Literary Death Match Comes To San Francisco

Literary Death Match

Literary Death Match is coming to San Francisco this Friday, August 14th at Elbo Room. All proceeds go to support Opium Magazine.

This month, LDM invites five Bay Area independent bookstores to send their favorite writers to battle it out for the crown. Listen to readers Jade Brooks (City Lights), Alvin Orloff (Dog Eared Books), Derek Powazek (The Booksmith), Paul Neilan (Green Apple Books) perform before judges like two-time LDM champion Andrew Lam, Borderland Books’ Intangibles expert Scott Sigler, and more!

via Derek Powazek

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Scott Beale

Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.