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 and deeply moving show written by Australian musical theatre star Sam Harrison - at the Other Palace, Victoria.

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.

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 ever, of poetry. Experimental in genre and form, these bold and compelling new works – half of them by debut authors – are in the running for the tenth annual prize.

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 the Academy Awards this month.

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 to bring to their international audience.

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 the ones we love.

London Pacific Fashion Week will kick off this Friday with a colourful catwalk showcase of Kirrikin's SS23 collection. Founded by Amanda Healy, an award-winning fashion entrepreneur from the Wonnarua region in Australia, Kirrikin collaborates with contemporary Aboriginal artists to create luxury resort-ware.

The year 2021 winds down leaving us no more certain about what lies ahead, but one thing we can be sure of is that creative talent from New Zealand and Australia continues to thrive, and we must support it here in the UK.

London may be luminous with festive lights, but none was able to outshine Dolly Diamond as she glided into the FANZA Christmas party in a glittering golden gown.

This week sees the publication of Looted Gold, a book written by New Zealanders Blake Wilkins and Mike Dwight to debunk the myth of the missing Kruger millions, and expose the efforts of President Paul Kruger’s oligarchic regime to plunder the wealth of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) before Kruger fled the country in May 1900.

The Dame Edna Everage creator will be back on stage a decade after announcing his retirement. The Australian actor will tour the UK next year from April to June, mainly performing as himself but also as his alter egos such as Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson.

David Gulpilil, the actor who lit up the screen in his 1971 debut film Walkabout and recently starred in a biographical documentary about his remarkable life, has died aged 68 after being diagnosed with lung cancer four years ago.

A little magic was sprinkled when Tait Memorial Trust hosted Festive Firebird - an evening of music and ballet - at Leslie MacLeod Miller’s glorious and glittering salon in London.

Sorrow and Bliss, the critically acclaimed debut novel by New Zealand author Meg Mason, is being serialised this week as BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week.

Hollywood stars Cate Blanchett and Ben Stiller are teaming up to turn the 1960s espionage television series The Champions into a film. In addition to acting, Stiller is directing the upcoming adaptation while Blanchett - an ambassador for the UK/Australia Season - is producing through her company, Dirty Films.

Tickets are selling at lightning speed to see Killing Eve star Jodie Comer make her highly-anticipated West End debut next year. Prima Facie is written by Australian-born Suzie Miller, a former criminal defence lawyer working in the human rights sector whose job required her to listen to people talk about their experiences of being sexually assaulted.

The dazzling new autobiography by Leanne Benjamin - former principal dancer at The Royal Ballet - is the talk of the dance world as it goes on sale on Monday 1 November.

It was a full house at Australia House in London this week for the launch of Leanne Benjamin’s autobiography, Built for Ballet. As the High Commissioner for Australia George Brandis noted in his speech, the room was sparkling with ballet stars.