Podcast appearances and mentions of Michelle Law

Australian writer Michelle Law has an ear for the humour found when cultures meet. Her new play Miss Peony takes us into the world of Chinese-Australian pageants in which young women compete to be the one who most embodies Chinese values. But who decides what those values are?Also, we meet the organisers of Club Broadway, a pop-up party that features nothing but show tunes, and we discuss 'mad scenes' in 19th century opera with the Australian soprano Jessica Pratt. What do they tell us about the attitudes and the politics of the time? Mad Scenes with Jessica Pratt is coming to the Sydney Opera House.

Australian writer Michelle Law has an ear for the humour found when cultures meet. Her new play Miss Peony takes us into the world of Chinese-Australian pageants in which young women compete to be the one who most embodies Chinese values. But who decides what those values are? Also, we meet the organisers of Club Broadway, a pop-up party that features nothing but show tunes, and we discuss 'mad scenes' in 19th century opera with the Australian soprano Jessica Pratt. What do they tell us about the attitudes and the politics of the time? Mad Scenes with Jessica Pratt is coming to the Sydney Opera House.

In this episode, Helen have had the privilege speaking with actresses Mabel Li and Shirong Wu from the upcoming new theatre production Miss Peony. Li and Wu speak about the importance of having diversity in the creativity in the theatre production and offering comfortable space to welcome audiences from diverse backgrounds. Miss Peony is written by Michelle Law and directed by Courtney Stewart, this highly anticipated production will be touring in Melbourne and Canberra after the performances in Sydney (Belvoir St Theatre, get you tickets HERE!). Thank you to Ella from Kabuku PR for arranging this interview Asian Bitches Down Under has been featured as one of the Top 20 Intersectional Feminist Podcast by FeedSpot, checkout other amazing podcast programs HERE Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  Buy Me A Coffee | Asian Bitches Down Under Email: asianbdownunder@gmail.com  

Screenwriter Anna Barnes on the creation of Safe Home, from how the idea was sparked from her personal experiences working at community legal centres, creating a pitch deck and pilot script to show to SBS, working with writers Jean Tong and Michelle Law, and seeing the series be brought to life by the cast and crew including director Stevie Cruz-Martin, producer Imogen Banks and co-producer Emelyne Palmer.

Claire Christian tells stories: she is a writer, theatre maker and facilitator. She has three novels published with Text publishing. Beautiful Mess won the Text Prize in 2016. It's Been A Pleasure, Noni Blake was released in 2020. She has had the great joy of directing Michelle Law's smash hit comedy Single Asian Female since 2017. She is a proud member of the Mama's Boys theatre collective whose hip-hop theatrical explosion Brothers Book Club premiered in 2022. Her Plays Lysa and the Freeborn Dames, Talking to Brick Walls, Hedonism's Second Album and The Landmine is Me are available through Playlab. Today, we're discussing her third novel, West Side Honey. Our interview begins at 26:00We've got a Substack publication now! On the last day of the month, we share recommendations for two things we reckon you should read/watch/listen to. The beauty of Substack is you can revisit all our old editions and comment on our episode updates to share your thoughts. Come say hi! Mini book club: Friendaholic by Elizabeth Day*In this memoir meets conversation, Elizabeth Day explores what it means to be a good friend versus being good at friendships (no matter the cost). We both really enjoyed this and loved the way various friendships were explored in the book. We read copies provided by Harper Collins Australia. In this interview, we chat about:Subverting traditional romance tropes and creating realistic charactersExploring self-love and self-acceptance in West Side HoneyHow Claire's experiences online dating inspired conversations between characters in the novel (and the dating profiles)How to write great sex scenes – and not get embarrassed when your editor reads themThe big changes Claire had to make to her first draft Why Claire chose to explore some dark and deep feelings in what is otherwise a super uplifting bookClaire's journey into the arts and theatre world, before her publishing dealWhy Claire wanted to show a single mum with a great sex life in Cleo's storyBooks and other things mentioned:Michelle's writing on grief when it doesn't 'feel right'How to Be Happy by David BurtonListen to our chat with Nina Kenwood on the re-read sessionLoner by Georgina YoungListen to our chat with Sarah AyoubSocial Queue by Kay Kerr (listen to our chat)Loveless by Alice Oseman (listen to our chat)Follow Claire @claireandpearl on InstagramWest Side Honey is available now. Thank you to Text Publishing for providing us with copies in preparation for the interview. Connect with us on Instagram: @betterwordspod

We're living in an attention economy, but some of us are paying a steeper price than others. Being disabled or chronically ill means navigating a world not designed for you and having no choice but to always pay attention. 2022 Sydney Writers' Festival Guest Curator Fiona Murphy asks: what if we flipped the equation and people with disability and chronic illness started charging for their expertise? In a series of funny, compelling and frank talks, four writers with disability and chronic illness share why society needs to start paying attention to the experts. Featuring El Gibbs (appearing live via video), Fiona Wright, Hannah Diviney and Michelle Law. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and follow our channel. Sydney Writers' Festival podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Want to meet mentholated ants, see the forest that inspired Avatar, and search for living dinosaurs? Head for Cairns, Australia, home to the world's largest tropical rainforest. Australian playwright Michelle Law is our guide this week: Last summer, she and her sister took a road trip through the region to explore Indigenous culture, zoom through the rainforest, and bond over the mysteries of parenthood. Read more about Michelle Law: http://www.michelle-law.com/ Explore Australia: https://www.afar.com/travel-guides/australia/guide

Michelle Law joins Regina Botros to talk about her Sydney Theatre Company production Top Coat playing at the moment. Michelle Law is a writer working in print, screen and stage. She wrote the highly acclaimed play Single Asian Female – commissioned by La Boite Theatre Company – which earned 5-star reviews before transferring to a sold-out season at Belvoir St Theatre in 2018.  In 2016, she won the Queensland Premier's Young Publishers and Writers Award. She has written for many magazines, journals, and broadsheet newspapers including Frankie magazine, The Griffith Review, and The Saturday Paper. Her stories and essays have been anthologised in books such as After Australia, Best Australian Comedy Writing, Destroying the Joint, Women of Letters, Growing up Asian in Australia, and more. In 2014, she co-wrote a comedy book called Sh*t Asian Mothers Say with her brother Benjamin Law.

