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TO FANZA
THE FOUNDATION FOR AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND ARTS
FANZA is a charity based in the UK which promotes and celebrates the range and vitality of Australian and New Zealand arts and culture.
events
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew presents Pip & Pop: When Flowers Dream
All Sorts of Lives: Katherine Mansfield and the art of risking everything
Tim Minchin: BACK now available to watch at home
Indigenous Australian musician Jessie Lloyd leads on Brixton music app
You Beauties: New Australian Cinema – film season at the BFI
Eleanor Catton: Birnam Wood – UK tour including Cambridge, London, Manchester and Oxford
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton – UK release date
news

Australia and the UK announce landmark orchestral exchange
The Australian High Commission in London, Acting High Commissioner to the UK, Lynette Wood, has announced a ground-breaking new partnership between Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and London

FANZA hosts special fundraiser at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London
In November we were thrilled to host a special invitation-only event for FANZA’s most loyal supporters and friends at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London. After taking

New Zealand actor Sam Neill awarded knighthood
FANZA arts patron Sam Neill has been made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. The Jurassic Park star, who grew up in Christchurch, NZ,

The Spoken Object by Dr Gene Sherman – a new book on fashion, jewellery, design and architecture
Leading Australian cultural advocate Dr Gene Sherman has released a beautiful new book documenting her life, work, architecture and design achievements – plus her art, jewellery

Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech – new book by Julia Gillard published
Where are we now, ten years on from Julia Gillard’s “misogyny speech” – the speech that stopped us all in our tracks? The new book from

2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize – enter before 1 November
This month, hundreds of writers will be writing and rewriting their stories before submitting them for the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The prize is free