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Augusta Supple

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Cultural crusader/ arts activist/ writer/ strategist/ intellectual/ theatre obsessive/ publisher/ man-loving feminist/ provocateur/ romantic. www.augustasupple.com

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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 24/09/2026
Thanks to @melbcityoflit for coming along to the Parramatta's Lit! UNESCO City of Literature Roundtable last Friday and sharing insights and dry, dry, DRY wit with us! Thank you also to Susan from City of Literature Hobart office for beaming in to offer support!
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 22/09/2026
I am absolutely beyond thrilled to have the support of the SBW Foundation for Parramatta's Lit! Play Development Program in 2027! Thank you to the @sbwfoundation for their generosity and vision in supporting new Australian play development in Western Sydney!
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 20/09/2026
Positioning myself as agent provocateur in conversation with two literary agents... It's bound to be an interesting conversation! Monday 28 September 2026 6:30pm-7:30pm Active Wellness Studio Level 1, PHIVE, 5 Parramatta Square FREE Registration recconended
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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Not mentioned by Sam, but "Parramatta's Lit!" starts again this week (for its 2nd year), a really committed attempt by @augustasupple.com to strengthen and celebrate Western Sydney's lit culture in collaboration with the Baramadagal (on whose country the festival takes place) paramattaslit.com/
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Parramatta's Lit!
Developed in consultation with Baramadagal Cultural Knowledge Holders in Parramatta for Western Sydney's writers and readers.
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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
How cool that @pipadam.bsky.social's kluge is the #3 bestselling fiction title in NZ right now! (punters maybe do have an appetite for bold experimental work like this after all!) newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/28/t...
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This week's bestselling books - August 28
The latest NielsenIQ BOokScan chart of NZ books, plus win the new memoir by national hero Mark Law
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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
So some of us were mighty curious about this not being announced, so good old B&P have leapt into action & presto! I really hope this money will lead to more bold commissioning, and higher advances to OZ authors www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...
Writing OZ funding of Oz publishers
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 17/08/2026
I didn't know this was a life achievement I've always wanted, until it happened. I'm in a dictionary! Thanks to Yumna Kassab's Parramatta: Dictionary of Place and Memory.
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 17/08/2026
So... you're putting together a literary festival to showcase the talents of local artists ... Cool. Here's my hot tips: Go easy on yourself you're just there to help Wear your favourite band t-shirt for comfort and strength. It's ok once you're done with your emails to drink a beer in the shower.
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 16/08/2026
An incredible day at Hambledon Cottage with the playwrights of The Parramatta Play Project Workshop learning about the history and the legacies of this place. Thanks to our tour guide Les (the President of the Historical Society) for the opportunity to discover the delights of the Cottage!
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Australian Society of Authors @asauthors.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Do you want to nail your pitch to publishers and literary agents? Our four-week Pitch Perfect course is designed to teach you how. To find out more and to book please visit: www.asauthors.org.au/events/pitch...
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 08/08/2026
So excited to announce the playwriting cohort for The Parramatta Play Project Workshop. 🩵Sunny Grace 🩵Linh Pham 🩵Josephine Lee 🩵Pirie Outridge 🩵Dilroop Khangura 🩵Kate Jirelle 🩵Kobra Sayyadi For more info on the project please check out: parramattaplayproject.com/project-2-wo...
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 05/08/2026
I'm bringing together leaders in the Australian literature sectors for a big discussion as part of Parramatta's Lit! Who are the "must have" people to be invited to this table? (The Champions/ Changemakers/Culture Shapers) I'm keen to hear your thoughts on who, and why. #ParramattasLitRoundtable
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 05/08/2026
Hey Ku-ring-gai Council... Have you heard? The community wants their theatre back! #saveMarianStreetTheatre gofund.me/8016ab4a9
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Donate to URGENT: Save Marian St Theatre – We have until Sunday, organized by Jessica Blaxland Ashby
This is the most important week in Marian St Theatre's histor… Jessica Blaxland Ashby needs your support for URGENT: Save Marian St Theatre – We have until Sunday
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 01/08/2026
I've just read a much awaited Australian book. It's launching in August. I am always a little sad when a book doesn't "live" at the line level. When the book's language is without elegance, and knows neither muscle nor grunt. There is no sweat or steam. I am aggrieved.
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 29/07/2026
I am proud of my typos... I always have been. I made them. www.wired.com/story/more-t...
