Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 10:25AM May 5, 2022 — To celebrate our full-scale relocation to Australia, Literary Death Match teamed with the wunderkinds at the Brisbane Writers Festival for a whizbang affair at the eye-squintingly gorgeous Princess Theatre that saw Jonathan O’Brien topple Martine Kropkowski in a closer-than-it appeared battle of ArithmeLit, winning O'Brien the LDM Brisbane, Ep. 1 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Friday, October 22, 2021 at 11:28AM October 24, 2021 — Because one event with Toronto International Festival of Authors wasn't enough, we returned with our LDM Kids Edition, using kid judges from Mrs. Minor’s 6th Grade class, in a wild epic that saw Joseph Coelho narrowly topple Ashley Spires in a wild Arithme-Lit finale that won Coelho the Literary Death Match Toronto, Ep. 5 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Friday, October 22, 2021 at 10:48AM October 23, 2021 — After nearly a year away, Literary Death Match returned to T-dot (virtually, at least) to take part in the Toronto International Festival of Authors, with a wowing, all-star-laden event that saw poet Roger Robinson narrowly outduel co-finalist/novelist Thea Lim in a hotly-contested Author Spelling Bee III finale that won Robinson the LDM Toronto, Ep. 4 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Saturday, November 7, 2020 at 6:53AM November 7, 2020 — In our second all-digital event, Literary Death Match teamed with the extraordinary Texas Book Festival for a brilliant watch-at-home show that saw Don Tate outduel Juli Delgado Lopera in a math-meets-books Arithme-Lit finale, winning Tate the LDM Quarantine, Ep. 2 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Monday, July 13, 2020 at 7:22PM July 14, 2020 — In our first-ever all-digital event (click here to watch if you haven't seen it!), Literary Death Match teamed with the wondrous Hammer Museum for a magical Zoom-only event that saw Roxane Gay outduel Kimberly Jones in a baffling Cyrillic Off finale, winning Gay the LDM Quarantine, Ep. 1 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 6:25AM February 14, 2020 — In our first event of the new decade, Literary Death Match once again teamed with the wonders at the San Miguel Writers' Conference for a magical afternoon in Mexico that saw Jim Ruland outduel co-finalist Gaia Schilke in a down-to-the-wire game of LDM Cabinet of Non-Wonders, willing Ruland the LDM San Miguel, Ep. 2 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Saturday, November 23, 2019 at 10:33AM November 23, 2019 — For our annual November drop-in to the Miami Book Fair, LDM debuted at The Porch for an early-evening event that saw Jaquira Diaz outduel Damon Young in a battle of LDM Cabinet of Non-Wonders, winning her the LDM Miami, Ep. 11 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 4:37PM October 26, 2019 — For our annual Austin drop-in to the Texas Book Festival, Literary Death Match headed to Cheer Up Charlies for a wild night of wordsmithing that saw Angie Cruz outduel Kristen Arnett in a down-to-the-wire battle of LDM Cabinet of Non-Wonders, winning Cruz the LDM Austin, Ep. 14 crown and literary immortality to go with it.
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 11:19AM October 16, 2019 — O, Canada, we can't quit you! In our annual visit north of the border, Literary Death Match returned to Calgary for another WordFest epic that saw Ashley Spires narrowly defeat Amy Jones in a airtight game of LDM Cabinet of Non-Wonders to win Spires the LDM Calgary, Ep. 7 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 10:37AM October 15, 2019 — To celebrate our 500th show, Literary Death Match returned to Litquake, as old is new again for our debut at The Valencia Room, in which a team of Lauren Markham and Ingrid Rojas Contreras teamed up to topple Nazelah Jamison in a tight LDM Cabinet of Non-Wonders finale to win Markham and Contreras the SF, Ep. 69 crown and literary immortality to go with it.
