Email event details along with a contact phone number to books@thestate.com, or fax them to (803) 771-8430, Attention: Book Events.
BOOK CLUB: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Kershaw County Library, Bethune branch, 206 South Main St. This months book is The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. Call (843) 334-8420
BOOK SIGNING: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Books-A-Million, the Village at Sandhills. Author Anne Byrn will sign copies of Unbelievably Gluten Free, 128 Delicious Dinner Recipes you Never Thought you Would be Able to Eat Again. Samples from the book will be served. Call (803) 586-8722
BOOK RELEASE PARTY: 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the Charleston Library Society, 164 King St., Charleston. Author Mary Whyte will speak and sign copies of her book Down Bohicket Road. Cocktails will be served. Cost: $10/members, $15/non-members. Call (843) 853-7000.
WAREHOUSE BOOK SALE: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday at USC Press Warehouse, 718 Devine St. Cost: $5 for paperbacks and hard covers. Call (803) 777-5029
AUTHOR MEET & GREET: 4-6 p.m. Friday at Burry Bookstore, 130 W. Carolina Ave., Hartsville. Author Lon D. Outen will sign copies of his book History of Lynches Forks and Extended Areas on the Big and Little Lynches River, South Carolina. Call (843) 332-2511.


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