Vancouver, Ep. 3

November 4, 2016 — With our election anxiety at an all-time high, Literary Death Match headed to the sanity of Canada for our return to Vancouver — and more specifically the Fox Cabaret. The Sad Mag-presented event finished with Lucia Misch outdueling Jayson McDonald in a back-and-forth battle of Lone Star Lit, before Misch scored the final answer, winning her the LDM Vancouver, Ep. 3 crown and literary immortality to go with it.

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Vancouver, Ep. 2

September 10, 2011 — In an epic duel of fill-in-the-blanks poetry, erudite Kevin Spenst conquered feisty Dina Del Bucchia, to become Vancouver’s second-ever Literary Death Match Champion! When asked how it felt to wear the crown, Spenst could only sob with pride.

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Edinburgh, Ep. 2 (Book Festival)

August 22, 2011 — In a literary showcase like few before it, the Literary Death Match talent-fest at Edinburgh Book Festival finished with a Scot-off, as Christopher Brookmyre stole victory at a Books By Numbers finale that saw him overtake co-finalist Billy Letford in the late-seconds, winning the LDM crown by the narrowest three point margin literature has ever seen. 

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LDM100: Vancouver

October 8, 2010 — The LDM100 tour epically continued with the Literary Death Match's Canadian debut at W2 Storyeum. The night of lit nerdistry to remember ended with performer/humorist Sara Bynoe outshining co-finalist/journalist Steve Burgess in a tightly contested LDM Songstravaganza by a final score of 7-5.

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