Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 11:32AM May 31, 2018 — On a grand night in London, Literary Death Match returned to Miranda at Ace Hotel London to celebrate LDM founder Adrian Todd Zuniga's debut novel (Collision Theory), by putting on a night of epic proportions that saw Chris Power outduel co-finalist Anbara Salam in a dramatic Arithme-Lit finale that won Power the LDM London, Ep. 64 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 9:08AM September 7, 2017 — To celebrate the launch of Adam Kay's hilarious memoir — This is Going to Hurt — Literary Death Match returned to The Phoenix in Cavendish Square for a rollicking, comedy-fueled night that saw Kay outduel Mona Arshi in a bitter Visual Literary Riddle battle by a 4-2 score, winnning Kay the LDM London crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 1:23PM July 26, 2017 — To present a mid-summer night's lit and comedic dream, we dipped underground into the Miranda Bar at Shoreditch's Ace Hotel for a sterling night that saw Roger Robinson topple Clair Whitefield in a down-to-the-wire Literary Spelling Bee III battle that won Robinson the LDM London, Ep. 63 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 10:54AM April 5, 2017 — For our 2017 London debut, we teamed with the brillianteurs behind The Good Immigrant for a sold out, immigrant-fueled night of words at Southbank Centre that saw Tahmima Anam outduel Kayo Chingonyi in a American Psycho or American President? finale that went down to the wire, with Anam nailing the final answer, and winning the LDM London, Ep. 61 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 1:29AM October 16, 2016 — Literary Death Match returned to London for Southbank Centre's brilliant London Literature Festival, and living up the the festival's theme — Living in Future Times — LDM delivered a showcase of some of the best for years to come, ending with Luisa Omielan outdueling Paula Varjack in a Cyrillic Off that won her the LDM London, Ep. 60 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Monday, July 25, 2016 at 11:12AM July 25, 2016 — For a mid-summer night's classic, Literary Death Match returned to the Southbank Centre for a lit-minded spectacle of spoken words and comedic delightments that ended with Natashia Deon outdueling Harry Baker in a hotly-contested sudden-death One Star Wonder finale to win Deon the LDM London, Ep. 59 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Sunday, June 19, 2016 at 3:51PM June 23, 2016 — To celebrate the wonders of Indie Bookshop Week, Literary Death Match headed to Foyles Charing Cross Road for a brilliant night of lit, wit and rambunctiousness that saw Bridget Minamore outduel David Sanger in an all-out battle of Poet v. Footballer that Minamore won by a score of 9-6, winning her the LDM London, Ep. 58 crown.
Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 4:51AM June 4, 2016 — To celebrate LDM's summer in London we returned to the glorious Stoke Newington Literary Festival for a West Hackney event at St. Paul's Church (where else?) for a gleeful night that ended with Rebecca Mackenzie outlasting co-finalist Ka Bradley in a LDM 20 Questions finale to win Mackenzie the LDM London, Ep. 57 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Monday, April 25, 2016 at 7:55PM April 26, 2016 — In our final 10-Year Anniversary celebration, Literary Death Match made April 2016 a little less cruel with a night of rambling and dazzlement as we returned to the Southbank Centre sponsored by Picador for a knockout night that saw Lisa Owens out-shoot fellow finalist Nikesh Shukla in an Anti-Book Burning Basketball finale to win Owens the LDM London, Ep. 56 crown.
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 9:16PM February 17, 2016 — Literary Death Match kicked off its residency at the Southbank Centre, with some of the most talented literati in Londontown, on a night that saw Matthew Robins outduel Nick Makoha in a down-to-the-wire Original or Adapted? finale that went to the sudden-sudden-death before Robins was crowned as the LDM London, Ep. 55 champion.
