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.
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.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at 10:36AM May 13, 2014 — On a cool night in central London, Literary Death Match heated up Soho House by teaming with Unbound (the crowdfunded publishers) to bring a cavalcade of brilliance that finished with Salena Godden outdueling co-finalist Zoe Pilger in a One Star Wonder finale by a final score of 39.5 to 24 to win Godden the LDM London, Ep. 39 crown.
Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 7:03AM June 8, 2013 — After a world-tripping May, Literary Death Match returned to the Stoke Newington Literary Festival with a Saturday night extravaganza — sponsored by Picador — that saw Nikita Lalwani win it all in a wildcard round that won her the LDM London, Ep. 34 crown!
Friday, May 4, 2012 at 3:18PM May 4, 2012- Celebrating the hippest hottest neighbourhood in London town, Literary Death Match joined forces with Land of Kings Festival for a Fiction Uncovered-presented and Picador-sponsored night of literary and comedic elecricity that ended with novelist Jon McGregor out-posturing performance poet Isley Lynn in a nail-biting Book Balancing Jenga finale to win winning McGregor the LDM London Ep. 25 crown.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 11:23AM November 17, 2010 — Before a packed-to-the-gills Concrete crowd (and a ridiculously attractive one, at that), Literary Death Match London's 10th-episode celebration ended with a deliriously raucous (and, we'll admit, somewhat confusing) Mark Zuckerberg/Social Network-style finale that saw champion Sabrina Mahfouz out-"add" Elizabeth Jenner by a total "friend" count of 14-12, winning her the LDM crown.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 6:03AM February 24, 2010 — The Literary Death Matches 4th London episode at The Book Club — alongside the brilliant YARN Festival — was jam-packed with onlookers, levity, talent and enough smart-spun judging quips to make the whole matter a must-see. In the end, finalists Richard Milward (representing Faber) narrowly topped The Book Club Boutique's Salena Godden in a wild game of Springtime Olympic Cadbury Egg Bowling® that saw Milward fill both Jane Austen and W.B. Yeats wide maws with rolled choco-eggs, and thus raise himself to the rare standard of Literary Death Match immortality.