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Kelly Rimmer, Victoria Purman and Nicole Alexander have conjured various characters across their many books. Greg Johnston examines their inspiration for key characters, the methods used to fully develop them, whether unexpected plot twists arose when placing them in predicaments, and if their creations took on a life of their own once delivered to readers. Imagining the Past is listed in the Top 25 Historical Fiction Podcasts.  

Best selling author Victoria Purman joins Kevin to talk about her latest novel 'The Radio Hour,' a nostalgic trip back to the golden days of radio. This is the story of Martha Berry, a reluctant hero, who emerges from the backroom to the spotlight at a pivotal time of change. It's 1956 and radio was under threat as Australians welcomed television into their homes.       And it is thanks to our podcast partners CSCG. When it comes to the world of finance, change is constant, whether it is tax, super, loans or the share market. The best people to help you navigate your way through all the change and make the most of your hard work is the team from CSCG. Call them on 03-9974 8333 or visit their website cscg.com.au to find out more about the range of services they offer.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet author Victoria Purman, an accomplished historical fiction writer, who delves into her research and writing process, the inspiration behind her latest book The Radio Hour. Victoria offers valuable writing tips and the episode provides a deep dive into her journey, character development, and practical advice for aspiring writers. 00:00 Welcome to Episode 61402:42 Upcoming webinar: Matching Style to Genre04:37 Nat Newman's writing tip of the week12:14 Competition: Win Highway 13 by Fiona McFarlane14:23 Word of the week: Cacography17:21 Interview with Victoria Purman25:49 Exploring the creative process26:59 Researching historical context29:33 The journey to becoming an author32:03 Teaching and learning writing33:07 Writing routines and challenges36:40 Character development insights41:43 Setting and location research49:06 Finding inspiration for stories53:28 Top writing tips for aspiring authors55:35 Fun Fact and conclusion Read the show notes Connect with Valerie and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | ValerieKhoo.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peeling back the veneer of the New York art scene, Bri Lee takes readers into the background world that fuels the industry. ‘The Work' follows the lives of two protagonists from vastly different backgrounds: gallery owner, Lally, and antiquities dealer, Patrick, as they each follow a path to success, but at what cost?  + Victoria Purman takes readers back to the golden years of radio broadcasting in post-war Australia, to the post war world when women were no longer content to sit in the background, instead stepping forward to write radio plays that held a nation captive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peeling back the veneer of the New York art scene, Bri Lee takes readers into the background world that fuels the industry. ‘The Work' follows the lives of two protagonists from vastly different backgrounds: gallery owner, Lally, and antiquities dealer, Patrick, as they each follow a path to success, but at what cost?  + Victoria Purman takes readers back to the golden years of radio broadcasting in post-war Australia, to the post war world when women were no longer content to sit in the background, instead stepping forward to write radio plays that held a nation captive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Final Draft podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love. These are the stories that make us who we are. Victoria Purman is a bestselling author in Australia and the US. Her historical fiction includes A Woman's Work, The Nurses' War, The Women's Pages, and The Land Girls. Victoria's new novel is The Radio Hour. The year is 1956. When Martha Berry started out at the national broadcaster nearly thirty years ago she couldn't imagine where it would take her… Not so far it turns out, as she shunts between jobs as secretary for men who wouldn't know one end of their pencils from the other if they didn't occasionally stick it in their… ear. Now Martha has been tasked with looking after the new wunderkind writer. He's been commissioned to create a new hit series but all he's got so far is a title. With television on the horizon, Martha refuses to believe that the days of the radio serial might be over. But if no one steps up to write As The Sun Sets, well the title might become more than a little prophetic! Final Draft is produced and presented by Andrew Pople Want more great conversations with Australian authors? Discover this and many more conversations on Final Draft every week from 2ser. Get in touch with Andrew and Final Draft. We love to hear about what you're reading! Twitter - https://twitter.com/finaldraft2ser  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/finaldraft2ser/  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/finaldraft2ser/ 

