Join Benjamin Law as he talks to fellow writers ๐๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป and ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐บ๐ about identity and the inspiration behind their writing.
๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ is a celebrated author and journalist, and the editor of ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐. He is a columnist for Fairfaxโs Good Weekend magazine, co-host of ABC RNโs weekly national pop culture show, Stop Everything, and frequently appears on the TV shows Q&A, The Drum and The Project. Benjaminโs memoir, The Family Law, about growing up gay and Asian in Australia, was adapted for SBS TV.
๐ฅ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐บ๐ is a Melbourne-based writer, PhD candidate, editor at Archer Magazine and is in the process of completing a memoir about gender diversity, Jewish identity, and mental illness. Roz describes their experience attending a Modern Orthodox Jewish school as a queer and non-binary person in their essay โBinary Schoolโ which appeared in the anthology ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐.
๐๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป migrated from South Africa to Australia in 1989. After a career as a law lecturer and researcher, Hayley studied acting, and wrote and produced a play about asylum seekers. In 2005, Hayley moved to her girlfriendโs cattle farm in the Australian bush and completed an MFA (Creative Writing). Hayleyโs short-stories and essays have been published internationally. ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐๐ is her debut memoir.
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