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Tuesday
Sep062011

Edinburgh, Ep. 3

September 6, 2011 — In a brilliant Voodoo Rooms clash of Scottish literary titans, it was sci-fi brillianteur Hal Duncan who rocked the literary rim, winning a neck-and-neck basketball shootout with fiction-fascinateur Katerina Vasiliou by a score of 5-4 — winning him the Literary Death Match Edinburgh crown!

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Monday
Aug222011

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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Saturday
Aug202011

SF, Ep. 40

August 20, 2011 — In one of the most historic events LDM has ever produced, it was Susan Steinberg who wrestled victory from co-finalist Caitlin Myer by a very narrow margin to win the Literary Death Match crown! 

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Wednesday
Aug172011

London, Ep. 17

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!

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Saturday
Aug132011

Standon Calling, Ep. 1 (Festival)

August 13, 2011 — The inaugural Literary Death Match, Standon Calling was a barrel of laughs that saw two-time LDM finale loser Nikesh Shukla deftly take his long-deserved Literary Death Match medal in a Twilight-inspired parlour game against Chimene Suleyman.

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Sunday
Aug072011

Apple Cart, Ep. 1 (Festival)

August 7, 2011 — A wild afternoon went from great to brilliant on a sunny afternoon at Apple Cart Festival when Abigail Tarttelin (author of Flick) won the ever-prized Literary Death Match crown after a competitive finale that had the throngs on the edge of their non-seats! 

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Friday
Aug052011

Vilnius, Ep. 1

August 5, 2011 — In what has been deemed an "instant SLS Lithuania Classic" at Fluxus Ministerija, Literary Death Match's Vilnius debut was a boisterous and brainy affair that saw Daniella Gitlin out-smooch Czesław Miłosz to undo Zach Buscher's LDM title hopes, winning her the Literary Death Match crown. 

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Sunday
Jul172011

Paris, Ep. 2

July 17, 2011 — Within the steamy and sexy Le Carmen confines, the Literary Death Match's triumphant return to Paris — presented by Shakespeare & Co. — saw Paris Literary Prize-winner Rosa Rankin-Gee bring home the Literary Death Match crown in quickstrike du pain-tossing fashion over fellow finalist Rachel Zucker.

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Tuesday
Jul122011

Latitude Festival, Ep. 1

July 14, 2011 — In the most populated LDM in Great Britain history (sponsored by Picador), droves showed to witness David Whitehouse win-out over Fiction Uncovered's Jake Wallis Simons by the largest margin of victory in LDM history (1985-to-1) in a Deal Or No Deal-style finish that won Whitehouse the LDM crown. 

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Sunday
Jun262011

Festivals, Ep. 2: Bromley

June 26, 2011 — At a jam-packed and sweltering Bromley Literary Festival extravaganza, it was Helen Smith that out six-gunned Joan Taylor in a wild H.G. Wells shootout that saw Smith take home Bromley's first-ever Literary Death Match crown! 

Full details coming soon! 

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