Darren Yap has been a part of some huge moments in Australian performing arts history, from acting in Miss Saigon to being on the directorial team for the Sydney 2000 closing ceremony. Now he's using his talents to bringing new Asian Australian work to the stage. Also, we meet artists behind a surge of Asian Australian plays on our mainstages right now and Neil Armfield joins us to pay tribute to the English theatre director Peter Brook, famous for his reinvention of contemporary theatre.

Darren Yap has been a part of some huge moments in Australian performing arts history, from acting in Miss Saigon to being on the directorial team for the Sydney 2000 closing ceremony. Now he's using his talents to bringing new Asian Australian work to the stage.Also, we meet artists behind a surge of Asian Australian plays on our mainstages right now and Neil Armfield joins us to pay tribute to the English theatre director Peter Brook, famous for his reinvention of contemporary theatre.

Darren Yap has been a part of some huge moments in Australian performing arts history, from acting in Miss Saigon to being on the directorial team for the Sydney 2000 closing ceremony. Now he's using his talents to bringing new Asian Australian work to the stage. Also, we meet artists behind a surge of Asian Australian plays on our mainstages right now and Neil Armfield joins us to pay tribute to the English theatre director Peter Brook, famous for his reinvention of contemporary theatre.

In this episode Katherine talks with Michelle Law. Michelle Law is a writer and actor working across print, theatre, film and television. She wrote the smash-hit play Single Asian Female, which has sold out seasons in Australia and was staged in New Zealand in 2021 (check out the upcoming show in Adelaide Nov 2022). Michelle's screenwriting work includes the SBS show Homecoming Queens, which she co-created, co-wrote and stars in. Michelle contributes to Australian publications and anthologies. She has been awarded a Queensland Premier's Young Publishers and Writers Award, and two Australian Writers Guild awards. Check out show notes for this episode on our website www.thefirsttimepodcast.com or get in touch via Twitter (@thefirsttimepod) or Instagram (@thefirsttimepod). Don't forget you can support us and the making of Season Five via our Patreon page. Thanks for joining us!

Reading Emily Brugman's The Islands, Vanessa Len's Only a Monster and Hélène Gaudy's A World With No Shore (translated by Stephanie Smee) with writers Michelle Law and Molly Murn

The Breakfasters are back for 2022 and tell us all about what they've been up to; Dr. Jen gives us the low-down on Murphy's Law; Bobby has been ten pin bowling and lets her competitiveness take over; Actor and writer Michelle Law talks about her new book Asian Girls are Going Places; Entomologist Simon Hinkley gets excited about seasonal butterflies; and comedian Scout Boxall chats about niche sports, larping and medieval cat-calling. With presenters Mon Sebire, Daniel Burt and Bobby Macumber. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/Twitter: https://twitter.com/breakfastersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/?hl=en

Growing up on the Sunshine Coast, Michelle Law was both very aware and a little resistant to her own Chinese-ness. As an adult, she has embraced the cross-cultural narrative, putting her experiences into writing books, essays, plays and television series. In this conversation with Jamila Rizvi, Michelle Law talks about her new book Asian Girls Are Going Places, how she's trying to unlearn some of her workaholic tendencies, and why she's a passionate advocate for diversity quotas in the arts and culture industry. THE WEEKEND LIST with Tait McGregor: Watch: Euphoria (Binge) Watch: Cheer season 2 (Netflix) Listen: ADOLESCENCE by BANYK Watch: Love Me (Binge) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Australian screen industry has made huge progress in recent years in becoming a more inclusive and culturally secure place for historically underrepresented communities. Despite this progress some of the industry's most structural barriers remain intact, preventing us from achieving equal representation on screens. What is the current state of diversity in today's industry, and where do we go next? Why are diverse stories so important for our society, culture and economy? Please join moderator Pearl Tan and guest speakers Lena Nahlous, Michelle Law and Kate Hood for our first 2021 Screen Diversity Showcase panel discussion about how diverse stories are changing the game for the screen industry.

This week we're asking the tough questions on Senate Estimates, Halloween decorations, cool criminals and a 21 year old who made global headlines this week. Writer and actor Michelle Law along with writer and director Corrie Chen face off in this instalment of Let's Get Quizzical to see who knows more about the news, politics and popular culture that unfolded this week.

