Victoria Purman

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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category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript.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.

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Upcoming Events

THE MARRIAGE TRAP book launch

The Regal Theatre, 275 Kensington Road, Kensington 6:30-8:30pm

Salisbury Library

Salisbury Community Hub Library, Salisbury 2-3pm

Marion Library

The Domain Theatre, Marion 6:30pm

When in Hobart, head directly to the @hobartbookshop to sign the author wall! Thanks for letting me add mine to your vast array.
A wonderful evening tonight at the Adelaide launch of @ruptured_book and I was delighted to meet one of the editors @leekofman. The book is shattering but important in amplifying the voices of Australian Jewish women and their experiences in a post October 7 world.
Saw this show @britishbabessongbook by @sadie.humphrey and her band at @adlfringe last night and it was a cracker! More shows this weekend. Get to it!
COVER REVEAL! My next book is out May 2026 and do you love the cover as much as I do?! 
Up now for pre-order if that's your thang. 😍 @harlequinaus
Kookaburra dancing in the backyard! #australia #kookaburra #birdsofinstagram #birdsofaustralia🐦

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