Monday, April 2, 2012 at 6:20AM April 2, 2012 — The masses turned out in droves for Literary Death Match's epic celebration of Picador's 40th birthday at Kings Place, a magical night that ended with Marie Phillips narrowly out-skilling her co-finalist Will le Fleming in a wild game of Cadbury Egg 10-Pin/Book Bowling by a closer-than-it-appeared score of 15-10, winning Phillips the LDM London, Ep. 24 crown.
Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 2:00AM March 15, 2012 — The Ides of March were well-served at Literary Death Match at Concrete, a brilliant Picador-sponsored night that saw Limehouse Books-rep Sophia Blackwell topple co-finalist Rachel Genn with a come-from-behind victory at a hotly-contested Literary Pictionary finale that won Blackwell the LDM London, Ep. 23 crown.
Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 7:27PM February 16, 2012 — In a brilliant showcase of just how far Literary Death Match London's come in six years, our first event in London in 2012 was a night to remember, which saw the masterful Lloyd Shepherd (author of The English Monster) outduel co-finalist Sarah Tucker (author of The Playground Mafia) by a 2-1 margin in a battle of Authorial Secret Loves, winning Shepherd LDM London's 22nd crown.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 7:41AM December 7, 2011 — A converted brewery tucked behind Spitalfields Market became a Santa’s grotto of literary greatness for the final LDM of the year as Kat Brown defeated Ed Hogan in a tense, sudden-death Bauble-Off! that lasted a nail-gnawing four rounds before Brown triumphed over her adversary to claim the Death Match crown.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 11:17AM November 2, 2011 — Literary Death Match teamed with the first direct Dialogue Festival for our first-ever trip west (in London, at least). The night finished with a historic beard-enthused battle that saw Jacques Strauss score a five-beard run to out-beard co-finalist John Osborne by a score of 7 beards to 2. What are we talking about? Let's start from the top.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 1:32AM October 12, 2011 — Kicking off a bi-coastal LDM double-header (an LDM in NYC happened just hours later), the Literary Death Match in London finished with Tom Cox claiming the crown!
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 8:25PM September 14, 2011 — Nestled in the urban glamour of Shoreditch High Street, four erudite contenders, alike in faculty, took the stage for another epic instalment of Literary Death Match. Sparring and story-telling ensued in the underground bunker of Concrete, eventually culminating in lyrical wunderkind Sean Mahoney cantering off, audience’s hearts and LDM crown in tow.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 6:52AM August 17, 2011 — In a wild mathematical-seeming themed Books by Numbers finale, it was playwright and novelist Nat Segnit that out-added his finals opponent, the BAFTA-nominated film producer Nick Taussig, with the wily selection of John Buchan to win the Literary Death Match crown by a mere six points!
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 11:53AM June 16, 2011 — A dazzling night before a wonderfully packed Concrete crowd ended when three-point expert John Butler narrowly outshined co-finalist David Whitehouse 5-4 in an anti-book burning netball shootout that won Butler the coveted Literary Death Match crown!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 9:06PM May 11, 2011 — In what can only be deemed an instant classic at Concrete, the Picador-sponsored night saw author Leo Benedictus out-duel co-finalist Chimene Suleyman in a wild, silly string spray-off that earned Benedictus the Literary Death Match crown.
