Benjamin Law (writer)

Benjamin Law 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 TV series of the same name. He hosts the radio programme and podcast Stop Everything! for ABC Radio National.

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Early life and education

Born in around 1982 Nambour, Queensland, to immigrant parents from Hong Kong and Malaysia, He was educated at Immanuel Lutheran College on the Sunshine Coast. He has a PhD in creative writing and cultural studies from the Queensland University of Technology.
He is gay.

Career

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, 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 and Kirsty Fisher and Lawrence Leung. It won the Screen Producers Awards for Best Comedy and was nominated for two AACTA Awards.
In 2012 Law published Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East, a journalistic exploration of LGBT life in Asia.
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. The social inclusion initiative focused on making Mildura more welcoming for LGBTIQ communities.
In April 2018, Law became an ambassador for the National Library of Australia.
As a journalist, he has contributed to publications including Frankie, The Australian Financial Review, The Saturday Paper, The Monthly, The Courier-Mail and its Qweekend supplement, Griffith Review, New Matilda, Fairfax Media's Good Weekend magazine, The Big Issue and Crikey.
Law is founder member of the Australian Writers' Guild's Diversity and Inclusion Action Committee, along with Kodie Bedford and others.

Books

The Family Law
''Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East''

Co-authored

Sh*t Asian mothers say, Collingwood, Vic. : Black Inc. – with sister Michelle LawLaw School : sex and relationship advice from Benjamin Law and his mum Jenny Phang, Melbourne, Vic. Brow Books

Contributed chapters

"Tourism", pp. 147–152, and "Towards manhood", pp. 195–203, in: Growing up Asian in Australia, Melbourne, Black Inc.
In: Voracious: best new Australian food writing, edited by Paul McNally, Prahran, Vic. : Hardie Grant Books
In: I'm not racist but... forty years of the Racial Discrimination Act, by Tim Soutphommasane, Sydney, N.S.W. NewSouth Publishing
In: The book that made me, edited by Judith Ridge, Newtown, NSW Walker Books Australia
"Beijing", pp. -49, in: Best Australian comedy writing, edited by Luke Ryan, Affirm Press, South Melbourne, Victoria

Introductions

In: Me and Mr Booker, by Cory Taylor, Melbourne, Victoria : The Text Publishing Company

Essays and reporting

. The Guardian, 24 July 2019.

Interviews

The women who shaped my life. Cleo, pp. 100–102.
Morris, Linda. "Benjamin Law". The Sydney Morning Herald, p. 6.
Tabart, Sally. . The Design Files.
Tabart, Sally. . The Design Files.

As editor

''Growing Up Queer in Australia''

Filmography

Law's work includes:

As writer

Year	Title	Notes
2016-19	The Family Law	Creator/script writer
2017	Sisters	Episode 3
2021	New Gold Mountain
2023	Wellmania
2025	Claire Hooper's House of Games	Self; 5 episodes

Other work

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Deep Water: The Real Story	Researcher/associate producer	Documentary film
2018	Filthy Rich and Homeless	Himself/participant	Docuseries
2018–present	That Startup Show	Co-host	Web series
2019	Waltzing the Dragon	Presenter	Two-part documentary
2023	Australian Survivor	Contestant	11 episodes; 14th place

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019–present	Stop Everything!	Host	Podcast for ABC Radio National
2019	Look at Me	Host	Podcast for The Guardian