Free Author Monthly Events sponsored by Libraries for Kids, Int’l

Location: The Roasting Room, 1297 May River Rd, Bluffton, SC (2nd floor above Corner Perk)

Time: 10:30-11:30 AM, followed by an optional Dutch Treat lunch with the author.

Libraries for Kids Int’l sponsors the free talks, but there is a suggested donation of $5 to the sponsor. Books will be available for sale and signing. 

Reservations are required because seating is limited. Call or text Tamela Maxim at 843-683-4100 or email at tamela.maxim@libraries4kids.org to reserve a spot or with any questions.

September 15, 2025, Author Pat Branning will discuss her subscription offering, The Diary of Southern Lifestyle Author Pat Branning, which has 7,000+ subscribers. Pat is the best-selling author of seven southern cookbooks and the past editor-in-chief of a regional magazine. She has been a journalist for over 50+ years, starting with her days at WSB Atlanta, where she did daily radio shows.

Pat Branning is a journalism graduate from the University of Georgia. She served as Women's Editor for WSB Radio, Atlanta, where she became the woman's voice for the South through her daily radio programs. Later, she became the assistant to media mogul Ted Turner before his CNN days. Once married, Pat accompanied her husband to Beaufort, SC. Many of her stories are from those early days in Beaufort and the memorable meals she shared with friends who entertained in the antebellum dining rooms along Beaufort’s waterfront and across the sea islands. Pat is a prolific writer of books, periodicals, and magazine stories, including the original Islander Magazine of Hilton Head, The Local Palate, Deep South Magazine, Charleston Style and Design, and local newspapers and publications. She became editor of her own magazine, Shrimp, Collards, and Grits, a well-loved publication that, until it closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, could be found in upscale grocery stores and bookstores across the South. Thankfully, her wonderful writing continues with The Diary of Southern Lifestyle Author Pat Branning on Substack, which means that Pat and her fans can get to know each other better than ever before.