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More Typos, Fewer Em Dashes: Writers Are Creating an Anti-AI ‘Literary Counterculture’
Novelists, journalists, and power LinkedIn posters are embracing first-person narratives and idiosyncrasies to avoid being mistaken for chat bots.
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 29/07/2026
"Words fall through me and always fool me/ And I can't react" music.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Gb...
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Falling Slowly
YouTube video by Glen Hansard - Topic
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 23/07/2026
NOW OPEN! Parramatta's Lit! is offering 11 Writers in Residence + 1 Editor in Residence for September 2026. $500 residency stipend for writers / $1,000 Editor in Residence Hosted by leading literary & cultural orgs in Parramatta Apply by 13 Aug 2026 parramattaslit.com/in-residence...
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 15/07/2026
I want to confess. I am 46 years old. I have an infinite capacity to listen to and to tell stories. But I have no idea who would win in a fight between a bear and a lion.
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 06/07/2026
NEWSFLASH! Women theatre artists and production crew of Australia - you are finally able to rest! You will not be inconvenienced by having a job! Unlike the movie it was based on (Jaws) The Shark is Broken will only be hiring 1 woman for this show! More details here www.sharkisbroken.com.au
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The Shark is Broken | Australia
The Shark is Broken is coming to Melbourne and Sydney in 2026! Tickets are on sale now. This extraordinary play takes you behind the scenes of the making of JAWS. Co-written by Ian Shaw. son of JAWS a...
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 01/07/2026
The @asauthors.bsky.social CEO is in Canberra today fighting against the ongoing theft of our books, stories, and illustrations to feed LLMs. Sign the open letter from Australia’s creatives: www.surveymonkey.com/r/WBXGKN7
A message from the Creators Group
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 27/06/2026
www.smh.com.au/culture/thea...
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Three generations of Jessica’s family have waited for this theatre’s revival. Now it’s been mothballed
Playwright David Williamson has called out a council’s funding of sporting ovals while delaying a start on a new home for Marian Street Theatre.
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 27/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Anna Funder: ‘I clearly didn’t know what I was doing … but always knew I was going to write’
The writer and newly installed University of Sydney professor on the lure of Berlin, authors versus AI, and writing ‘from a place of admiration’
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 25/06/2026
I'm at the launch of Madness Then & Now by Roby Raeburn and Claire Chang, the history of Australia's second Lunatic Asylum in Liverpool. Launched at Liverpool Library, published by Liverpool City Council. Fascinating to hear about the influences of Madness on the colony of Australia.
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 21/06/2026
When "done" is better than "ready" We all lose out. Artists are treated like machines, and audiences left wondering if the whole point was to sit above the art judging it not in it, experiencing it. How many times does this happen in Oz Theatre? All.The. Time. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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Australia is publishing books too quickly – and everyone is losing out
Thanks to rushed deadlines, financial pressure and overworked staff, titles are going to market before they’re ready – and then sliding from view immediately
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 17/06/2026
"Reading is having a moment,’ according to Tinder. But do its users actually appreciate books, or just talk about them to get dates?" Asks @theguardian.com
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Booksmaxxing: how reading became sexy
‘Reading is having a moment,’ according to Tinder. But do its users actually appreciate books, or just talk about them to get dates?
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 14/06/2026
I think what confuses people so much is when someone is doing something not for money, but for the cultural good or the social/artistic good. Those that treat art like a transaction and not a relationship completely miss the point of art.
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 12/06/2026
I think there has been such a cultural and social shift because of the harmful pokies of the past - as a nation we have become greedy and selfish hoarders. I don't think there is anything clever about creating mortgage stress and a housing crisis - for our fellow citizens.
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 03/06/2026
Such a lovely night at the WonderPlay Studio May Writers' Residency Readings, sharing a couple of excerpts from my new full length play, Three Reasons Why. Thanks to Jane Phegan and Julian Colman for adding voice and breath to my work - total legends!
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 23/05/2026
I am watching the Kylie Minogue Doco and I must admit that I feel strangely moved and in awe of her. And in an era of cynicism and sarcasm, there is something incredible about a person who is that particular shade of sunshine and vulnerability.
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 18/05/2026
What a gift it is to spend time with this gentleman - his strength & kindness, good-natured humour & infuriating consistency. I soak in his kindness, his calm, his wit. If you can, friends, get yourself a @thebooksdesk.bsky.social to work alongside, to plot, plan & imagine with...It is liberating!
