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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 1h

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.

Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 2d

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?

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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 13d

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

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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · Sep 5

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

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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · Sep 3

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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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · Sep 5

So glad you could make it...
A truly special opportunity to have both Ivor Indyk of @giramondobooks.bsky.social and Geordie Williamson speak so honestly and beautifully about what they do, how, and why...

Thank you for being there as a witness to this beautiful conversation.

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · Sep 5

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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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · Aug 24

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

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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · Aug 21

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...

Hi David. You don’t know me

a text from a stranger

open.substack.com

Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · Aug 17

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...

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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · Aug 17

Almost...

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GOETHE @jwvgoethe.bsky.social · Aug 16

Wir leben in einer Welt, worin ein Narr viele Narren, aber ein weiser Mann nur wenige Weise macht.

▪️Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · Aug 17

Now it's time for me to focus on my own writing.

I wish Anthony Uhlmann, Bill Dunbar and Benjamin Muir all the best with Vitagraph Publishing projects into the future!

... And I'm out!
#VitagraphPublishing #WrittenOff #WesternSydneyVoices #WomenWriters #Playwright #ArtsLeadership #Farewell

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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · Aug 17

While on the Board I :
* Contributed to Written Off as a writer & emcee
* Raised over $50K for writers and Written Off projects
* Built partnerships with the Chau Chak Wing Museum, Australian Cultural Fund, Firstdraft and Westwords
*Championed women writers and Western Sydney voices

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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · Aug 17

I've learnt a lot about publishing and the industry thanks to the magical @thebooksdesk.bsky.social, writers fees and the editorial process from Nick Tapper at Giramondo! it's been a steep and interesting learning curve. I'm grateful to have had the chance to tinker under the hood of Oz Publishing.

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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · Aug 17

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...

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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · Aug 14

Lucky to have had his voice and perspective.

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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · Aug 13

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...

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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · Aug 11

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

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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · Jul 27

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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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · Jul 26

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

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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · Jul 24

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

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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · Jul 16

A fair articulation of the importance of criticism being more than opinion - it is context in all its dimensions, writ large.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · Jul 16

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.>

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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · Jul 14

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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www.booksandpublishing.com.au

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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · Jun 9

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...

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