Novelist and occasional reviewer https://bsky.app/profile/brannavan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/brannavan.bsky.social/post/3mu4mjsgxhs26What a bleak, infuriating metaphor for the Move On Minister https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/community/1163760/person-dies-outside-paul-goldsmith-s-auckland-office28 Aug 2026 05:21 +0000at://did:plc:kccocr67jthtyp5jihdiqzo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4mjsgxhs26https://bsky.app/profile/brannavan.bsky.social/post/3mtb644b2r223I’m speaking about UXO at Verb (4pm, Saturday 26 September at the Hannah Playhouse) with @balamohanshingade.bsky.social - really looking forward to it! Details in the link https://facebook.com/events/s/brannavan-gnanalingam-uxo/1955733528442889/17 Aug 2026 07:21 +0000at://did:plc:kccocr67jthtyp5jihdiqzo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtb644b2r223https://bsky.app/profile/brannavan.bsky.social/post/3mt5ui4ya4s2lU.X.O. is being launched with two brilliant books: That Was Not My Intention by Frances Pavletich and Pākehā Metaphysics by @murdochstephens.bsky.social on Fri 25 September at Unity Books as part of Verb. It’s free & there’ll be music from Mudgoose too https://www.facebook.com/share/1Peh93dM1R/?mibextid=wwXIfr15 Aug 2026 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:kccocr67jthtyp5jihdiqzo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5ui4ya4s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/brannavan.bsky.social/post/3mt45u5mbuc2aC’mon Bangladesh, the world’s cricket fans (except Australia) are with you15 Aug 2026 07:33 +0000at://did:plc:kccocr67jthtyp5jihdiqzo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt45u5mbuc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/brannavan.bsky.social/post/3mszuqo5jc22mIntroduce yourself as what almost killed you A murderous mob during a pogrom Probably also getting robbed at gunpoint, while stoned [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:kccocr67jthtyp5jihdiqzo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszuqo5jc22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/brannavan.bsky.social/post/3mswiosuwu22rI’m going to be reading from my new novel U.X.O. - stoked to be able to speak at the launch of kluge (btw, I chose the purple cover when I bought my copy) [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:kccocr67jthtyp5jihdiqzo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswiosuwu22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/brannavan.bsky.social/post/3msupsaw7ic2zI reviewed Between Dreams: Resistance and Representation in Asian Aotearoa for @takahemagazine.bsky.social and you should read the book https://www.takahe.org.nz/between-dreams/12 Aug 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:kccocr67jthtyp5jihdiqzo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msupsaw7ic2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/brannavan.bsky.social/post/3mstw4lnyks26Tis but a scratch12 Aug 2026 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:kccocr67jthtyp5jihdiqzo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstw4lnyks26https://bsky.app/profile/brannavan.bsky.social/post/3msrh7kmd7s2tNight of the Blunt Paring Knife11 Aug 2026 01:21 +0000at://did:plc:kccocr67jthtyp5jihdiqzo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msrh7kmd7s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/brannavan.bsky.social/post/3msjiuhx2qs2nU.X.O is in production and ready to join its mates on the shelves. Pre-sales will be winging their way out in early September. Details of the launch to come. www.lawrenceandgibson.co.nz/product/uxo07 Aug 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:kccocr67jthtyp5jihdiqzo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjiuhx2qs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/brannavan.bsky.social/post/3msd3bjk3os23Kartik Popat strikes again05 Aug 2026 08:10 +0000at://did:plc:kccocr67jthtyp5jihdiqzo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msd3bjk3os23https://bsky.app/profile/brannavan.bsky.social/post/3ms7vejvkn22zSNOW04 Aug 2026 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:kccocr67jthtyp5jihdiqzo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7vejvkn22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/brannavan.bsky.social/post/3mru33asuas2zThere are some shit things from the 1990s - Friends, nu-metal, frosted tips, Winston Peters - in which it’s a discredit to us all that they’re still inexplicably popular in the 2020s30 Jul 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:kccocr67jthtyp5jihdiqzo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mru33asuas2z