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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
Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech by Julia Gillard – on sale in the UK
Eleanor Catton: Birnam Wood – UK tour including Cambridge, London, Manchester and Oxford
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton – UK release date
Sidney Noland Trust presents Dear Mother: The Nolan Postcards
Did I Ever Tell You This? New memoir by actor Sam Neill published
Art Trail: Light at the End of the Tunnel
Publication day: Homecoming by Kate Morton
The Royal Correspondent – new book by Alexandra Joel published
Fat Freddy’s Drop – UK tour dates
news
Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser wins Rathbones Folio Prize for fiction
Australian author Michelle de Kretser’s novel, Scary Monsters, has won this year’s Rathbones Folio Prize for fiction. Described by the judges as “a work of beautifully
Lonely Planet co-founder Tony Wheeler wins prestigious travel writing award
English-born Australian publishing entrepreneur, businessman and writer Tony Wheeler has won the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing. Co-Founder of Lonely Planet, Tony
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris to be adapted for screen
The Tattooist of Auschwitz, the bestselling novel by New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based writer Heather Morris is being turned into a six-part TV series. The co-production with Britain’s
Cate Blanchett wins BAFTA best actress for role in Tár
Cate Blanchett won best actress for her acclaimed performance as a composer-conductor in Tár.
Sam Neill to star opposite Annette Bening in new drama series Apples Never Fall
Actor and FANZA arts patron Sam Neill will star opposite Annette Bening (American Beauty, The Kids Are All Right) in the highly anticipated new drama, Apples Never
Exiles by Jane Harper named ‘book of the month’
The highly anticipated fifth novel from ‘Australian queen of crime’ author Jane Harper, Exiles, hit the shelves in the UK on 2 February. Arriving with great