4 writers. 3 judges. 2 finalists. 1 champion. Literary Death Match is a refreshing and hilarious spectacle that has electrified audiences in over 60 cities around the world. Now, this global sensation arrives in Melbourne for the first time. Part literary event, part comedy show, part game show, Literary Death Match brings together four top writers to compete in an edge-of-your-seat read-off critiqued by three all-star judges in the categories of literary merit, performance and intangibles. The raucous event concludes with a comical showdown to decide who will be the ultimate champion. Hosted by Literary Death Match creator Adrian Todd Zuniga, this special Melbourne iteration features writers Laniyuk, Zoya Patel, Alex Skovron and Nevo Zisin, and will be judged by Celia Pacquola (Intangibles), Vidya Rajan (Performance) and Sami Shah (Literary Merit). Join us at the Wheeler Centre this March to see who will take home Melbourne’s Literary Death Match crown.
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Laniyuk is a Larrakia, Kungarakan, Gurindji and French writer and performer. She has been published nationally and internationally in poetry collections such as Solid Air (2019) and Fire Front (2020), in the 2022 speculative ...
Celia Pacquola is a chameleon – a stand up comedian, writer and actor who springs effortlessly between stage and screen and has become one of our best-loved and most in-demand performers in any genre. Celia has been ...
Zoya Patel is the author of No Country Woman (Hachette, 2018), and Once A Stranger (Hachette, 2023). She is co-host of The Guardian's Book It In podcast, and the Margin Notes podcast alongside Yen Eriksen ...
Vidya Rajan is a writer and performer currently based in Australia working across screenwriting, theatre, comedy, and digital space. A former writer-in-residence at the Malthouse Theatre, graduate of the VCA, and a recipient of ...
Alex Skovron is an editor and writer, the author of seven collections of poetry, a prose novella and a book of short stories. He was born in Poland, lived briefly in Israel, and emigrated to Australia aged nearly ten. His most recent ...
Nevo Zisin (they/them) is a storyteller, esteemed educator on transgender topics, TEDx speaker, poet, workshop facilitator in schools and workplaces, and award-winning author of Finding Nevo, a memoir on gender transition ...
Adrian Todd Zuniga is the host and creator of Literary Death Match (now in 72 cities worldwide); the Foreword Prize Award-nominated novelist of Collision Theory (2018); the WGA Award nominated screenwriter of EA Sports’s Longshot ...