The following author appearances, readings and book events are planned for the coming week in the Valley:
BROADSIDE BOOKSHOP: Tommy Shea
JONES LIBRARY: Members of Sisters in Crime New England will read from their work Saturday, 1 p.m., at the library, 43 Amity St., Amherst. 259-3090
NORTHAMPTON SENIOR CENTER: Jacqueline Sheehan reads from her novel “The Center of the World” Tuesday, 1 p.m., 67 Conz St., Northampton.
ODYSSEY BOOKSHOP: Magdalena Gomez reads from her new collection, “Shameless Woman,” Tuesday, 7 p.m., at the bookstore, in the Village Commons, 9 College St., South Hadley. 534-7307
Shel Horowitz, author of “Guerrila Marketing to Heal the World: Combining Principles and Profit to Create the World We Want,” will read Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Daniel Czitrom, author of “New York Exposed: The Gilded Age Police Scandal That Launched the Progressive Era,” will read Thursday, 7 p.m.
Sujani Reddy, author of “Nursing and Empire: Gendered Labor and Migration from India to the United States,” reads next Friday, 4:30 p.m.
ROCKRIDGE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: Leslea Newman and members of Five College Learning in Retirement will read from their work Friday, 2 p.m., 25 Coles Meadow Road, Northampton. 585-3756
SMITH COLLEGE: Poets Joshua Michael Stewart and Andrea Stone will read from their new collections of poetry Saturday, 4:30 p.m.. Neilson Library Browsing Room, at the college in Northampton.
Poet Ellen Bass reads from her work Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Wright Hall Auditorium.
SUNDERLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY: Marietta Pritchard presents her book “The Way To Go: Portraits of a Residential Hospice” Saturday, 2 p.m. at the library, 20 School St., Sunderland. 665-2642
WORLD EYE BOOKSHOP: Mary P. Miller, author of “So Far So Great: Lessons Learned from an Autistic Son’s Journey from Infancy to Middle Age,” will speak Saturday, 11:30 a.m. at the bookstore, 156 Main St., Greenfield. 772-2186.
WORLD WAR II CLUB: