Steve MinOn spent decades writing ad copy, then selling gyozas in Brisbane, before turning his hand to literature and acing the Miles Franklin shortlist.

Steve MinOn spent decades writing ad copy, then selling gyozas in Brisbane, before turning his hand to literature and acing the Miles Franklin shortlist.

The only book published by a new Tasmanian micro-press has made the list, as well as Australian-Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah’s debut novel.