BWF presents...
Literary Death Match
Martine Kropkowski + Jonathan O'Brien
The Princess Theatre
Special Event
#About the event
Duration: 90 minutes
You are cordially invited to join cabaret legend Reuben Kaye, Hot Brown Honey beatbox icon Hope One and writer par excellence Benjamin Law for the literary smack down event of the year!
Literary Death Match asks four daring writers to read a piece of their best and most entertaining work for judgement... Writers Tobias Madden, Lee McGowan, Johnathan O'Brien and Martine Kropkowski are the plucky contestants. Adrian Todd Zuniga is the charismatic host. Grab a drink from the bar, take a seat in the beautifully renovated Princess Theatre, and watch the carnage unfold.
4 authors
3 judges
2 finalists
1 champion
(and all kinds of hilarity in between)
...the most entertaining reading series ever.
—LA Times
#Artists
Martine Kropkowski
Martine Kropkowski is a writer and researcher, whose essays on literature and culture appear across literary journals, magazines and anthologies. Previously a soldier and a journalist, Martine now teaches professional and creative writing at The University of Queensland where she is also completing a PhD. Her novel Everywhere We Look was released in October 2024 with Ultimo Press.
Jonathan O'Brien
Jonathan O'Brien is a Brisbane-based writer, educator, and creative freelancer, described as “a fresh and exciting voice” by The Guardian Australia. He was the recipient of a Brisbane Lord Mayor's Young and Emerging Artists Fellowship (2020), and the State Library of Queensland Young Writers Award (2017). Find him at jonobri.com.
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