Thursday, March 2 - Friends of the Library, Florence SC
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Thursday, March 9, 5p – Women's Assoc Hilton Head Island –[zoom
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March 13, 7p Rock Hill retirement community, Carolina Lakes Sun City presentation
L 1353 Del Webb Blvd, Fort Mill, SC 29707 ( (803) 547-8858)
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Tuesday, March 21 2 pm Summit Hills in Spartanburg
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Wednesday, March 22 10:30a Book Review Club, Spartanburg (private)
March 22 – Lowcountry Lit and Leisure Getaway (Susie McMahon), Beaufort, SC
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March 24 & 25 - Lexington Book Festival, Lexington NC
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Monday, October 17, 12 noon, Author Talk, Habersham Park House, Beaufort, SC
Wednesday, October 19, 4:30p Author Talk,
Habersham River & Marsh Store
Sunday, October 30, 2p, Pat Conroy Literary Festival closing event: In Conversation with Susan Montanari, Lowcountry Presbyterian Church 10 Simmonsville Rd, Bluffton, SC
Wednesday, November 2, noon Private Event Spartanburg, SC
Tuesday, November 8, 10a Author Talk at
Highland Springs Community, Dallas TX
Thursday, Nov 10, 5:30p Book signing at Grayco Hardware and Home 136 Sea Island Pkwy, Beaufort, SC
Friday, Dec 2, 6p Book signing at McIntosh Book, 917 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC
May 9 | 5:00 pm - Lowcountry Presbyterian Church, Bluffton, 10 Simmonsville Rd, Bluffton, SC 29910
(843) 815-6570
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May 11 | 10:30 am - Literary Guild of St Simons Island - Cary Knapp, knappart@comcast.net
Bookseller: Mary Jane Reed, owner of the GJ Ford Bookshop in the Shops at Sea Island.
May 12 | 11:30 am - Liberal Ladies of the Lowcountry, 70 Skull Creek Drive, Hilton Head
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May 26 | 11:00 am -3:00 pm - Historic Charleston Foundation, 108 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29401
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Community organizations, Clubs, Libraries and Schools
Please contact Magic Time Literary Publicity
https://www.magictimeliterary.com/
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Or, Book through Novel Network
For in-person or online visit via Facetime, Zoom, Skype, or phone.