Benjamin Law
Benjamin Law is an Australian writer and broadcaster. He’s the author of The Family Law, Gaysia, the Quarterly Essay Moral Panic 101 and editor of Growing Up Queer in Australia.
Benjamin is also a playwright and AWGIE Award-winning screenwriter. He is the co-executive producer, co-creator and co-writer of the Netflix comedy-drama Wellmania, playwright of Torch the Place and Dying: A Memoir for Melbourne Theatre Company, and creator and co-writer of three seasons of the award-winning SBS/Hulu/Comedy Central Asia TV series The Family Law.
He hosted ABC TV’s documentary on Chinese-Australian history Waltzing the Dragon and has also appeared on Australian Survivor (Ten), Compass (ABC), Filthy Rich and Homeless (SBS), Q&A (ABC), The Drum (ABC) and The Project (Ten).
He is a board member of Story Factory and Co-Curious, and an ambassador for Plan International Australia, the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation, Victorian Pride Centre and the Pinnacle Foundation.
Zadie Smith returns to Melbourne to explore how literature and imagination trace the unseen fractures of our existence, showcasing her unrivalled ability to think deeply and compassionately about the challenges of our times.
What makes a good life? What makes a good death? And how do we make the most of the time we have? Ahead of Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of Dying: A Memoir, playwright Benjamin Law and ceremony creator Kimba Griffith join Marieke Hardy in conversation.
In the final Bookish Club of the year, special guest Benjamin Law waxes lyrical about Edmund White’s juicy and unflinchingly honest memoir, The Loves of My Life.
