Benjamin Law (writer)
| Benjamin Law | |
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| Born | 1982 (age 35) Nambour, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation | Author, journalist |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Period | 2000s–present |
| Notable works | The Family Law, Gaysia |
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Benjamin Law is an Australian author and journalist. He is best known for his books The Family Law, a family memoir published in 2010, and Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East, a journalistic exploration of LGBT life in Asia.
Born in Nambour, Queensland to immigrant parents from Hong Kong, he is currently based in Sydney. He is openly gay.
The Family Law was a shortlisted nominee for Book of the Year at the 2011 Australian Book Industry Awards, 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). It won the Screen Producers Awards for Best Comedy (2016) and was nominated for two AACTA Awards.
At the 2012 Sydney Writers' Festival, 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 GLBTIQ communities.
As a journalist, he has contributed to publications including Frankie, The Australian Financial Review, The Saturday Paper,The Monthly (including a 2014 supplement on the Museum of Old and New Art), The Courier-Mail and its Qweekend supplement, Griffith Review, Fairfax Media's Good Weekend magazine, The Big Issue and Crikey.
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