Steve MinOn
@minon.bsky.social
Meanjin/Brisbane Author. Queensland Literary Award winning debut novel ‘First Name Second Name’ now out via UQP. Former adman. Contributor to SBS Voices. Agent Martin Shaw.
Proud of my alma mater @qutdmrc.bsky.social taking on @meanjin.bsky.social
I’m so excited! I hoped this would happen! #WelcomeHomeMeanjin @meanjin.bsky.social
www.qut.edu.au/about/meanjin
www.qut.edu.au/about/meanjin
QUT - Meanjin
QUT will be the new custodian of Meanjin, Australia's most eminent literary journal, bringing the publication back to Brisbane for the first time in 80 years.
www.qut.edu.au
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Proud of my alma mater @qutdmrc.bsky.social taking on @meanjin.bsky.social
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Delighted to share that @minon.bsky.social has been shortlisted for this year's MUD Literary Prize!
Judges: "...is the novel with the most audacious premise: Stephen Bolin, pronounced dead, escapes from the hospital morgue and sets out to walk back to his birthplace" www.uqp.com.au/blog/first-n...
Judges: "...is the novel with the most audacious premise: Stephen Bolin, pronounced dead, escapes from the hospital morgue and sets out to walk back to his birthplace" www.uqp.com.au/blog/first-n...
First Name Second Name Shortlisted for the 2026 MUD Literary Prize
Congratulations Steve MinOn! First Name Second Name has been shortlisted for the 2026 MUD Literary Prize.
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February 3, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Delighted to share that @minon.bsky.social has been shortlisted for this year's MUD Literary Prize!
Judges: "...is the novel with the most audacious premise: Stephen Bolin, pronounced dead, escapes from the hospital morgue and sets out to walk back to his birthplace" www.uqp.com.au/blog/first-n...
Judges: "...is the novel with the most audacious premise: Stephen Bolin, pronounced dead, escapes from the hospital morgue and sets out to walk back to his birthplace" www.uqp.com.au/blog/first-n...
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Marshall, O’Keeffe, Ouston….2026 is my biggest year ever in terms of new releases, so glad to see Beejay Silcox picking these for her highlights list… www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Australian books to look forward to in 2026: from a 278-page sentence to a memoir about a ‘cursed vagina’
It promises to be a marvellous year ahead for OzLit, with new books from the likes of Kate Grenville, Siang Lu, Antoinette Lattouf, Shaun Micallef, Judith Lucy and more
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Marshall, O’Keeffe, Ouston….2026 is my biggest year ever in terms of new releases, so glad to see Beejay Silcox picking these for her highlights list… www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
A piece I wrote for The Guardian that opened up a sad memory of coming out. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The place that stayed with me: I fled the Greek Islands to chase a letter home
As his 30th birthday loomed in Greece, Steve MinOn sent a letter to his parents in Australia. Then he waited.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM
A piece I wrote for The Guardian that opened up a sad memory of coming out. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
From Books+Publishing:
"Make Them Say Poo is a brilliantly silly, read-aloud riot that turns phonics into pure fun that
dares grown-ups to read aloud without saying poo - a challenge this book gleefully ensures they fail." - via @affirmpress.bsky.social
"Make Them Say Poo is a brilliantly silly, read-aloud riot that turns phonics into pure fun that
dares grown-ups to read aloud without saying poo - a challenge this book gleefully ensures they fail." - via @affirmpress.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 5:56 AM
From Books+Publishing:
"Make Them Say Poo is a brilliantly silly, read-aloud riot that turns phonics into pure fun that
dares grown-ups to read aloud without saying poo - a challenge this book gleefully ensures they fail." - via @affirmpress.bsky.social
"Make Them Say Poo is a brilliantly silly, read-aloud riot that turns phonics into pure fun that
dares grown-ups to read aloud without saying poo - a challenge this book gleefully ensures they fail." - via @affirmpress.bsky.social
“the answers to the climate crisis do not lie inside the climate talks – they lie with the people and movements leading the way toward a just, equitable, fossil-free future” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries should triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
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November 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“the answers to the climate crisis do not lie inside the climate talks – they lie with the people and movements leading the way toward a just, equitable, fossil-free future” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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And on the same day that @minon.bsky.social begins his quest for world literary domination with his @dublinlitaward.bsky.social nomination, his little *sideline* appears online, out in 2026! #MakeThemSayPoo www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Make-T...
