Parramatta's Lit!

Parramatta’s Lit! is a new community-led literary festival celebrating the stories and storytellers, writers, publishers, and book lovers of Parramatta. Presented as part of the Sydney Fringe 2025, the festival is designed to uplift local voices, activate cultural spaces, and champion Western Sydney’s diverse literary talent. Taking place from 1-29 September 2025, Parramatta’s Lit! brings together a bold program of live readings, panel discussions, book and zine fairs, masterclasses, performances, and public events. The curatorium includes local writing groups, publishers, educators, artists, historians, and First Nations leaders who shape a program reflective of Parramatta’s unique cultural identity. Our mission: To amplify Parramatta’s literary voices, activate the creative economy, and foster inclusive, intergenerational participation through literature. Our values: Collegiate. Fun. Thoughtful. Open. What we do: Connect writers with audiences, publishers, and industry Empower multilingual, multicultural, First Nations and youth voices Collaborate with venues, councils, and education partners Elevate Parramatta’s status as a literary city Led by Festival Director Augusta Supple, Parramatta’s Lit! is locally embedded, nationally ambitious and globally connected. We invite partnerships that align with our values and support the development of a vibrant, sustainable literary ecosystem in Western Sydney.