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Jimusic @jimusic.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Dire Straits released their fifth studio album “Brothers in Arms” on this day in 1985. It would become the first album to sell over one million copies in CD format. Thoughts? Favourite tracks? #DireStraits
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 16/05/2026
Tourism, diplomacy and the arts... themusic.com.au/industry/del...
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Delta Goodrem Funding Underlines Economics Of Eurovision
As Australia readies itself to watch another year of Eurovision, we've received another insight into how the economics of Eurovision operate.
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 10/05/2026
I’m delighted to be leading the Lake Macquarie Play Project Workshops as part of this year’s Dobell Festival thanks to the incredible support of Lake Macquarie City Council Over 2 half days we will be generating new material inspired by place & community. Register: www.lakemac.com.au/Events-direc...
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 05/05/2026
Great men of Industry - @thebooksdesk.bsky.social and the mighty Wayne Marshall post celebratory launch of Henry Goes Bush published by @picadorbooks.bsky.social
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 05/05/2026
Last Saturday I was honoured to receive recognition for my support and dedication to the writing community of the Romanian and Australian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry and Prose, led by Mihaela Cristescu at The State Library of New South Wales.
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 04/05/2026
Looking forward to spending some time in a gorgeous artist-led space where the needs of artists are prioritised and creativity is nurtured. #writerinresidence
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 04/05/2026
I'm so pleased to be selected as an inaugural Writer in Residence at WonderPlay Studio on William Street, Darlinghurst. #writerinresidence
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 30/04/2026
Archibald prize 2026 finalists: Virginia Trioli, Jan Fran, Ahmed al-Ahmed and more – in pictures www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Archibald prize 2026 finalists: Virginia Trioli, Jan Fran, Ahmed al-Ahmed and more – in pictures
More than 1,000 portraits have been whittled down to 59 finalists for this year’s Archibald. Here is a selection
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 30/04/2026
"As the sun sets, the moon rises and the birds call the stars out of hiding I'm breathing in insect songs Breathing out stringy barks Turning right at no left turns And keeping on at keeping on" Thanks to @thebooksdesk.bsky.social for taking me on our evening constitutional!
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 30/04/2026
Shout out: @thebooksdesk.bsky.social was an excellent official theatre "+1" last week: 🤍 New Aussie play "The Roaches & The Boot" @ FlightPathTheatre 🤍An Urdu/English Aussie play "KaMeeNi" by Abida Malik 🤍 The River @sydneyoperahouse.bsky.social 🤍 My Brilliant Career @sydneytheatreco.bsky.social
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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Street art in the lane alongside Cairo Takeaway, Newtown, Sydney
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 27/03/2026
I'm celebrating Australian plays (and Playwrights) on #worldtheatreday How many Australian playwrights can you name?
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 08/03/2026
Please wish the lovely @thebooksdesk.bsky.social a very happy birthday! I like to say he's now only 12 years off turning 70! Happy birthday darling! And raise a pint of dark beer for me!
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 05/03/2026
Power, patriarchy, victimhood, denial: three experts on why men hurt women www.theguardian.com/society/arti...
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Power, patriarchy, victimhood, denial: three experts on why men hurt women
Violence against women has many social factors, but it’s not just a ‘bad man’ problem: it’s a whole-of-society problem
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 05/03/2026
Ok... So this is a proud girlfriend moment - the magnificent @thebooksdesk.bsky.social waving the flag for Australian authors at the London Book Fair! (Super excited for #westernsydney debut author Linda Atkins!) (And proud to be Mr Shaw's Unofficial photographer!)
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 03/03/2026
When the Ockhams prove your fella has excellent taste, you trust his appraisal of even "the good icecream" a little more.
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 17/02/2026
Happy Lunar New Year dear ones... Don't forget to have fun on the way to your inevitable success! youtu.be/lGWv_WkdawU?...
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Wild Horses-Gino Vannelli (Videoclip)
YouTube video by Christian Astengo
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 11/02/2026
Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Announced today: the "The Oz Publishing and Promotion Fund" to "support publishers who take creative risks in discovering, developing & promoting Oz writers" + "payments to authors of niche titles with limited commercial potential despite high cultural or lit value" creative.gov.au/investments-...
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Australian Publishing and Promotion Fund 2026–27
The Australian Publishing and Promotion Fund aims to support a viable publishing ecosystem that contributes quality literature to the richness and diversity of Australian culture.
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Augusta Supple @augustasupple.com · 28/01/2026
A reminder...
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