Brannavan Gnanalingam
@brannavan.bsky.social
Novelist and occasional reviewer
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so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway
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In Memoriam:
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
In Memoriam:
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
RIP Peter Watkins, an underseen master (following the BBC’s half-witted panic over The War Game). He was a brilliant and provocative director
November 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
RIP Peter Watkins, an underseen master (following the BBC’s half-witted panic over The War Game). He was a brilliant and provocative director
NZer in the news! Putting aside the terribleness of it all, it’s also objectively funny that a journo got sucked in by a Bill de Blasio impersonator for a Times article
Rupert Murdoch-owned @thetimes.com of London completely fabricates a hit piece on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social , gets called out by former mayor Deblasio — then deletes it.🤔
October 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
NZer in the news! Putting aside the terribleness of it all, it’s also objectively funny that a journo got sucked in by a Bill de Blasio impersonator for a Times article
I released The Life and Opinions of Kartik Popat this time last year. I’m super proud of the book & genuinely think it has captured the zeitgeist. The circumstances of the book have become more and more relevant as the viciousness of this era reveals itself. Anyway, here’s a review that nailed it
Love this review of a book I love. The Life and Opinions of Kartik Popat by Brannavan Gnanalingam: An 'Asian horror story' and an 'instantly iconic' political satire. By Tze Ming Mok
The Life and Opinions of Kartik Popat by Brannavan Gnanalingam - Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books
An 'Asian horror story' and an 'instantly iconic' political satire.
www.nzreviewofbooks.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I released The Life and Opinions of Kartik Popat this time last year. I’m super proud of the book & genuinely think it has captured the zeitgeist. The circumstances of the book have become more and more relevant as the viciousness of this era reveals itself. Anyway, here’s a review that nailed it
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Of all the housing charts not made by MMI, this one is my favourite. It shows how, despite rhetoric, housing shortages aren't a global phenomenon, but they do seem to be an Anglo-American one.
October 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Of all the housing charts not made by MMI, this one is my favourite. It shows how, despite rhetoric, housing shortages aren't a global phenomenon, but they do seem to be an Anglo-American one.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only
October 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only
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while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.
a real water is wet scenario here
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
@politico.com
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@politico.com
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October 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.
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Huge thanks to @murdochstephens and @brannavan_g from Lawrence & Gibson for coming in to speak to us – so interesting to hear about the publishing process from a publishing collective's perspective. And this newspaper is now the coolest book that we own! 👑🐀🏡
October 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Huge thanks to @murdochstephens and @brannavan_g from Lawrence & Gibson for coming in to speak to us – so interesting to hear about the publishing process from a publishing collective's perspective. And this newspaper is now the coolest book that we own! 👑🐀🏡
Better Wellington everyone
The new Wellington City Council will include 5 Labour councillors and 4 Green councillors, plus Andrew Little, giving the two party "coalition" an increased governing majority - 10 out of 16 votes, compared to 8 under the previous council.
October 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Better Wellington everyone
Ultra long sentences and gloomy existentialism, two of my favourite things, ftw!!
László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025
László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025
The author was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm
• Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’
The Nobel prize in literature for 2025 has been awarded to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, the Swedish Academy has announced.
The Academy cited the 71-year-old’s “compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Ultra long sentences and gloomy existentialism, two of my favourite things, ftw!!
It baffles me that centrist politicians over the last couple of years can’t figure out is that if you refuse to stand up against something so bleedingly obviously wrong, then your constituents won’t believe that you’d stand up for them
Keir Starmer’s spokesman asked about Israel detaining British citizens who were on the Gaza aid flotilla, while in international waters, replies that it is a “matter for the Israeli Government”
October 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It baffles me that centrist politicians over the last couple of years can’t figure out is that if you refuse to stand up against something so bleedingly obviously wrong, then your constituents won’t believe that you’d stand up for them
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October 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Beyond Bites at the Capital Markets has bloody good kottu, fyi Pōneke
October 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Beyond Bites at the Capital Markets has bloody good kottu, fyi Pōneke
I was reminded of this today
September 27, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I was reminded of this today
Pathetic and shameful
September 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Pathetic and shameful
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I love unnecessarily sexy statues. My favorite being Thirst Trap Lincoln from the LA County Superior Courthouse.
September 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I love unnecessarily sexy statues. My favorite being Thirst Trap Lincoln from the LA County Superior Courthouse.
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BREAKING: Israel has ordered shut the Allenby Crossing, the only gateway for three million Palestinians in the West Bank to the outside world, “until further notice,” in what appears to be a response to the wave of recognition of Palestine by UN member states including key European allies.
September 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
BREAKING: Israel has ordered shut the Allenby Crossing, the only gateway for three million Palestinians in the West Bank to the outside world, “until further notice,” in what appears to be a response to the wave of recognition of Palestine by UN member states including key European allies.
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
In the shadow of this
September 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In the shadow of this
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Congratulations fellas, we’ve all moved one spot up on the world’s most handsome man rankings
September 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Congratulations fellas, we’ve all moved one spot up on the world’s most handsome man rankings
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BREAKING UN investigators determine Israel has since October 2023 committed "genocide" in Gaza, with the "intent to destroy the Palestinians".
"We came to the conclusion that genocide is occurring in Gaza and is continuing to occur, and the responsibility lies with the State of Israel"
"We came to the conclusion that genocide is occurring in Gaza and is continuing to occur, and the responsibility lies with the State of Israel"
September 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
BREAKING UN investigators determine Israel has since October 2023 committed "genocide" in Gaza, with the "intent to destroy the Palestinians".
"We came to the conclusion that genocide is occurring in Gaza and is continuing to occur, and the responsibility lies with the State of Israel"
"We came to the conclusion that genocide is occurring in Gaza and is continuing to occur, and the responsibility lies with the State of Israel"
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"Joss is a magnificent linguistic brocade that weaves together lines from museum labels, gravestone markers, diaries, news clippings, films, ancient Chinese poetry, various novels, history books, and interviews."
❤️Cybonn Ang reviews 'Joss: A History' by Grace Yee.
www.takahe.org.nz/joss-a-histo...
❤️Cybonn Ang reviews 'Joss: A History' by Grace Yee.
www.takahe.org.nz/joss-a-histo...
September 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"Joss is a magnificent linguistic brocade that weaves together lines from museum labels, gravestone markers, diaries, news clippings, films, ancient Chinese poetry, various novels, history books, and interviews."
❤️Cybonn Ang reviews 'Joss: A History' by Grace Yee.
www.takahe.org.nz/joss-a-histo...
❤️Cybonn Ang reviews 'Joss: A History' by Grace Yee.
www.takahe.org.nz/joss-a-histo...
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There are thousands of us queuing to join the march.
September 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
There are thousands of us queuing to join the march.