Enjoy the LIVE conversation from the MCX Screenmaker's Conference! For its seventh edition, the national MCX Screenmakers Conference program of panel sessions, case studies, in focus presentations and insightful conversations will be held online over two jam-packed days on 10 and 11 September, making it accessible to delegates from across the country. The impressive line-up of national and international industry speakers and presenters include LA based screenwriters and producers Lorien McKenna and Meg Lefauve from The Screenwriting Life podcast, a trip through storytelling and activism with Benjamin Law and Michelle Law, and we're especially thrilled to host an in-conversation with the co-founders of Hoodlum Entertainment, tracing their journey from producing online show Fat Cow Motel in 1999, to being one of Australia's most successful production companies producing content for the global marketplace to having an office at the Walt Disney studios in Hollywood. Program highlights include creative sessions such as the exploration of the ‘dark art of development', craft sessions on narrative writing for games, a case study of the ABC hit TV series Aftertaste with the team from Closer Productions, and business sessions including how to maximise the monetisation of your intellectual property. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thescreenwritinglife/support

Special guest Michelle Law joins us to chat about the Sunshine Coast’s most iconic roadside attraction, The Big Pineapple. Follow us on INSTAGRAM & TWITTER @australianarama Michelle’s book ASIAN GIRLS ARE GOING PLACES is available for pre-order now!! Follow Michelle on INSTAGRAM @msmichellelaw TWITTER @ms_michellelaw WEBSITE michelle-law.com SOURCES: The Queensland Heritage Register, The Big Pineapple website, The ABC, Wikipedia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today you'll hear from writer Michelle Law, a proud cheapskate whose penny pinching habits include picking up five cent coins, stealing teabags and toilet paper rolls from hotels, and picking up every free food sample out there. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An Asian-Australian writer, actor and screenwriter extraordinaire, we had the privilege to sit down with Michelle Law (writer of the smash-hit play Single Asian Female, and co-creator of the SBS series Homecoming Queens, just to name a few). Join us as we discuss the importance of Asian representation, storytelling, her relationship to her brother, Ben Law, the landscape of Asian oriented narratives in Australian media, and its future.   TIMESTAMPS (1:18) Being in "Deadline City" (2:03) Michelle's New Play: Miss Peony (2:56) Chinese Australian Beauty Pageants (4:27) Her first play: Single Asian Female and Asian representation in theatre (6:11) Using Asian leads and Asian-orientated stories in her writing and Michelle's background in writing (9:03) The universal narrative of immigrant children rejecting their background in their struggle with their identity through the younger years (11:10) Changes in the landscape and appetite for Asian media over the last decade (12:36) Tokenism in representation (14:05) Diversity in hiring and casting (16:23) Cultural appropriation and the potentially harmful effects of the trend of diversity (20:49) The future of Asian-made media (22:29) Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling and overlooked Asian talent (23:20) Asian YouTubers in America and Australia - WongFu, Community Channel, MyChonny, etc. (26:30) Michelle's favourite content and recommendations (29:33) Michelle's other projects (30:22) Michelle's opera on the Brisbane anti-Asian race riot in 1888 (33:17) Relationship with her brother Benjamin Law and family (37:25) Politics in the industry and the gap between younger and older generations (43:41) The complexity of BIPOC and why the term is problematic (45:22) Michelle's guest pick   Have thoughts or concerns? Send us an email: contact@asiam.me   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asiam.podcast/   Visit our website: https://www.asiam.me/    Find us on: Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/as-i-am-podcast/id1506747439  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4Hw3zKWqz1eN2udaUvXDCX?si=0z2-K8j-TDmxBv_nfj2SnQ  Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2FzaWFtcG9kY2FzdC9mZWVkLnhtbA    As I Am

Adapted from an Australian play, Single Asian Female Kiwi-style tells the story of a first-generation Chinese immigrant and single mother living in Mount Maunganui. Pearl Wong is also a restaurateur and karaoke addict and actor Kat Tsz Hung is delighted to be one of three Chinese leads in a play with a Chinese director. Auckland Theatre Company is collaborating with Proudly Asian Theatre Company to present the New Zealand premiere of the work by Michelle Law.

After Australia (Affirm Press with the Sweatshop Literacy Movement 2021). No, Australia has not ended - it's a book edited by Michael Mohammed Ahmad. Climate catastrophe, police brutality, white genocide, totalitarian rule and the erasure of black history provide the backdrop for stories of love, courage and hope. An anthology, twelve of Australia’s most daring Indigenous writers and writers of colour provide a glimpse of Australia as we head toward the year 2050. Unique voices and a great editor - whose input is apparent, but he's humbly kept in the background to let the writers shine, and we all benefit.  Featuring Ambelin Kwaymullina, Claire G. Coleman, Omar Sakr, Future D. Fidel, Karen Wyld, Khalid Warsame, Kaya Ortiz, Roanna Gonsalves, Sarah Ross, Zoya Patel, Michelle Law and Hannah Donnelly. Edited by Michael Mohammed Ahmad. Original concept by Lena Nahlous. Michael Mohammed Ahmad is the founding director of Sweatshop Literacy Movement and editor of the critically acclaimed anthology, After Australia (Affirm Press, 2021). Mohammed's debut novel, The Tribe (Giramondo, 2014), won the 2015 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelists of the Year Award. His second novel, The Lebs (Hachette Australia, 2018) won the 2019 NSW Premier's Multicultural Literary Award and was shortlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Mohammed received his Doctorate of Creative Arts from Western Sydney University in 2017 Bede Haines is a solicitor, specialising in litigation and a partner at Holding Redlich, an Australian commercial law firm. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Known to read books, ride bikes and eat cereal (often). bede.haines@holdingredlich.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

