South Carolina book events calendar

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

BOOK SIGNING: Former Clemson University Professor Donald McKale will be discussing and signing copies of his book, “Nazis After Hitler: How Perpetrators of the Holocaust Cheated Justice and Truth” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Beth Shalom Synagogue, 5287 N. Trenholm Road. www.bethshalomcolumbia.org.

BOOK SIGNING: Columbia native Russell Smith will be signing copies of “Geneva Two,” 4:30-7 p.m. June 24 at Higher Grounds coffee and bookstore, 1410 Sumter St. (803) 782-4246

BOOK SIGNING: James E. McTeer II will be signing copies of “Minnow,” 5-7 p.m. June 25 at Books on Broad, 944 Broad St., Camden. McTeer, the winner of the S.C. First Novel Prize, is a media specialist at Polo Road Elementary School, living in Columbia.

EXHIBIT: Original paintings from “Katie’s Cabbage,” an inspirational book from a Summerville teen that launched the nonprofit Katie’s Krops that advocates gardening based solutions to hunger, beginning Tuesday, June 16, at Gallery West. A book signing and reception with author Katie Stagliano is Friday, June 19 at Gallery West, 118 State St.

ELGIN BRANCH BOOK CLUB 2652 Main St., Elgin. New members welcome. (803) 438-7881