QUICK CHAT
RISING VOICE Where do you live? I’ve just recently moved to Sydney but I grew up on the Sunshine Coast. First job? Helping out at my dad’s old restaurant, Thai Seaons in Mooloolaba. What are you currently working on? A feature film adaptation of the young adult novel Laurinda, which was written by my friend Alice Pung. Your family includes? My parents and four older siblings, and my partner and our cat. First car? I only got my licence two years ago. I’d saved up enough money to buy a Hyundai i30 in red, because it goes faster. Favourite book? The His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. That series so deeply informed my values as a person, and each time I reread it, it offers a new perspective on life, relationships and self-worth. It’s the only book I’ve sobbed over. If your life was a book, what would be the title? Oh god, I’ve never thought about this! Maybe something like, I Don’t Know What I’m Doing and Nobody Does.
BIO
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Michelle Law is a writer working across film, theatre and print. Her debut play Single Asian Female attracted sold-out audiences. She has been a recipient of the Queensland Premier’s Young Publishers and Writers Award. Her web series Homecoming Queens premiered on SBS On Demand this year. She is speaking at Voices on the Coast, presented by Immanuel Lutheran College, July 18 to 21. Proudly supported by My Weekly Preview.
What is your favourite place on the Sunshine Coast and why? Kawana Shoppingworld – it was right across my house growing up and holds a lot of memories. If you could change one thing on the Sunshine Coast, what would it be? That it’s still quite a monoculture and people from diverse backgrounds can feel very isolated there. My family and I faced a fair amount of racism when we lived on the Coast, even though all of my siblings and I were born and grew up there. Can you nominate a day in your life that turned out to be a turning point? The day I adopted my cat. I knew nothing about cats and had always been a dog person, but the RSPCA was having an adult cat sale and 1) I can’t resist a bargain and 2) I’d always wanted an animal and adult animals can have a harder time being adopted. I’ve learnt a lot about caring for another creature.
“My family and I faced a fair amount of racism when we lived on the Coast”
What are you reading now? A short story collection by Asian American writer Jenny Zhang called Sour Heart, which has been on my bedside table for some time, and Crazy Rich Asians.
Michelle Law
Best advice you’ve been given? Trust your gut.
Favourite song and why? I love golden oldies and Smooth FM, because that’s what I grew up listening to. What are you watching right now and would you recommend it? I’ve just started watching Killing Eve starring Sandra Oh, which is available on ABC iView. I’m hooked! It’s truly unlike any television I’ve seen before, stylistically speaking. And the dialogue and characters are so compelling. When was the last time you played sport and what was it? I went bouldering with my sister and I loved it.
Your greatest regret? Probably being a silly high schooler and not being mature enough to know how to end toxic friendships in a healthy way.
Advice to your 18-year-old self? Everything passes – failures and successes – so at the end of the day relationships are most important. If you could have dinner with any three people, dead or alive, who would they be? Ali Wong, Sandra Oh and Constance Wu. If you won $1 million, how would you spend it? Buy presents for my family and close friends, donate some to charity, buy a horse and stable, and save the rest in a high interest account. Tea or coffee? Herbal tea without milk or sugar. NRL or AFL? Neither. Both are fine, but we place way too much importance on sports in this country.
Know someone interesting on the Sunshine Coast? Email leigh@myweeklypreview.com.au.
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