This year, to mark Australia Day and Waitangi Day, FANZA and The London Australian Film Society (LAFS) are joining forces to present the first ANZ FILM FESTIVAL.

Rewi: Āta haere, kia tere is a tribute to the late New Zealand architect Rewi Thompson (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa), a visionary thinker who believed that great architecture is crafted through careful consideration of people and place. This book brings together a breathtaking range of his projects, from conceptual dreamscapes to one-of-a-kind homes.

New Zealand star Corey Baker can add another impressive job to his increasingly awe-inspiring CV: choreographer and movement director for the new Hollywood hit, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, directed by Tim Burton.

Australian actor Sarah Snook, who has stunned the West End with her one-woman performance in an Oscar Wilde classic, has joined an all-star shortlist of nominations for this year’s Olivier Awards.

FANZA is delighted to share an exclusive interview with Australian author Elyse John, whose beautiful, gender-bending Greek myth retelling, Orphia and Eurydicius, will be published in the UK on 28 March.

Three masterpieces by the legendary Australian author Helen Garner have been published in the UK to great fanfare. Garner has been a literary institution in Australia for decades. The Atlantic dubbed her 'the Joan Didion of Australia.'

A fresh wave of exciting creative talent could be coming to the UK as Australian authors and illustrators are being offered support to travel internationally to attend events and activities associated with the international publication and promotion of their work.

The Artist's Secret by Australian author Alexandra Joel is now out in the UK. Joel is the former editor of Harper’s Bazaar and of Portfolio – Australia’s first magazine for “working women” – and has been a regular contributor to The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend Magazine.

We are delighted to welcome Mary Fenwick to the board of FANZA. Mary has been a well-known and highly respected member of the New Zealand community in London for over 20 years, with a long record of raising support for Kiwi projects as varied as Kea, University of Auckland scholarships and New Zealand’s WWI museum at Le Quesnoy, France.  

Wifedom by Australian author Anna Funder is among the 16 books in the running for the £30,000 prize, launched last year to redress the relatively low numbers of women recognised in nonfiction prizes.

Newly published in the UK, Greta & Valdin is this year’s entry in the contemporary fiction category, Hot European Postgrad Novel — think languid, vibey, literary romances about underfed but over-holidayed history of art students set in Dublin, Stockholm or Gothenburg. But now, thanks to the New Zealander Rebecca K Reilly’s zany, screwballin’ debut novel, the trend has gone global.

Longtime collaborators Nick Cave and Warren Ellis will provide the score for the upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic, Back to Black.

Australian mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean has been nominated for the City Music Foundation Young Artist Award. Lotte’s career has gone from strength to strength in recent seasons, and she is now represented worldwide by Rayfield Allied.

The Venice Biennale has announced the artists participating in this year’s international exhibition, Stranieri Ovunque, Foreigners Everywhere. 

We're thrilled to announce that Mary Strang, FANZA co-chair, has been nominated for the prestigious UK New Zealander of the Year Award 2024. This recognition is a well-deserved nod to her outstanding contribution to the arts and her commitment to supporting the cultural exchange between New Zealand and Australia and the UK.

We're thrilled to share that Australian author Richard Flanagan's latest non-fiction work, Question 7, a compelling exploration of the choices we make in love and the ensuing chain reactions, will be published in the UK on 30 May 2024.

It was a joyful fundraising evening for FANZA when a group of trustees and special friends of the charity saw the delightful 5-star musical, Crazy For You, at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London.

Australian musician and comedian Tim Minchin has released a live performance of his album Apart Together to mark three years since its release. He filmed the show at the iconic Trackdown Studio in Sydney.