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FANZA is a charity based in the UK which promotes and celebrates the range and vitality of Australian and New Zealand arts and culture.
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Australia in the UK: Sept 2021 – Dec 2022
Until December 2022, a series of exciting cultural events, celebrating and exploring the relationship between the United Kingdom and Australia will be staged in the UK and online as part of the UK/Australian Season of Culture launched at the British Museum on 1 September 2021. FANZA is pleased to provide you with the latest reviews and happenings in and around the Season, including a programme of Fringe events curated or sponsored by FANZA. Click here for more on the launch & check out our first FANZA Fringe event here – an exclusive podcast from our favourite book lovers at Diving In.
The Sidney Nolan Trust announces new exhibitions and events as it reopens its doors
New Zealand confirms Yuki Kihara’s exhibition for Biennale Arte 2022
Cath Drake’s ‘The Verandah’: Courageous Connections in Poetry in the 2020s
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew presents Pip & Pop: When Flowers Dream
Love Letter: A new exhibition at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery
Christian Thompson AO: Being Human Human Being
UK/Australia Season at Birmingham 2022 Festival
Free exhibition: Australian artists Yhonnie Scarce and Salote Tawale
UK premiere of Australian playwright Lachlan Philpott’s promiscuous/cities
JGM Gallery to showcase Aboriginal Australian art in summer show Colour Power 22
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UK Australia 2021/22 Season launch
The Season is the largest ever cultural exchange between the two nations and involves more than 200 live and digital events across both nations.
Love Is Only Love: FANZA’s fantastic fundraiser with the fabulous Sam Harrison
The FANZA team is still on a high, humming along to the best of Broadway after its fundraiser performance of Love is Only Love – the funny, perceptive
The Secret River by Kate Grenville makes the list for BBC Two’s Between the Covers
BBC show Between the Covers has revealed further books, including The Secret River by Sydney-born Kate Grenville, that will be discussed in its star-studded new series.
Revealed: The Stella Prize 2022 shortlist
The Stella Prize for Australian women and non-binary writers worth $50,000, has just announced its shortlist for 2022 – with the inclusion, for the first time
“It’s like a marriage” – Jane Campion talks about making her new film, The Power of the Dog
Jane Campion’s new film The Power of the Dog, based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name, leads the nominations at the BAFTAs and
Oceania Now: Contemporary Art from the Pacific – Christie’s Paris online auction
Christie’s Paris has curated an exhibition and online auction entitled Oceania Now: Contemporary Art from the Pacific featuring many artists practising from New Zealand which they seek
OUT NOW: Devotion by Hannah Kent
From the bestselling author of Burial Rites and The Good People, Devotion is a stunning story of girlhood and friendship, faith and suspicion, and the impossible lengths we go to for