Murdoch Stephens
@murdochstephens.bsky.social
Reader, Writer, Publisher, Researcher. Based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara | WGTN. Always keeping the bluesky-deck clean. murdochstephens.com
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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
A short piece on what happened to a friend of mine to inspire me to write a book on our emergency refugee intakes: thespinoff.co.nz/books/05-04-...
What happened to my friend Dr Tariq Habibyar
'As a policy setting it chafes; as something that happens to a close friend it is infuriating.'
thespinoff.co.nz
April 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A short piece on what happened to a friend of mine to inspire me to write a book on our emergency refugee intakes: thespinoff.co.nz/books/05-04-...