After Australia (Affirm Press with the Sweatshop Literacy Movement 2021). No, Australia has not ended - it's a book edited by Michael Mohammed Ahmad. Climate catastrophe, police brutality, white genocide, totalitarian rule and the erasure of black history provide the backdrop for stories of love, courage and hope. An anthology, twelve of Australia’s most daring Indigenous writers and writers of colour provide a glimpse of Australia as we head toward the year 2050. Unique voices and a great editor - whose input is apparent, but he's humbly kept in the background to let the writers shine, and we all benefit.  Featuring Ambelin Kwaymullina, Claire G. Coleman, Omar Sakr, Future D. Fidel, Karen Wyld, Khalid Warsame, Kaya Ortiz, Roanna Gonsalves, Sarah Ross, Zoya Patel, Michelle Law and Hannah Donnelly. Edited by Michael Mohammed Ahmad. Original concept by Lena Nahlous. Michael Mohammed Ahmad is the founding director of Sweatshop Literacy Movement and editor of the critically acclaimed anthology, After Australia (Affirm Press, 2021). Mohammed's debut novel, The Tribe (Giramondo, 2014), won the 2015 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelists of the Year Award. His second novel, The Lebs (Hachette Australia, 2018) won the 2019 NSW Premier's Multicultural Literary Award and was shortlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Mohammed received his Doctorate of Creative Arts from Western Sydney University in 2017 Bede Haines is a solicitor, specialising in litigation and a partner at Holding Redlich, an Australian commercial law firm. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Known to read books, ride bikes and eat cereal (often). bede.haines@holdingredlich.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

After Australia (Affirm Press with the Sweatshop Literacy Movement 2021). No, Australia has not ended - it's a book edited by Michael Mohammed Ahmad. Climate catastrophe, police brutality, white genocide, totalitarian rule and the erasure of black history provide the backdrop for stories of love, courage and hope. An anthology, twelve of Australia’s most daring Indigenous writers and writers of colour provide a glimpse of Australia as we head toward the year 2050. Unique voices and a great editor - whose input is apparent, but he's humbly kept in the background to let the writers shine, and we all benefit.  Featuring Ambelin Kwaymullina, Claire G. Coleman, Omar Sakr, Future D. Fidel, Karen Wyld, Khalid Warsame, Kaya Ortiz, Roanna Gonsalves, Sarah Ross, Zoya Patel, Michelle Law and Hannah Donnelly. Edited by Michael Mohammed Ahmad. Original concept by Lena Nahlous. Michael Mohammed Ahmad is the founding director of Sweatshop Literacy Movement and editor of the critically acclaimed anthology, After Australia (Affirm Press, 2021). Mohammed's debut novel, The Tribe (Giramondo, 2014), won the 2015 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelists of the Year Award. His second novel, The Lebs (Hachette Australia, 2018) won the 2019 NSW Premier's Multicultural Literary Award and was shortlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Mohammed received his Doctorate of Creative Arts from Western Sydney University in 2017 Bede Haines is a solicitor, specialising in litigation and a partner at Holding Redlich, an Australian commercial law firm. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Known to read books, ride bikes and eat cereal (often). bede.haines@holdingredlich.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/australian-and-new-zealand-studies

Six of Australia’s most clear-eyed, insightful writers—2020 Stella Prize–winner Jess Hill; actor and screenwriter Michelle Law; writer and founding editor of Liminal magazine Leah Jing McIntosh; award-winning novelist Favel Parrett; Queensland Literary Award–winning poet Ellen van Neerven; and award-winning poet and scholar Alison Whittaker—deliver addresses that explore, interrogate and challenge what holds our attention, what fails to, and why. Join us for an unmissable gala event hosted by Jamila Rizvi. Funded by the Victorian Government through Women Victoria Content Warning: Contains discussions about family violence. Recorded for MWF Digital in 2020. Support MWF: https://mwf.com.au/donate/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After Australia Edited by Michael Mohammed Ahmad Climate catastrophe, police brutality, white genocide, totalitarian rule and the erasure of black history provide the backdrop for stories of love, courage and hope. In this unflinching new anthology, twelve of Australia’s most daring Indigenous writers and writers of colour provide a glimpse of Australia as we head toward the year 2050. Featuring Ambelin Kwaymullina, Claire G. Coleman, Omar Sakr, Future D. Fidel, Karen Wyld, Khalid Warsame, Kaya Ortiz, Roanna Gonsalves, Sarah Ross, Zoya Patel, Michelle Law and Hannah Donnelly. Edited by Michael Mohammed Ahmad. Original concept by Lena Nahlous. Published by Affirm Press in partnership with Diversity Arts Australia and Sweatshop Literacy Movement.

Writer and performer Michelle Law (Single Asian Female, Rosehaven S3, Get Krack!n S2 and Homecoming Queens) in conversation with stage and screen actor Patrick Jhanur. This is an edited version of a live stream event for MEAA Equity members that took place on Friday June 12, 2020.

