Email event details along with a contact phone number to books@thestate.com.

BOOK SIGNING & RECEPTION: 2-4 p.m. today at the if ART Gallery, 1223 Lincoln St. The gallery celebrates the release of a new book featuring artists from the South, 18 of whom are represented by the gallery. Call (803) 238-2351.

BOOK SIGNING: 6 p.m. Monday at the Carolina Room, Inn at Carolina, 1619 Pendleton St. Author Pam Durban will read from her new novel “The Tree of Forgetfulness.” Call (803) 779-7779.

HALLOWEEN BOOK BINGO: 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Richland County Public Library, Eastover branch, 608 Main St. Books replace numbers in the classic game of Bingo. Call (803) 353-8584.

BOOK SIGNING: 7 p.m. Monday at the Newberry Opera House, Newberry. Caroline Stoessinger will sign copies of her book “Lessons from the Life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world’s Oldest Living Holocaust Survivor.” Call (803) 276-6264.

BOOK SALE: 9 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Wednesday at the Shepherd’s Center, 3401 Trenholm Road. Fiction and nonfiction will be available. Call (803) 779-4449.

BOOK SIGNING: 6 p.m. Thursday in the Walker Local History room of the Richland County Public Library, 1431 Assembly St. Author James Felder will discuss and sign copies of his book “Civil Rights in South Carolina.” Call (803) 929-3402.

BOOK FAIR: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday at Barnes and Noble, 3400 Forest Drive. Hosted by E.L. Wright Middle School. Call (803) 736-8740.

FALL LITERARY FESTIVAL 2012: 6 p.m. Thursday at the Hollings Special Collections Library on the University of South Carolina campus. This installment features Emily St. John Mandel. Call (803) 777-3847.

BOOK READING & SIGNING: 1 p.m. Friday in the Walker Local History room of the Richland County Public Library, 1431 Assembly St. Paul de Barros will read from and sign copies of “Marian McPartland: Shall We Play That One Together.” Call (803) 929-3402.

BOOK SALE: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at the Swansea Branch Library, 199 North Lawrence Ave., Swansea. Hardbacks will be $1, and paperbacks 50 cents. Call (803) 785-3519