Victoria Purman
Ordinary women, extraordinary stories
For dates and booking links for appearances for the launch of The Marriage Trap, click here.
Victoria with international bestselling Australian author Chris Hammer at the Mudgee Readers Festival, 2025.
About Victoria
Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author
Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author and sought-after MC and Chair for author events. Her new book, The Marriage Trap, is published in Australia in May 2026. She is a regular guest at writers festivals, a mentor and workshop presenter across Australia, and has judged the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. In her role as an MC, she has interviewed numerous New York times bestselling and Australian bestselling authors. You’ll find information about Victoria’s books here and she can be contacted at victoria@victoriapurman.com.
Don’t tell Maisie but I’m cheating on her with this adorable Westie this weekend. Tildie is very sweet. ... See MoreSee Less
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Things authors do while waiting to hear back from their publisher about their next book #234. I’m cleaning out the pantry cupboards and trying to find the most out of date thing in the drawers. I may have hit the jackpot 🤣 ... See MoreSee Less
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On a very rainy day it was a pleasure to pop into the little book haven The Raven's Parlour Bookstore in Tanunda in the Barossa Valley. I signed all their copies of THE MARRIAGE TRAP so pop in and pick one up! ... See MoreSee Less
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I had a fab chat with Cheryl Akle for Better Reading when I was in Sydney a few weeks ago. Have a listen! ... See MoreSee Less
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Book sale! If you haven’t picked up a copy of THE MARRIAGE TRAP yet, Booktopia is having a sale at the moment and it’s only $19.99! I can highly recommend it 😁 ... See MoreSee Less
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Have you read THE SISTERS OF SERENDIB? I really loved it - the story, the language and especially how it took me into a world and experiences so different from my own. Our migration stories might be seventy years apart but Ayesha Inoon captures so much about the experience that resonated with me. ... See MoreSee Less
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Sixty two years today the Beatles took Adelaide by storm! If you’ve read THE MARRIAGE TRAP you’ll know that young Evelyn wags school to go and see them at the Adelaide Town Hall. What a day! Did you see the band when they came to Australia? ... See MoreSee Less
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Adelaide readers - here's one not to miss. I'm excited to be part of an event to celebrate 60 years of Unley Libraries on Sunday July 19. (How much do we love llibraries!) Come along to hear me, Hannah Kent, Adam Cece and Danny Snell talk books and writing. ... See MoreSee Less
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Congratulations Lorna and Nerelle! You've won the copies of ONLY WE KNOW and SOMEONE LIKE YOU, two of my older books that are out of print now and really hard to find! I've emailed you both. ... See MoreSee Less
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