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category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript.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.
Newsletter book winners! Rachel from Victoria has won a copy of THE SISTERS OF SERENDIB by Ayesha Inoon, Bridget from SA has won Arianne James' DAUGHTERS OF THE TIDE and Tracy from SA has won OUT OF THE BLUE by Penelope Janu Author. There were so many entries this month! Sign up to my newsletter if you haven't already to be in the running every month for my book giveaways. You can do that from my website. Congratulations to the winners - I've read two of them and Penelope Janu Author's is next on my list because she's one of my must read authors. Happy reading everyone! (And if you're a winner, check you email). ... See MoreSee Less
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My ABC interview from yesterday is now up online! Scroll forward to the 2hr mark and you'll hear all about THE MARRIAGE TRAP, the Pill and the time the Beatles came to Adelaide...
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Did you send a text message to ABC Adelaide’s Jo Laverty this afternoon during my interview about THE MARRIAGE TRAINING? If you did and you see this, THANK YOU. It was a fabulous discussion and so many people texted in saying they loved this book and many of my others that they couldn’t read them all on air! I’m so grateful to all of you. And since I am a complete doofus and left my phone at home I don’t have a photo of the interview! So here’s one of me with some of books 📚 😁❤️ ... See MoreSee Less
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Crafters! I went to a crochet class this afternoon with a dear friend to refresh the very basic crochet skills my mum taught me when I was a girl. And look what happened! My first granny square! Thanks to Pauline at Yarn Pig in Melrose Park in Adelaide for her patience 😁🧶 ... See MoreSee Less
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I know some readers have been looking for this one - but it’s out of print now and hard to find. I’m going to give this one away to one of my newsletter subscribers, so if you’re not signed up, and want to be in the chance to win this book, sign up now! (It’s easy to do from my website). ... See MoreSee Less
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My book tour for THE MARRIAGE TRAP is over! Thank you to readers, booksellers, librarians all over the country and my incredible team @harlequinaus and the stellar, legendary @benson_publicity. ❤️🙏🥰📕 ... See MoreSee Less
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CHECK YOUR INBOX! I’ve just sent out my May newsletter. If you’re not signed up, you can do that easily from my website 🥰 ... See MoreSee Less
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