Benjamin Law (writer)

Benjamin Law (born c.1982) is an Australian author, screenwriter and journalist. He is best known for his books The Family Law, a family memoir published in 2010, and the

Early life and education

Born in around 1982

The Family Law is a family memoir published in 2010. It was a shortlisted nominee for Book of the Year at the 2011 Australian Book Industry Awards,^[1] and was adapted by Matchbox Pictures into a six-part television series for the SBS network in 2016, which Law created and co-wrote with Marieke Hardy (Series 1) and Kirsty Fisher and Lawrence Leung (Series 2).^[6] It won the Screen Producers Awards for Best Comedy (2016)^[7] and was nominated for two AACTA Awards.^[8] In 2012 Law published Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East, a journalistic exploration of LGBT life in Asia.^[9] At the 2012 Sydney Writers' Festival,^[10] he presented on the topic of bullying, for a panel with Wendy Harmer and Paul Capsis.

In November 2015, he advocated for gay people in a public discussion hosted by Mildura Pride (a Mildura Rural City Council Initiative). The social inclusion initiative focused on making Mildura more welcoming for LGBTIQ communities.^[11]

In April 2018, Law became an ambassador for the National Library of Australia.^[12]

As a journalist, he has contributed to publications including

Law is founder member of the Australian Writers' Guild's Diversity and Inclusion Action Committee, along with Kodie Bedford and others.^[15]

Bibliography

Books

• The Family Law (2010,
  ISBN 9781863954785
  )
• Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East (2012,
  ISBN 9781863955768
  )

• Sh*t Asian mothers say, Collingwood, Vic. : Black Inc. (2014,
  ISBN 9781863956635) – with sister Michelle Law^[16]
• Law School : sex and relationship advice from Benjamin Law and his mum Jenny Phang, Melbourne, Vic. Brow Books (2017,
  ISBN 9780994606853
  )

• "Tourism", pp. 147–152, and "Towards manhood", pp. 195–203, in: Growing up Asian in Australia, Melbourne, Black Inc. (2008,
  ISBN 9781863951913
  )
• In: Voracious: best new Australian food writing, edited by Paul McNally, Prahran, Vic. : Hardie Grant Books (2011,
  ISBN 9781742701202
  )
• In: I'm not racist but ... forty years of the Racial Discrimination Act, by
  ISBN 9781742242057
  )
• In: The book that made me, edited by Judith Ridge, Newtown, NSW Walker Books Australia (2016,
  ISBN 9781922244888
  )
• "Beijing", pp. [43]-49, in: Best Australian comedy writing, edited by Luke Ryan, Affirm Press, South Melbourne, Victoria (2016,
  ISBN 9781925475265
  )

• In: Me and Mr Booker, by Cory Taylor, Melbourne, Victoria : The Text Publishing Company (2017,
  ISBN 9781925498271
  )

• "Moral Panic 101 - Equality, Acceptance and the Safe Schools Scandal".
  ISBN 9781863959513
  .
• "Chinese-Australian history predates the first fleet – and my family helped me find out how". The Guardian, 24 July 2019.