Three Sisters – latest book from bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz

The long-awaited arrival of the latest book by international bestselling author Heather Morris is finally here! Three Sisters is based on the lives of Holocaust survivors Cibi, Magda and Livia […]
Ōkārito Ways

British songwriter Larry Mindel has just released Ōkārito Ways, a love song to the wetlands of Southland’s beautiful but vulnerable Ōkārito Lagoon. Those looking for a stunning visual reminder of […]
UK-Australia Season 2021-22 Launch 1 September

(An eye-witness account from your FANZA roving reporter) Mary Beard riddled with guilt. Leanne Benjamin teetering. Julia Gillard disbelieving. Barry Humphries quelling his inner Sir Les. And Professor Chris Gosden […]
Congratulations to Robbie Arnott – Winner of 2021 Age Book of the Year

Congrats to Robbie Arnott for winning the Age Book of the Year Award with his novel The Rain Heron.
UK based, New Zealand-born poet, John Gallas, continues to enchant

‘WHAM it hit me. (In fact WHAM-BAM, it hit us.) There is just no denying the arrival of the other half of your soul. Irresistible, scientific and inevitable as planets […]
Fanza Fringe inaugural event special: Diving In Podcast

Welcome to the FANZA Fringe –Our own companion to the UK Australia Season. Our inaugural Fringe event is a chat about books with the Diving In podcast, Virginia and Louise. […]
UK / AU Season Book Launch

Ancestors, artefacts, empire: Indigenous Australia in British and Irish museums Museums across Great Britain and Ireland hold Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (collectively referred to as ‘Indigenous’) cultural heritage of […]
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.
Indigenous Literacy Day 1st September 2021

To celebrate Indigenous Literacy Day (ILD), the Indigenous Literacy Foundation is proud to present Celebrating Stories and Language, a free virtual event for all Australians going live from 9am Wednesday […]
Cassandra Pybuss wins National Biography Award (Australia)

Author Cassandra Pybuss has won the National Biography award for her book Truganini. The story of Truganini, a Nuenonne woman from Bruny Island off Tasmania, is shrouded in myth for […]