Just before her first book launch, Claire is given an unexpected gift by her friend: the self-published adolescent masterpiece of a rom com she wrote when she was 14. Claire Christian is a playwright, author and theatre maker, who has spent a lot of career working with teenagers. Her first novel, Beautiful Mess won the Text Publishing Text Prize in 2016. Her play Lysa and The Freeborn Dames debuted at La Boite in 2018. She directed Michelle Law’s smash hit comedy Single Asian Female. And her next novel will be released in October. Claire has a pug named Midge, a deep affinity for garlic bread, and she never has boring hair...ever. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and follow Queerstories on Facebook. The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased from your favourite independent bookseller or on Booktopia. To support Queerstories, become a patron at www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetter And for gay stuff and insomnia rants follow me - Maeve Marsden - on Twitter and Instagram. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Michael Mohammed Ahmad is both a writer and editor. He received the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian Novelist Award for his debut novel The Tribe, and the sequel, The Lebs, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. In 2020 he is the editor behind After Australia, a collection of short stories about Australia's potential futures, and it is this work that the interview focuses on. The anthology includes works from Ambelin Kwaymullina, Claire G. Coleman, Omar Sakr, Future D. Fidel, Karen Wyld, Khalid Warsame, Kaya Ortiz, Roanna Gonsalves, Sarah Ross, Zoya Patel, Michelle Law and Hannah Donnelly. Mohammed is also the founder and director of Sweatshop Literary Movement in Western Sydney.  If you enjoy this interview, you may also be interested in this subsequent interview with Omar Sakr, a contributor to After Australia. About The Garret Read the transcript of this interview at thegarretpodcast.com soon. The interview was recorded by Zoom, and we can't wait to start recording in person again soon. You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Facebook, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Liz, Ben and writer Michelle Law go on a surprisingly dark ride in Pratchett's skewed take on the "Pied Piper", 2001's Discworld for Younger Readers book, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents. Everyone knows that the best way to get rid of a plague of rats is to pay the Piper. Even Maurice, and he's a talking cat. So when he met a Clan of similarly smart talking rats, all he needed was a stupid-looking kid who could play, and he had the makings of the perfect con. But the rats (and the kid) are smart enough to decide that what they're doing is unethical. Maurice convinces them to pull one last scam in a tiny Überwald town. But all is not well in Bad Blintz: the mayor's daughter immediately sees there's something odd about Maurice and the kid, and the town is convinced they already have a plague of rats - but the Clan can't find a single one... After two trilogies of children's books set in our own world, and before he invented Tiffany Aching, Pratchett tried getting kids into the Discworld with a story of talking animals, plucky kids...and unspeakable evil. The Amazing Maurice explores some weighty ethics, punctures the safety of Enid Blyton, questions the lessons taught by the Brothers Grim, and goes to some very dark places, metaphorically and literally. All born out of a jokey footnote he wrote for Reaper Man a decade before! Is this really a children's book? Would you let your kids read it? Is it a terrible mistake, or is it maybe the greatest book Pratchett ever wrote? And most importantly: what's your rat name? Use the hashtag #Pratchat33 on social media to join the conversation! Guest Michelle Law is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and actor based in Sydney. Her work includes the 2017 smash hit play Single Asian Female, the SBS TV series Homecoming Queens and contributed to numerous magazines and books. Michelle's next play will be Miss Peony for Sydney's Belvoir Theatre, and she has a story in the anthology After Australia from Affirm Press. You can find out more about Michelle at her web site, michelle-law.com, and follow her on Twitter at @ms_michellelaw. Next month we complete our hat-trick of Pratchetts for younger readers by returning to the English town of Blackbury to catch up with Johnny Maxwell in 1993's Johnny and the Dead! We'll be joined by children's author Oliver Phommovanh! Get your questions in via the hashtag #Pratchat34 by July 21st 2020. You'll find the full notes and errata for this episode on our web site.

Three books that explore the world through the eyes of minorities and outsiders: Angie Cruz on Dominicana, After Australia anthology and C Pam Zhang's alternative version of the American West.

Liz, Ben and librarian Meaghan Dew come down from the mountains to a land of sheep, chalk and tiny blue warriors, and meet the youngest witch ever, in Pratchett's 2003 Discworld for Younger Readers book, The Wee Free Men. Nine-year-old farm girl Tiffany Aching lives on The Chalk, a lowland area famous for its sheep and...er...sheep products. It's not famous for attacks from mythical river monsters, so when one turns up she lures it with her brother as bait and hits it over the head with a frying pan. Searching for answers, she meets the very real witch Miss Tick, and realises that's what she wants to be. In her first truly witchy move, she disobeys Miss Tick's advice and tries to take on the Queen of the Fairies, who has kidnapped her baby brother. Luckily she's already met and impressed the Nac Mac Feegle - a clan of tiny blue "pictsies" with a love for fightin', stealin' and drinkin'... After the end of the Witches series in Carpe Jugulum*, Pratchett launched a new protagonist destined to become one of his most beloved characters. Tiffany Aching is practical, serious, thoughtful and wilful, with a steely gaze and a mind so sharp she might cut someone else (she certainly knows which bit to hold onto). Pratchett weaves the story of a young girl stepping into some big - and tiny - shoes with themes of grief, family, community, belief and the stories we tell...oh, and a tiny blue and red whirlwind of swearing, violence and other Scottish stereotypes known as the Nac Mac Feegle. Do these two things mesh well for you? Is this Tiffany's finest hour, or just a taste of what's to come for her? And was Granny Aching a witch, a shepherd, or something else entirely by the end? Use the hashtag #Pratchat32 on social media to join the conversation! * Carpe Jugulum is coming soon(ish) to a Pratchat episode near you! Guest Meaghan Dew is a librarian and podcaster. For around seven years, Meaghan hosted and produced the podcast for Australian arts and culture magazine Kill Your Darlings. Meaghan currently works as a librarian in Melbourne, and produces her library's podcast program. Ben was reading the The Illustrated Wee Free Men, the 2008 hardcover edition of the book with full-colour illustrations by artist Stephen Player - and a few extras from Terry. Player advises that the colours are off in the book, but you can see many of the original illustrations on his web site. Next month we travel to an entirely different rural area of the Disc for more younger readers adventure, in 2000's The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents. We'll be joined by writer and screenwriter Michelle Law! Get your questions in via the hashtag #Pratchat33 by June 20th 2020. You'll find the full notes and errata for this episode on our web site.

