London, Ep. 60

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.

Here's the full lineup from the night:

JUDGES:
Literary Merit: Chris Power, writer, reviewer, author of the Guardian’s Brief Survey of the Short Story blog
Performance: Sofie Hagen, award-winning Danish comedian, writer and podcaster
Intangibles: Nish Kumar, comedian, Foster's Comedy Award finalist and host of Newsjack for Radio 4 Extra

READERS:
Round 1:
* Paula Varjack, performer, producer, video artist, creator of the Anti-Slam, and 1/2 of Varjack & Simpson
* David Bodanis, futurist, award-winning author of Electric Universe & Einstein's Greatest Mistake (Oct. 2016)
Round 2:
* Luisa Omielan, comedian, performer and author of What Would Beyonce Do?!
* Sabrina Mahfouz, award-winning playwright, actor and author of The Clean Collection and Chef

Hosted by LDM creator Adrian Todd Zuniga.