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 fanfare, it's now been hailed 'book of the month' by The Times.

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 Symphony Orchestra.

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.

FANZA arts patron Sam Neill has been made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

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 and fashion collections.

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 Australia's former prime minister, Not Now Not Ever, is a barn-burning piece of Australian feminist history in the making.

This month, hundreds of writers will be writing and rewriting their stories before submitting them for the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

The brand-new all-Australian arts space at the Edinburgh Festival, House of Oz, has won Best Venue at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Awards 2022.

The literary world is abuzz with the thrilling news that Australian author Kate Morton's hugely anticipated new book, Homecoming, will be published in the UK on 13 April 2023. Morton, who has written six novels, is one of Australia's biggest publishing exports having sold more than 16 million books in 42 countries.

The UK/Australia Season 2021 -22 Brochure is now available to download. Catch up on the amazing line-up of events taking place across the UK this year.

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.