Email event details along with a contact phone number to books@thestate.com..
READING WITH RINGLING BROTHERS: Pick up a Rewards Club Card, read five books through March 7 and receive a free ticket to see “The Greatest Show On Earth.” Call (803) 425-1508; www.kershawcountylibrary.org
BOOK CLUB: 10 a.m.-noon, Tuesday at the Richland Library, main branch, 1431 Assembly St. Dr. Keen Butterworth will lead a discussion of “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens. Call (803) 929-3457
BOOK DISCUSSION: 6 p.m. Tuesday at the South Carolina Department of History and Archives, 8301 Parklane Road. Peter Hatch will discuss his newest book “A Rich Spot of Earth: Thomas Jefferson’s Revolutionary Garden at Monticello.” Cost is $15; free for S.C. Midlands Master Gardener members. A reception and book signing will follow the discussion. Call (803) 749-1905
MORNING BOOK CLUB: 10-11 a.m. Wednesday at the Lexington County Public Library, Cayce-West Columbia branch, 1500 Augusta Road. The club will discuss “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell. Call (803) 794-6791
CAMDEN LIBRARY BOOK CLUB: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Kershaw County Library, Camden branch, 1304 Broad St. This month’s discussion is of “Dragonsong” by Anne McCaffrey. Call (803) 425-1508
“A NIGHT WITH NICHOLAS SPARKS’ SAFE HAVEN”: 8 p.m. Thursday at Sandhill Stadium 16, 450 Town Center Place. The filmmakers, author and stars bring the best-selling novel “Safe Haven” to life with a discussion, Q&A and sneak peek of exclusive clips and behind-the-scenes footage of the screen adaptation. Call (803) 736-1811; www.fathomevents.com/#!safehaven
LECTURE & BOOK SIGNING: Noon, Friday at the Columbia Museum of Art, 1515 Main St. USC Press Editor Alexander Moore hosts a lecture and book signing for “A Memoir of James De Veaux.” Call (803) 799-2810; columbiamuseum.org


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