Make Them Say Poo
Dear trusting adult,You can safely read this very nice book aloud to your child.There are absolutely no rude words on any page. I promise.*Your Wor...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
And on the same day that @minon.bsky.social begins his quest for world literary domination with his @dublinlitaward.bsky.social nomination, his little *sideline* appears online, out in 2026! #MakeThemSayPoo www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Make-T...
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Faves include bangers from @minon.bsky.social, @jillianluft.bsky.social, @bitterkarella.bsky.social , @elivalley.bsky.social , @sgj.bsky.social and, as the saying goes, MORE.
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Faves include bangers from @minon.bsky.social, @jillianluft.bsky.social, @bitterkarella.bsky.social , @elivalley.bsky.social , @sgj.bsky.social and, as the saying goes, MORE.
Thanks to Australian librarians for this exciting nomination!
So heartily deserved: @minon.bsky.social one of the OZ nominees for the @dublinlitaward.bsky.social with his debut novel, First Name Second Name! dublinliteraryaward.ie/features/new...
2026 Nominations Revealed - Dublin Literary Award
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November 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Thanks to Australian librarians for this exciting nomination!
He saw AI as “particularly valuable for people like me who have something to say but lack traditional musical training”. He claimed his songs “express frustration with governmental policies, not with migrants as individuals”. 🤮 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI slop tops Billboard and Spotify charts as synthetic music spreads
Hits include country songs and a Dutch anti-refugee anthem, both entirely made without human composition
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November 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
He saw AI as “particularly valuable for people like me who have something to say but lack traditional musical training”. He claimed his songs “express frustration with governmental policies, not with migrants as individuals”. 🤮 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Great appointment!
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Great appointment!
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Australian author Helen Garner is now so famous and well-regarded that to say you don’t like her has almost become a badge of honour among rebels, which I think is sad. Wrote this piece for @artshub.bsky.social.
Why do we love Helen Garner so much?
From Monkey Grip to How to End a Story, Helen Garner has been writing with clear-eyed precision for the better part of 50 years.
www.artshub.com.au
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Australian author Helen Garner is now so famous and well-regarded that to say you don’t like her has almost become a badge of honour among rebels, which I think is sad. Wrote this piece for @artshub.bsky.social.
I made them say POO
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September 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I made them say POO
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Please vote for my book First Name Second Name in The Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award and let’s see if this little queer book about Chinese Hopping Vampires and 4 generations of migrant families can shake the literary tree in QLD.
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The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award
About the award Part of the Queensland Literary Awards, The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award is for an outstanding book of fiction or non-fiction by a…
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September 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Please vote for my book First Name Second Name in The Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award and let’s see if this little queer book about Chinese Hopping Vampires and 4 generations of migrant families can shake the literary tree in QLD.
www.slq.qld.gov.au/queensland-l...
www.slq.qld.gov.au/queensland-l...
“Popularity, however, is no defence against the literary‑prohibition complex…” www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Banned! The 20 books they didn’t want you to read
From Instagram poetry to Greek classics, the works of fiction that have caused uproar through history – and into the present
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August 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“Popularity, however, is no defence against the literary‑prohibition complex…” www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
If people are using AI to write better emails, they will use it to write better social media posts and then they will use it to write better comments. Then the algorithm can hate rage against the algorithm and AI will cancel itself.
August 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
If people are using AI to write better emails, they will use it to write better social media posts and then they will use it to write better comments. Then the algorithm can hate rage against the algorithm and AI will cancel itself.
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I don’t often read novels, having little time & a lot of poetry books to get through, but I’ve just finished reading @minon.bsky.social ‘s novel ‘First Name Second Name’—such an original, complex, & moving book! I highly recommend it. Join me for the book club at ACE next Friday if you are in Sydney
August 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I don’t often read novels, having little time & a lot of poetry books to get through, but I’ve just finished reading @minon.bsky.social ‘s novel ‘First Name Second Name’—such an original, complex, & moving book! I highly recommend it. Join me for the book club at ACE next Friday if you are in Sydney
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“It’s difficult to find a job you can put everything into & still have time & energy for writing. There always comes a point in the day job where they’re saying, don’t you want to do more? & I’m like, No, not really.” Great @pipadam.bsky.social interview! thecreativeindependent.com/people/autho...