In episode #04 of Technology For Change, the Co-Founder oh Tekrevol and host of Technology for change Abeer Raza sits with Michelle Law, a business consultant with over a decade of experience of coaching entrepreneurs, multi-million dollar business owners, and startup owners to help them bring their vision to light using her expertise in marketing, sales, leadership, SEO, and team building.  Michelle has experience working for fortune 500 companies, and gives incredible insights into the world of entrepreneurship and discusses the small differences that distinguish struggling entrepreneurs from successful ones who were able to scale and grow their businesses.

Tim Winton's Cloudstreet returns to the stage, we look back at when Stephen Sondheim and Harold Prince staged some of the most inventive and challenging musical theatre Broadway had ever seen, we tour The Australian Ballet Centre's pointe shoe room and learn that it takes a firm hand to mould a soft shoe, and playwright Michelle Law drops by to share the Best Advice she ever got.

Tim Winton's Cloudstreet returns to the stage, we look back at when Stephen Sondheim and Harold Prince staged some of the most inventive and challenging musical theatre Broadway had ever seen, we tour The Australian Ballet Centre's pointe shoe room and learn that it takes a firm hand to mould a soft shoe, and playwright Michelle Law drops by to share the Best Advice she ever got.

Tim Winton's Cloudstreet returns to the stage, we look back at when Stephen Sondheim and Harold Prince staged some of the most inventive and challenging musical theatre Broadway had ever seen, we tour The Australian Ballet Centre's pointe shoe room and learn that it takes a firm hand to mould a soft shoe, and playwright Michelle Law drops by to share the Best Advice she ever got.

Michelle Law, Nayuka Gorrie, Raquel Willis, Ariel Levy and Curtis Sittenfeld at Broadside — Photo: Hannah Koelmeyer When we're described as ‘speaking out', what people really mean is we're ‘speaking out of turn' – and that we do not have the authority to do so. Behaving well means accepting things as they are, and sticking your neck out if you're not a white guy requires the knowledge that you may be seen as difficult, and unlikeable. Many of us have to actively work at claiming the right to occupy space, jobs, or make noise that others simply take as their entitlement. Opposition and rebellion is necessary and invigorating, but bending the world until it breaks can come at a great personal cost, which is divided unevenly amongst us. So how do we blaze a trail without losing our own way? Hosted by Michelle Law as part of Broadside 2019, Nayuka Gorrie, Raquel Willis, Ariel Levy and Curtis Sittenfeld discuss their voices and how their experiences have shaped their paths.Support the Wheeler Centre: https://www.wheelercentre.com/support-us/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, it’s all about Producing Theatre, darling, and I’m so excited that we’re joined by the phenomenal Michelle Law.Michelle is a writer and actor based in Sydney. Her talents are amazingly diverse, writing for print, film, television, and theatre. So, just a few reasons why she’s fabulous – Michelle wrote the fantastic play Single Asian Female, which had sold out seasons across Australia; she’s the co-creator, co-writer and co-lead of the SBS series Homecoming Queens; and her writing has been anthologised in numerous books including Women of Letters, Best Australian Comedy Writing and Destroying the Joint. For her incredible work she’s received various awards, including two Australian Writer's Guild AWGIE awards, an Equity Ensemble Award, and the Queensland Premier's Young Publishers and Writers Award. To bring things full circle, several years back Michelle co-wrote the book Shit Asian Mothers Say alongside her brother Ben Law (who was on our show a few seasons ago) which was illustrated by Jacky Winter’s very own Oslo Davis. Which means I have only like 3 degrees of separation from this amazing woman. Currently, Michelle’s working on an original feature film and several new stage works. She is also a prolific speaker, regularly appearing on panels and at festivals, so we’re super lucky to have her here with us. Remember! We are now an ENHANCED podcast. That's right - If you listen to our podcast in Overcast or Pocket Casts, or Castro, you can get super special images, links, and chapter breaks in your player while you listen.Featured links from our discussion - Want to get these in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for our text-only tinyletter at tinyletter.com/jackywinterIntroSingle Asian Femalehttps://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/event-archive/2019/theatre/single-asian-femaleHomecoming Queens – SBShttps://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/homecoming-queensShit Asian Mothers Sayhttps://books.google.com.au/books/about/Sh_t_Asian_Mothers_Say.html?id=vJoTAwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=yInterview with Michelle LawLotus program - playwriting Australiahttp://www.pwa.org.au/programs/developing-playwrights/lotus-2014-18/CAAP – Contemporary Asian Australian Performancehttps://www.caap.org.au/Scrivenerhttps://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overviewThe Show Must Go On - ABC Documentaryhttps://iview.abc.net.au/show/show-must-go-onMiss Peonyhttps://belvoir.com.au/productions/miss-peony/Open TabsThis Twin Peaks explainer is good—it’s also 4 1/2 hours long –Jeremyhttps://news.avclub.com/this-twin-peaks-explainer-is-good-its-also-4-5-hours-1839451484Dyson deal – Larahttps://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/495553Debbie Tucker Green – Michellehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_tucker_greenMichelle’s SocialsMichelle’s websitehttp://michelle-law.com/Michelle’s Twitterhttps://twitter.com/ms_michellelaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorMichelle’s Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/msmichellelaw/?hl=enIf you like the show or these links or think we sound like nice people, please go and leave us a rating or review on iTunes. It helps other people find the show and boosts our downloads which in turn lets us know that what we're doing is worth doing more of!To subscribe, view show notes or previous episodes head on over to our podcast page at http://jackywinter.givesyouthe.biz/Special thanks to Jacky Winter (the band, with much better shirts than us) for the music.Listen to them over at Soundcloud.Everything else Jacky Winter (us) can be found at http://www.jackywinter.com/

The path to feminism often begins with the powerful act of discovering the right text at the right time. Neko Case, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Michelle Law, Hollie McNish and Emily Nussbaum nominate the novel that set them alight. Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival 2018, supported by Queen Victoria Women's Centre.

