Augusta Supple
@augustasupple.com
Cultural crusader/ arts activist/ writer/ strategist/ intellectual/ theatre obsessive/ publisher/ man-loving feminist/ provocateur/ romantic.
www.augustasupple.com
www.augustasupple.com
Thank you International Film and Entertainment Festival Australia (IFEFA) for awarding me the great honour of being recognised as the 2025 IFEFA Woman of the Year at NSW Parliament House today.
Such an honour to be amongst those that champion our arts, film and cultural sectors!
Such an honour to be amongst those that champion our arts, film and cultural sectors!
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Thank you International Film and Entertainment Festival Australia (IFEFA) for awarding me the great honour of being recognised as the 2025 IFEFA Woman of the Year at NSW Parliament House today.
Such an honour to be amongst those that champion our arts, film and cultural sectors!
Such an honour to be amongst those that champion our arts, film and cultural sectors!
A good day. A big day. A good day.
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A good day. A big day. A good day.
I'm proud to have been on the judging panel that selected Yumna Kassab as the inaugural Parramatta Laureate in Literature.
And I'm pleased she is getting recognition for an epic work. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
And I'm pleased she is getting recognition for an epic work. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Meet the author who wrote a dictionary about Parramatta
Yumna Kassab, the inaugural Parramatta Laureate in Literature, has used an unconventional medium to describe life in the suburb.
www.smh.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I'm proud to have been on the judging panel that selected Yumna Kassab as the inaugural Parramatta Laureate in Literature.
And I'm pleased she is getting recognition for an epic work. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
And I'm pleased she is getting recognition for an epic work. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
So grateful for the wonderful Kate Fagan, who was my partner-in- literature when I was the Cultural Strategist at City of Parramatta and creating the Laureate in Literature program.
It was hugely challenging and incredibly rewarding to create this opportunity for a writer.
It was hugely challenging and incredibly rewarding to create this opportunity for a writer.
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
So grateful for the wonderful Kate Fagan, who was my partner-in- literature when I was the Cultural Strategist at City of Parramatta and creating the Laureate in Literature program.
It was hugely challenging and incredibly rewarding to create this opportunity for a writer.
It was hugely challenging and incredibly rewarding to create this opportunity for a writer.
One of the greatest issues we are facing as Australians at the moment is "what are we talking about?"
Are we quoting our poets?
Are we discussing the latest new Australian play?
Are we engaging with questions of philosophy?
Or
are we talking about real estate and growing wealth?
Are we quoting our poets?
Are we discussing the latest new Australian play?
Are we engaging with questions of philosophy?
Or
are we talking about real estate and growing wealth?
October 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
One of the greatest issues we are facing as Australians at the moment is "what are we talking about?"
Are we quoting our poets?
Are we discussing the latest new Australian play?
Are we engaging with questions of philosophy?
Or
are we talking about real estate and growing wealth?
Are we quoting our poets?
Are we discussing the latest new Australian play?
Are we engaging with questions of philosophy?
Or
are we talking about real estate and growing wealth?
Wonderful for NSW to finally have its own Writing and Literature Strategy - "Stories Matter" is a three year strategy to best support our $1.3B industry. www.nsw.gov.au/departments-...
Stories Matter: A Writing and Literature Strategy for NSW
Making NSW a smart, creative state where writers and readers flourish.
www.nsw.gov.au
October 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Wonderful for NSW to finally have its own Writing and Literature Strategy - "Stories Matter" is a three year strategy to best support our $1.3B industry. www.nsw.gov.au/departments-...
Questions I asked a publisher today at Parramatta's Lit! Industry Day about things that impact his decision making when. Considering a manuscript to be published...
#ozlit
#ozlit
September 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Questions I asked a publisher today at Parramatta's Lit! Industry Day about things that impact his decision making when. Considering a manuscript to be published...
#ozlit
#ozlit
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Friday is Parramatta’s Lit! “Industry Day”: all welcome and free to attend - it should be a great arvo! @parramattaslit.bsky.social @augustasupple.com #ParramattasLit
September 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Friday is Parramatta’s Lit! “Industry Day”: all welcome and free to attend - it should be a great arvo! @parramattaslit.bsky.social @augustasupple.com #ParramattasLit
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Really loved this conversation. It was fascinating hearing industry professionals speak frankly about the state of modern publishing and how they each contribute to it, both machinery and soul. Insightful, honest, sincere. Top marks for the discussion and event overall @augustasupple.com!
September 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Really loved this conversation. It was fascinating hearing industry professionals speak frankly about the state of modern publishing and how they each contribute to it, both machinery and soul. Insightful, honest, sincere. Top marks for the discussion and event overall @augustasupple.com!
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Did someone say "sustainable careers for writers"? Parramatta’s Lit! "Industry Day" is on the horizon, part of @augustasupple.com's collaborative, grassroots festival of Australian writing #ParramattasLit
August 24, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Did someone say "sustainable careers for writers"? Parramatta’s Lit! "Industry Day" is on the horizon, part of @augustasupple.com's collaborative, grassroots festival of Australian writing #ParramattasLit
I'm not sure about the stuff on Substack.