Author Pip Adam on keeping faith in the project – The Creative Independent
Author Pip Adam discusses how to regain your voice when you lose it, balancing day jobs and creative output, and how place informs the work
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August 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“It’s difficult to find a job you can put everything into & still have time & energy for writing. There always comes a point in the day job where they’re saying, don’t you want to do more? & I’m like, No, not really.” Great @pipadam.bsky.social interview! thecreativeindependent.com/people/autho...
Author income idea that will never take off: set up a system like library borrowing rights but for books sold in second hand bookstores where the royalty goes direct to the author, paid to the collection body by the bookstore. (Add 50c to the margin, if they have to.)
August 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Author income idea that will never take off: set up a system like library borrowing rights but for books sold in second hand bookstores where the royalty goes direct to the author, paid to the collection body by the bookstore. (Add 50c to the margin, if they have to.)
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Speak up and say loud and clear, “Not In My Name”
Add your name to this letter to Prime Minister Albanese and demand that Australia takes decisive action now to stop violence and breaches of international law. Because peace and justice for Palestinian people are possible.
Add your name to this letter to Prime Minister Albanese and demand that Australia takes decisive action now to stop violence and breaches of international law. Because peace and justice for Palestinian people are possible.
Not in My Name - Speak up for Gaza
Add your name to this letter to Prime Minister Albanese and demand that Australia takes decisive action now to stop violence and breaches of international law. Because peace and justice for Palestinia...
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August 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Encouraging words from Burke, look forward to seeing this translate into action. We must keep the pressure up! www.artshub.com.au/news/news/co...
Copyright & AI: Arts Minister Tony Burke pledges to protect artists’ rights
In a wide-ranging speech touching on AI and copyright, the Arts Minister Tony Burke reaffirmed his opposition to the Productivity Commission's proposals.
www.artshub.com.au
August 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Encouraging words from Burke, look forward to seeing this translate into action. We must keep the pressure up! www.artshub.com.au/news/news/co...
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Race Disc Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman says he found it distressing the day Neo Nazis crashed the Anzac ceremony attacking Welcome To Country
“And all the debate after that became about Welcome To Country, rather than about ‘Why are Neo Nazis at the Anzac Day Rally?’”💯 #NPC
“And all the debate after that became about Welcome To Country, rather than about ‘Why are Neo Nazis at the Anzac Day Rally?’”💯 #NPC
August 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Race Disc Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman says he found it distressing the day Neo Nazis crashed the Anzac ceremony attacking Welcome To Country
“And all the debate after that became about Welcome To Country, rather than about ‘Why are Neo Nazis at the Anzac Day Rally?’”💯 #NPC
“And all the debate after that became about Welcome To Country, rather than about ‘Why are Neo Nazis at the Anzac Day Rally?’”💯 #NPC
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Excited to be facilitating a discussion of @minon.bsky.social ‘s book, First Name Second Name on 29 Aug for the Western Sydney Book Club—reserve your spot, it’s free to attend 
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Arts & Cultural Exchange - ACE - A Western Sydney Book Club – August Edition
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August 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Excited to be facilitating a discussion of @minon.bsky.social ‘s book, First Name Second Name on 29 Aug for the Western Sydney Book Club—reserve your spot, it’s free to attend 
aceinc.org.au/whats-on/a-w...
aceinc.org.au/whats-on/a-w...
This is Australian lit and I’m here for it. The clever book that nearly won every major award in the country, until it won the biggest of them all.
July 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This is Australian lit and I’m here for it. The clever book that nearly won every major award in the country, until it won the biggest of them all.
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I sold my very first kids' book! Delighted to announce that @minon.bsky.social's picture book "Make Them Say Poo" has been picked up by Affirm www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...
Affirm Press acquires MinOn picture book | Books+Publishing
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June 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I sold my very first kids' book! Delighted to announce that @minon.bsky.social's picture book "Make Them Say Poo" has been picked up by Affirm www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...