The gang saw Aspergers musical cabaret The Aspie Hour and Michelle Law's debut play Single Asian Female at Melbourne International Comedy Festival. During "Intermission" we talked the rest of the fest, primarily Maria Bamford, DeAnne Smith and Sweaty Pitts Pity Party. And in "Coming Soon" we chat our attendance at the Green Room Awards and the upcoming Australian Podcast Awards.

The creators of SBS comedy Homecoming Queens Corrie Chen and Michelle Law meet with Yassmin Abdel-Magied, who made her acting debut on the show. They chat to Yumi Stynes about making the series in the context of the one thing nobody wanted to talk about: race. Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival 2018, supported by Queen Victoria Women's Centre

We meet Joey McKneely, director of the touring production of West Side Story and are treated to a live performance from the cast, we start our series on plays being studied in Australian schools with Louis Nowra's Così which will this year be revived at the MTC and STC, we hear all the news from the 2019 Olivier Awards, Single Asian Female playwright Michelle Law shares the Best Advice she ever got, and we learn about Mimma: an ambitious new Australian musical about to open in Perth.

We meet Joey McKneely, director of the touring production of West Side Story and are treated to a live performance from the cast, we start our series on plays being studied in Australian schools with Louis Nowra's Così which will this year be revived at the MTC and STC, we hear all the news from the 2019 Olivier Awards, Single Asian Female playwright Michelle Law shares the Best Advice she ever got, and we learn about Mimma: an ambitious new Australian musical about to open in Perth.

Homecoming Queens, Single Asian Female, and Bloomers are three of the more significant projects in the career of writer Michelle Law. How has her process evolved? Was she afraid of being pigeon hole'd in a white washed industry? And has there really been significant change behind the scenes of the Aussie film & tv world?

Homecoming Queens, Single Asian Female, and Bloomers are three of the more significant projects in the career of writer Michelle Law. How has her process evolved? Was she afraid of being pigeon hole'd in a white washed industry? And has there really been significant change behind the scenes of the Aussie film & tv world?

And we’re back! For our season two premiere, playwright, actor and screenwriter Michelle Law joins us to chat about her recent trip to Hollywood, her earliest forays into writing, and the joys and challenges of creating the award-winning web series Homecoming Queens. Michelle Law is a freelance writer based in Sydney, Australia. She writes for print, film and television, and theatre. As a screenwriter, she has received an Australian Writer’s Guild AWGIE award for her interactive media work, and had her films screened on the ABC and at film festivals locally and abroad. She has also been a recipient of the Queensland Premier's Young Publishers and Writers Award. Her debut play Single Asian Female was staged in Brisbane and Sydney to sold out audiences. Homecoming Queens, the web series she co-created, co-wrote and stars in premiered on SBS On Demand this year – the first online series commissioned by SBS. She is currently working on the feature film adaptation of Alice Pung's young adult novel Laurinda.

Zan and Myf declare Bang On a politics free zone, except if they decide to run for PM. Watch this space. We recognise the legacy of the Queen of Soul, and digest a brilliant editorial from writer Michelle Law about Asian-Australian representation on screen. Show notes: The Party Room: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/partyroom/podcasts/ Aretha Franklin’s Respect: https://www.vox.com/2018/8/17/17699170/aretha-franklin-2018-respect-song-otis-redding-feminism-civil-rights Why it’s important to see Asian-Australians on screen: https://junkee.com/asian-representation-australia/171514 Happily Never After: https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/happy-never-after Foreign Correspondent: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/foreign-correspondent/series/0/video/NC1826H007S00

Zan and Myf declare Bang On a politics free zone, except if they decide to run for PM. Watch this space. We recognise the legacy of the Queen of Soul, and digest a brilliant editorial from writer Michelle Law about Asian-Australian representation on screen. Show notes: The Party Room: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/partyroom/podcasts/ Aretha Franklin’s Respect: https://www.vox.com/2018/8/17/17699170/aretha-franklin-2018-respect-song-otis-redding-feminism-civil-rights Why it’s important to see Asian-Australians on screen: https://junkee.com/asian-representation-australia/171514 Happily Never After: https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/happy-never-after Foreign Correspondent: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/foreign-correspondent/series/0/video/NC1826H007S00

Zan and Myf declare Bang On a politics free zone, except if they decide to run for PM. Watch this space. We recognise the legacy of the Queen of Soul, and digest a brilliant editorial from writer Michelle Law about Asian-Australian representation on screen. Show notes: The Party Room: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/partyroom/podcasts/ Aretha Franklin's Respect: https://www.vox.com/2018/8/17/17699170/aretha-franklin-2018-respect-song-otis-redding-feminism-civil-rights Why it's important to see Asian-Australians on screen: https://junkee.com/asian-representation-australia/171514 Happily Never After: https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/happy-never-after Foreign Correspondent: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/foreign-correspondent/series/0/video/NC1826H007S00

0:40 Nick and Fiona contemplate the cultural appropriation of Wes Anderson's Japan-set Isle of Dogs13:16 Michelle Law and Chloe Reeson drop in to talk about how they saw the funny side of their real-life chronic pain stories, and turned it into web series Homecoming Queens26:10 Nick has been watching Shaun of the Dead27:00 Fiona has been binge watching The Handmaid's Tale and speculates about the new series

We look at questions of fetishisation and Orientalism in Wes Anderson's new Japan-set animation Isle of Dogs. A conversation about hip hop and representation in the new season of drama-comedy Atlanta. Michelle Law and Chloë Reeson discuss mixing comedy with chronic illness in their new series for SBS, and Behind the Screens with an Animal Wrangler.