As I get older and with the prevalence of AI, I prefer the analogue.
Substack kind of sucks.
Except for this. This Substack post from David Maney. I think it's perfect. (At least for me in this moment.)
open.substack.com/pub/davidman...
As I get older and with the prevalence of AI, I prefer the analogue.
Substack kind of sucks.
Except for this. This Substack post from David Maney. I think it's perfect. (At least for me in this moment.)
open.substack.com/pub/davidman...
Hi David. You don’t know me
a text from a stranger
open.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I'm not sure about the stuff on Substack.
As I get older and with the prevalence of AI, I prefer the analogue.
Substack kind of sucks.
Except for this. This Substack post from David Maney. I think it's perfect. (At least for me in this moment.)
open.substack.com/pub/davidman...
As I get older and with the prevalence of AI, I prefer the analogue.
Substack kind of sucks.
Except for this. This Substack post from David Maney. I think it's perfect. (At least for me in this moment.)
open.substack.com/pub/davidman...
All Lit Up!
An evening of true stories told by Western Sydney writers: KT Major, Linda Atkins, Paris Rosemont, Jelena Curic, Shondelle Pratt, Augusta Supple.
$25
11 Sept, 6pm
PHIVE, Parramatta Square
Parramatta's Lit! and @sydneyfringe
sydneyfringe.com/events/all-l...
An evening of true stories told by Western Sydney writers: KT Major, Linda Atkins, Paris Rosemont, Jelena Curic, Shondelle Pratt, Augusta Supple.
$25
11 Sept, 6pm
PHIVE, Parramatta Square
Parramatta's Lit! and @sydneyfringe
sydneyfringe.com/events/all-l...
August 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
All Lit Up!
An evening of true stories told by Western Sydney writers: KT Major, Linda Atkins, Paris Rosemont, Jelena Curic, Shondelle Pratt, Augusta Supple.
$25
11 Sept, 6pm
PHIVE, Parramatta Square
Parramatta's Lit! and @sydneyfringe
sydneyfringe.com/events/all-l...
An evening of true stories told by Western Sydney writers: KT Major, Linda Atkins, Paris Rosemont, Jelena Curic, Shondelle Pratt, Augusta Supple.
$25
11 Sept, 6pm
PHIVE, Parramatta Square
Parramatta's Lit! and @sydneyfringe
sydneyfringe.com/events/all-l...
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Wir leben in einer Welt, worin ein Narr viele Narren, aber ein weiser Mann nur wenige Weise macht.
▪️Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
▪️Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
August 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Wir leben in einer Welt, worin ein Narr viele Narren, aber ein weiser Mann nur wenige Weise macht.
▪️Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
▪️Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
I have been awarded an extraordinary opportunity to pursue my work as a playwright and dramaturg internationally thanks to support from a Next Steps Professional Development Grant from Create NSW.
As such I have resigned from the Board of Vitagraph Publishing, which I co-founded 2 years ago...
As such I have resigned from the Board of Vitagraph Publishing, which I co-founded 2 years ago...
August 17, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I have been awarded an extraordinary opportunity to pursue my work as a playwright and dramaturg internationally thanks to support from a Next Steps Professional Development Grant from Create NSW.
As such I have resigned from the Board of Vitagraph Publishing, which I co-founded 2 years ago...
As such I have resigned from the Board of Vitagraph Publishing, which I co-founded 2 years ago...
Next month in Parramatta, I'll be leading a playwriting workshop on the Raffetys stage at the @RiversideParra as part of #ParramattasLit!
DETAILS:
Cost: $25
Duration: 2 hours
Date: 2nd September, 2025
Time: 6pm
Bookings: boxoffice.riversideparramatta.com.au/WebPages/Ent...
DETAILS:
Cost: $25
Duration: 2 hours
Date: 2nd September, 2025
Time: 6pm
Bookings: boxoffice.riversideparramatta.com.au/WebPages/Ent...
August 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Next month in Parramatta, I'll be leading a playwriting workshop on the Raffetys stage at the @RiversideParra as part of #ParramattasLit!
DETAILS:
Cost: $25
Duration: 2 hours
Date: 2nd September, 2025
Time: 6pm
Bookings: boxoffice.riversideparramatta.com.au/WebPages/Ent...
DETAILS:
Cost: $25
Duration: 2 hours
Date: 2nd September, 2025
Time: 6pm
Bookings: boxoffice.riversideparramatta.com.au/WebPages/Ent...
Delighted to be included in the Future of Women in Western Sydney Summit speaking about arts, culture and creative industries Entrepreneurship on the 4th Sept in Blacktown.
For tickets and more information - check out: westernsydneysummit.com.au
#westernsydney #artsandculture
For tickets and more information - check out: westernsydneysummit.com.au
#westernsydney #artsandculture
August 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Delighted to be included in the Future of Women in Western Sydney Summit speaking about arts, culture and creative industries Entrepreneurship on the 4th Sept in Blacktown.
