Charleston, Ep. 1

October 1, 2016 — To start October right, Literary Death Match headed to Charleston — stomping ground for the Bloomsbury Group — as we teamed with the Small Wonder Short Story Festival for a wild night that saw David Swann topple Adam Baron in a brilliant battle of One Star Wonder II, winning Swann the LDM Charleston, UK, Ep. 1 crown and literary immortality to go with it. 

Here is the full lineup from the night of:

JUDGES:
Literary Merit: Alex Clark, literary critic and contributor to The Observer, The Guardian and way more
Performance: Kirsty Logan, acclaimed author of The Gracekeepers and A Portable Shelter
Intangibles: Chris Power, writer, reviewer, and author of the Guardian’s Brief Survey of the Short Story blog

READERS:
Round 1:
* Adam Baron, novelist and comedian, author of new novel Blackheath
* Lesley Thomson, award-winning author of A Kind of Vanishing and the Detective’s Daughter series
Round 2:
* Petina Gappah, author of An Elegy for Easterly, winner of the Guardian First Book Prize
* David Swann, poet and short story writer, author of The Privilege of Rain

Hosted by LDM creator Adrian Todd Zuniga. Produced by Tanya Andrews.