We look at questions of fetishisation and Orientalism in Wes Anderson's new Japan-set animation Isle of Dogs. A conversation about hip hop and representation in the new season of drama-comedy Atlanta. Michelle Law and Chloë Reeson discuss mixing comedy with chronic illness in their new series for SBS, and Behind the Screens with an Animal Wrangler.

The Guilty Feminist Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Cal Wilson Episode 90: Sexy with special guest Michelle Law Recorded 28 October 2017 at The State Library of Queensland in Brisbane. Released 19 March.  Music by Mark Hodge and produced by Nick Sheldon. Thanks to Anna Sinfield for her help with the audio on this episode. More about Deborah Frances-White http://deborahfrances-white.com https://twitter.com/DeborahFW Global Pillage More about Cal Wilson http://calwilsoncomedy.com.au https://twitter.com/calbo More about Michelle Law https://twitter.com/ms_michellelaw https://belvoir.com.au/productions/single-asian-female https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2017/11/14/get-ready-press-play-sbs-demand-2018 Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge For more information about this and other episodes… visit guiltyfeminist.com tweet us twitter.com/guiltfempod like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/guiltyfeminist/ check out our Instagram instagram.com/theguiltyfeminist/ or join our mailing list eepurl.com/bRfSPT  The Negotiations special episode of the podcast is now available to purchase. http://guiltyfeminist.com/product/include-yourself-podcast/ Come to a live recording! 12 April at the National Portrait Gallery. Tickets on sale now. 16 April at Kings Place. Tickets on sale now. 22 April at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton. Tickets on sale now. 7 May at Kings Place. Tickets on sale now. 24 May at The London Palladium. Tickets on sale now. 26 May at The Oxford Playhouse. Tickets on sale now. 28 May at Kings Place. Tickets on sale now. 15 July at Regents Park Open Air Theatre. Tickets on sale now. Leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts!

Michelle Law’s debut play Single Asian Female arrives at Belvoir just in time for Chinese New Year. Step into a Chinese restaurant on the Sunshine Coast and meet the smart and sassy family of Wong women in this hilarious new work about cultural identity and family. Go behind the scenes with writer Michelle Law, director Claire Christian and actors Alex Lee, Courtney Stewart and Hsiao-Ling Tang as they discuss this heart-warming new Australian play. A La Boite Theatre Company production Writers Michelle Law Director Claire Christian Podcast produced for Belvoir by Zoe Ferguson  16 FEBRUARY - 25 MARCH BOOK HERE

This episode is the first of two that features interviews recorded at the 2016 Kingsville Folk Music Festival. Festival producers John and Michelle Law have brought a lovely festival to South-Western Ontario and despite some rain on the Saturday – which didn’t dampen spirits at all, we were all treated to a wonderful weekend of live music and community. Folk Roots Radio was very fortunate to have some artists stop by to chat about their music, and their festival experiences. I think we’ve captured a little bit of the flavor of the festival and I hope you enjoy it. Check out the full playlist at http://folkrootsradio.com.

Artistic Directors John and Michelle Law join us to chat about the line up for the 3rd Annual Kingsville Folk Music Festival which takes place the weekend of August 12-14 2016 in the beautiful confines of Lakeside Park in Kingsville on the shores of Lake Erie. It’s a great festival and already gaining a great reputation for bringing fabulous folk, roots, blues and world music down into South-western Ontario. As usual, we also include a good selection of the new music that we've received. Check out the full playlist at http://folkrootsradio.com.

Brother and sister Benjamin and Michelle Law divulge real-life experiences of growing up Chinese in Australia.

Actor, standup and improvisor Sophie Long kind of has two secret lives. In one of them, she learned Impro at the Second City, where Tina Fey and Stephen Colbert got their start. It’s difficult to explain: which means sometimes it’s like having a secret life. It can so hard to know how to talk about it. Or when. And that’s before we get to Sophie’s other secret life. Links from this episode: Story night, Fabulous Monster; a bit more on Second City; read the Hyperbole and a Half comic; writer Michelle Law wrote about life at the Second City in the Lifted Brow 25. Songs in this episode: Mr Moustafa — Alexandre Desplat Si Tou Vois Ma Mere — Sidney Bechet Saturate — The Chemical Brothers  Hear more episodes of Not What You Think at fbiradio.com/notwhatyouthink

BUMPER TINA SPECIAL! We talk to four and a bit writers from 2014's This Is Not Art festival: Michelle Law, Jane Howard, Lawrence Leung and Luke Ryan. Playlist at

Is The Truman Show real? We go deep. My guest this episode is Brisbane writer Samuel Maguire, whose work has been published in Stilts, The Lifted Brow, and Scum Mag. Sam is living with Bipolar Type 1 Disorder and an anxiety disorder and uses The Lord of The Rings instead of sleep medication. We talk psychotic breaks, The Hunger Games, why Michelle Law is great, and mums reading your sad blog posts.