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.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 8:49AM May 10, 2011 — On a wildly fantastical night of wit, whimsy, lit and hilarity, Literary Death Match's Wales debut ended after Patrick Jones' team toppled Team Mab Jones by a narrow 3-1 margin in the friendliest game of Muzikal Chairs ever witnessed, winning P. Jones the LDM Cardiff crown.
Friday, April 29, 2011 at 5:23AM April 29, 2011 — After a year away from Baile Atha Cliath, Literary Death Match returned to Ireland's capital in a masterful event with the masterminds behind MindField that saw Breakfast in Babylon scribe Emer Martin topple long-walker Paddy Toye (author of Paddy Toye's Donegal) in a 6-1 Literary Memory victory!
Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 8:54AM April 28, 2011 — In a silly-string funtastrophe at SMART Project Space, Literary Death Match's Amsterdam debut (presented by Versal) ended with Poetry International's hand-picked reader Tsead Bruinja out-fired the equally worthy Dina Viergutz (representing De Bezige Bij) by a narrow count of 598 grams to 594 to win the LDM crown!
Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 5:34AM April 28, 2011 — O, Miami indeed! Hilarity reigned at LDM's first-ever Miami episode, where our literary gladiators faced the rowdiest crowd in LDM history, and triumphed! Literature 1, Ladies' Night, 0. And the ultimate victors: Hialeah Haiku's Nodarse and Santayana!
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 6:56AM April 14, 2011 — Our epic Glasgow debut with Cargo Publishing at The Arches went final after Team Alan Bissett outscored Team Tim Turnbull in a thrilling game of Literary Memory (featuring the best in Scottish writers). The final scoreline was 6-5, earning Bissett the Literary Death Match crown.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 6:56AM April 13, 2011 — Featuring one of the greatest literary lineups in its story-filled history, Literary Death Match London’s 14th-ever London episode at Concrete, and sponsored by Picador, finished with an Easter-themed egg-throwing extravaganza that saw Stuart Evers out-Cadbury co-finalist Abigail Tartellin in extra time winning him the Literary Death Match crown.
Friday, April 8, 2011 at 3:32PM In a historic finale that Literary Death Match historians will debate for centuries to come, poets Monica Youn (Ignatz) and Dean Rader (Works & Days) simultaneously pieced together and recognized the famous face of Hunter S. Thompson, resulting in the first tie ever in San Francisco LDM history.
Friday, March 18, 2011 at 12:40PM March 18, 2011 — Literary Death Match's Red Nose Day Spectcular at Concrete — presented by Pan Macmillan — was a joy- and laugh-filled thrill that saw super-poet Martin Figura topple humor brillianteur Miriam Elia 10-6 in a confused-and-somewhat fierce Poet v. Madman face-off that won Figura the Literary Death Match Crown.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 8:27PM March 18, 2011 — Glamour Bar at M on the Bund set a gorgeous stage for Literary Death Match's Shanghai debut, hosted by LDM's Ann Heatherington and presented by Shanghai International Literary Festival. And in the end it was SJ Rozan who outdueled Jenn Chan Lyman in a crazy-close game of Poet v. Madman.