Moby Awards & Professional Idiots Get Booked

By Maryann Yin 

We’ve rounded up some literary events to keep you busy this week. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page.

The 2nd annual Moby Awards will take place at the powerHouse Arena on Thursday, June 2nd starting 8 p.m.–GalleyCat editor Jason Boog helped judge the finalists.  (Brooklyn, NY)

Author Darin Strauss will headline a reading event for his memoir Half a Life at BookPeople. Check it out on Thursday, June 2nd starting 7 p.m. (Austin, TX)

Stephen “steve-o” Glover will appear at the Fifth Avenue Barnes & Noble for his new memoir, Professional Idiot: My Insane Quest to Become the World’s Most Famous Moron. See him on Wednesday, June 8th starting 12:30 p.m. (New York, NY)