Victoria Purman is a bestselling author in Australia and the US. Her historical fiction includes A Woman's Work, The Nurses' War, The Women's Pages, and The Land Girls. Victoria's new novel is The Radio Hour. The year is 1956. When Martha Berry started out at the national broadcaster nearly thirty years ago she couldn't imagine where it would take her… Not so far it turns out, as she shunts between jobs as secretary for men who wouldn't know one end of their pencils from the other if they didn't occasionally stick it in their… ear. Now Martha has been tasked with looking after the new wunderkind writer. He's been commissioned to create a new hit series but all he's got so far is a title and a drinking problem. Martha loves the radio and she can't believe that its future could be in the hands of this buffoon. Someone has to step up and save As The Sun Sets, but could that someone possibly be Martha? The Radio Hour is a gorgeous evocation of the golden years of radio and a period of enormous transition as Australia prepares for television to debut on screens across the country. The conceit of the social transformation wrought by television is matched by the social rumblings wrought by the mass consumption of popular stories on the radio… When we meet Marha she is fifty years old and considered somehow left behind by a world that prides women only in the domestic sphere. Sexist attitudes are matched by sexist laws and even Martha's existence in government service is only supported by the fact she never married (married women were barred from working for the government). The Radio Hour cleverly illustrates this through Martha's friendship with ‘The Calendar Girls'. In the world of 1956 Australia April, May and June could equally be Martha's daughters or her peers and their work relationship fosters tremendous dialogue that explores the mores of this world, whilst pointing a way forward. Martha's is by no means the typical hero's journey but it's a journey she must undertake. Sexism and patriarchy may not look like your typical end level boss, or dragon guarding a mountain of treasure (but then maybe you're just not looking at it the right way!) In the world of the novel, radio serials are the communal fire the country gathers around. Martha loves them too much to see them fail and so she must undertake to rescue her hapless boss by writing As the Sun Sets herself. You can't be it if you can't see it and so Martha must simultaneously write herself into the story even as she crafts a narrative that opens up the Australian public to the modern world (or at least modern as it was in the 50's_ The Radio Hour unapologetically tugs at the heart strings as it follows Martha's creative journey. The novel doesn't hide her trajectory towards success, not does it pretend that Martha alone can fix the problems of a top-heavy masculine culture, that still predominates some seventy years later. Instead the novel revels in the power of stories to facilitate change, their power to show people a different world, or perhaps just the world they live in just without a prejudicial lens. 

Last year we welcomed New York Times bestselling author Natasha Lester for her first ever Adelaide author event! Listen to her conversation with Victoria Purman, where they discussed her latest book 'The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard'.

For this month's pod, we're sharing a recording of bestselling authors Victoria Purman, Sean Williams and Tricia Stringer talking about their publishing journey with Cath Keneally and Sarah Martin from the popular Tsundoku podcast. They talk about writing communities, agents, editors, contracts and all the other nitty-gritty details