For tickets and more information - check out: westernsydneysummit.com.au
#westernsydney #artsandculture
For tickets and more information - check out: westernsydneysummit.com.au
#westernsydney #artsandculture
My room with a view in Ojai - the most incredible gift of time and space to listen, connect and write during the Ojai Playwrights Conference and Festival.
July 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
My room with a view in Ojai - the most incredible gift of time and space to listen, connect and write during the Ojai Playwrights Conference and Festival.
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Just leaving this one here... #hottest100 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N5a...
The Triffids - Wide Open Road (1986)
YouTube video by Domino Recording Co.
www.youtube.com
July 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Just leaving this one here... #hottest100 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N5a...
Incredible to be at the Ojai Playwrights Conference in California for the 2025 Summer Conference and New Works Festival - with an incredible company of artists and staff- all passionately committed to being in the service of new plays.
#newplaydevelopment #newwork
#ojaiplaywrightsconference
#newplaydevelopment #newwork
#ojaiplaywrightsconference
July 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Incredible to be at the Ojai Playwrights Conference in California for the 2025 Summer Conference and New Works Festival - with an incredible company of artists and staff- all passionately committed to being in the service of new plays.
#newplaydevelopment #newwork
#ojaiplaywrightsconference
#newplaydevelopment #newwork
#ojaiplaywrightsconference
A fair articulation of the importance of criticism being more than opinion - it is context in all its dimensions, writ large.
A few thoughts about the NYT critics shakeup: Theater is one of the hardest of all disciplines to cover as a critic (or reporter). You need to know its language and history. And there's a ton you can and should do to educate yourself. But you can never "catch up." You can't see what you didn't see.>
July 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A fair articulation of the importance of criticism being more than opinion - it is context in all its dimensions, writ large.
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Director @augustasupple.com's swell new festival: "Parramatta’s Lit! is about celebrating our local literary community – the authors, readers and publishers that are dedicated to sharing stories – and who are putting Parramatta on the global map" www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...
Parramatta’s Lit! festival launched | Books+Publishing
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July 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Director @augustasupple.com's swell new festival: "Parramatta’s Lit! is about celebrating our local literary community – the authors, readers and publishers that are dedicated to sharing stories – and who are putting Parramatta on the global map" www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...
We are in the last weeks of Vitagraph Publishing's EOFY Fundraising Campaign via the Australian Cultural Fund!
100% of funds raised go directly to writers. And every donation is fully tax deductible!
We appreciate your support.
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
100% of funds raised go directly to writers. And every donation is fully tax deductible!
We appreciate your support.
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
June 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
We are in the last weeks of Vitagraph Publishing's EOFY Fundraising Campaign via the Australian Cultural Fund!
100% of funds raised go directly to writers. And every donation is fully tax deductible!
We appreciate your support.
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
100% of funds raised go directly to writers. And every donation is fully tax deductible!
We appreciate your support.
artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...
It's that time of year, when a donation to an arts organisation means a warm, happy glow and great works continue to flow in our cultural community. It's why I've chosen to donate to Story Factory Parramatta.
For more info on how to make a donation: www.storyfactory.org.au/donate/
For more info on how to make a donation: www.storyfactory.org.au/donate/
Donate - Story Factory
Help young people engage with their education and develop the confidence and skills to build a positive future.
www.storyfactory.org.au
June 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It's that time of year, when a donation to an arts organisation means a warm, happy glow and great works continue to flow in our cultural community. It's why I've chosen to donate to Story Factory Parramatta.
For more info on how to make a donation: www.storyfactory.org.au/donate/
For more info on how to make a donation: www.storyfactory.org.au/donate/
Congratulations to Ivor Indyk for being honoured today in the King's Birthday Honour roll: awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his service to Australian Literature (incl as editor @giramondobooks.bsky.social #SydneyReviewofBooks #HeatLiteraryJournal & @westernsydneyu.bsky.social)
June 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Congratulations to Ivor Indyk for being honoured today in the King's Birthday Honour roll: awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his service to Australian Literature (incl as editor @giramondobooks.bsky.social #SydneyReviewofBooks #HeatLiteraryJournal & @westernsydneyu.bsky.social)
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One for your calendars: two shining stars of the OZ literary firmament are sharing the stage! Namely Angela O'Keeffe is interviewing @eleytherius.bsky.social regarding her (stunning!) new novel at Kinokuniya on July 17 events.humanitix.com/an-evening-w...
An Evening with Michelle Johnston | The Revisionists
Join us for an evening with Michelle Johnston as she discusses her new book, 'The Revisionists'.
events.humanitix.com
June 6, 2025 at 6:28 AM
One for your calendars: two shining stars of the OZ literary firmament are sharing the stage! Namely Angela O'Keeffe is interviewing @eleytherius.bsky.social regarding her (stunning!) new novel at Kinokuniya on July 17 events.humanitix.com/an-evening-w...