Author events on Long Island, week of May 27

Sunday, May 27

Cecile Richards, retiring president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, discusses her book, "Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead,” with Ellen Chesler, author of “Woman of Valor: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement in America.” Tickets $27; register in advance. At 3 p.m., BookHampton, 41 Main St., East Hampton; 631-324-4939, bookhampton.com

Tuesday, May 29

Actor Don Diamont ("The Young and the Restless," and "The Bold and the Beautiful") talks about and signs copies of “My Seven Sons and How We Raised Each Other.” At 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, Country Glen Center, 91 Old Country Rd., Carle Place; barnsandnoble.com 516-741-9850

Wednesday, May 30

Poet Charles Adès Fishman, co-founder of the Long Island Poetry Collective, reads and signs copies of “In the Wake of the Glacier: New Selected Poems.” At 7 p.m., Turn of the Corkscrew Books & Wine, 110 N. Park Ave., Rockville Centre; 516-764-6000, turnofthecorkscrew.com

Friday, June 1

Amagansett author Daniel Simone talks about and signs copies of “The Pierre Hotel Affair: How Eight Gentleman Thieves Orchestrated the Largest Jewel Heist in History.” Register in advance. At 5 p.m., BookHampton, 41 Main St., East Hampton; 631-324-4939, bookhampton.com

Saturday, June 2

Sam Kleiner talks about and signs copies of “The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan.” Register in advance. At 5 p.m., BookHampton, 41 Main St., East Hampton; 631-324-4939, bookhampton.com