Best-selling Australian authors, Sean Williams, Victoria Perman and Tricia Stringer, talk to Tsundoku's Sarah Martin and Cath Kenneally about their very different paths to literary success - Tricia dabbled in self-publishing, Victoria succeeded in speed dating a publisher and Sean tried the splatter gun approach with short stories. Victoria identified the single thread common to all three quests,  “ We all immersed ourselves in writing communities. We didn't sit at home and get a bit paranoid about whether it was good or not. We went to workshops, we befriended booksellers…there are places to go to connect with writers which was so important.” Tsundoku Podcast was delighted to convene this Marion Council “Meet the Author” Event in July 2023. Guests: Tricia Stringer is the bestselling author of six women's fiction titles, “Back on Track”, “Table for Eight”, “The Model Wife”, “The Family Inheritance”, “Birds of a Feather” and “Keeping Up Appearances”, three historical books set in South Australia's Flinders Ranges and seven rural romances. Sean Williams is the bestselling author of over one hundred short stories and fifty award-winning books including the “Books of the Cataclysm” and “The Resurrected Man”. He has also written several novels in the Star Wars universe, including the best-selling “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed”. Victoria Purman writes historical romance and is an Australian top ten and “USA Today” best-selling fiction author. Her books include “The Nurse's War', “The Women's Pages” and “Under the Outback Sky”  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Best-selling Australian authors, Sean Williams, Victoria Perman and Tricia Stringer, talk to Tsundoku's Sarah Martin and Cath Kenneally about their very different paths to literary success - Tricia dabbled in self-publishing, Victoria succeeded in speed dating a publisher and Sean tried the splatter gun approach with short stories. Victoria identified the single thread common to all three quests,  “ We all immersed ourselves in writing communities. We didn't sit at home and get a bit paranoid about whether it was good or not. We went to workshops, we befriended booksellers…there are places to go to connect with writers which was so important.” Tsundoku Podcast was delighted to convene this Marion Council “Meet the Author” Event in July 2023. Guests: Tricia Stringer is the bestselling author of six women's fiction titles, “Back on Track”, “Table for Eight”, “The Model Wife”, “The Family Inheritance”, “Birds of a Feather” and “Keeping Up Appearances”, three historical books set in South Australia's Flinders Ranges and seven rural romances. Sean Williams is the bestselling author of over one hundred short stories and fifty award-winning books including the “Books of the Cataclysm” and “The Resurrected Man”. He has also written several novels in the Star Wars universe, including the best-selling “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed”. Victoria Purman writes historical romance and is an Australian top ten and “USA Today” best-selling fiction author. Her books include “The Nurse's War', “The Women's Pages” and “Under the Outback Sky”  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Victoria Purman talks about the writing process for her novel A Woman's Work, an historical novel set in Melbourne in 1956.We discussed so many writing craft aspects including:- how a pamphlet in a second hand bookstore gave her the idea for the novel- how she fills the saggy middle of a novel- the importance of a first line- how her readers are a treasure trove of stories and ideas- her approach to backstory- the editing process- how she overcomes self-doubt EPISODE INCLUDES SOME SPOILERSYou'll find links to buy both paperback and ebook versions of A Woman's Work here.ABOUT VICTORIA PURMANVictoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Her 2023 novel, A Woman's Work, is out now. Her books The Nurses' War, The Women's Pages, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls have all been Australian bestsellers. Her earlier novel The Three Miss Allens was a USA Today bestseller. 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.Website: https://www.victoriapurman.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/VictoriaPurmanauthor/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Victoria-Purman-Author/132297233615790 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/VictoriaPurmanTo enter this month's competition, head to Writers Book Club Instagram or Facebook and look for the giveaway post.Order A Woman's Work by Victoria Purman here. Order Plum by Brendan Cowell here. This podcast is recorded on the beautiful, unceded lands of the Garigal people of the Eora nation.Full show notes available at writersbookclubpodcast.com

Listen to bestselling author Victoria Purman in conversation with author Mercedes Mercier discuss Victoria's new novel, “A Woman's Work”.

Rae Cairns talks about the writing process for her novel Dying To Know, a crime thriller. We discussed so many writing craft aspects including:- why she starts with theme, rather than plot or character- the research process- the power of a prologue done well- conventions of the crime thriller genre and how to meet readers' expectations- how a crime thriller should start- how to write page-turning chapter endings- an editing method that ensures a balance of tension and pacing- Rae took us through the opening of her novel and showed us, step-by-step, how she balanced the tension and pacing which was so helpful.You'll find links to buy both paperback and ebook versions of Dying To Know here.ABOUT RAE CAIRNSRae Cairns writes crime with heart: thrillers featuring everyday people facing extraordinary circumstances. Her debut novel The Good Mother was shortlisted for Best Debut Crime Fiction in the 2021 Ned Kelly Awards and longlisted for the 2021 Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards. It draws on her background as a youth worker in Northern Ireland during the final years of 'The Troubles'. Dying to Know, Rae's second novel, is a standalone Sydney based thriller and centres around a woman's determination to uncover what happened to her missing sister. Rae has also co-managed a crisis refuge for street children, worked as Program Director for the Sydney Olympic Youth Camp and holds a degree in Performing Arts.Website: https://www.raecairns.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raecairnswrites/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raecairnsauthor/To enter this month's competition, head to Writers Book Club Instagram or Facebook and look for the giveaway post.Order A Woman's Work by Victoria Purman here. Order Dying to Know by Rae Cairns here.This podcast is recorded on the beautiful, unceded lands of the Garigal people of the Eora nation.Full show notes available at writersbookclubpodcast.com

Moments before stepping onstage here at the Mount Gambier Library to launch her latest novel The Women's' Pages, internationally best selling Australian author and crowd favourite Victoria Purman joins us for the third instalment of the "Writers on the Road" series. Victoria, with her trademark warmth and humour, shares with us her fascinating research and writing processes, her inspiration, and a glimpse of life in 1950's Australia.

This month on Book Matters we have a Historical Fiction episode.  First up Janine talks to South Australian author Victoria Purman, where we find out all about her new novel “A Woman's Work'' which takes us back to Australia in the 1950's and the Australian Women's Weekly cooking competition, where two women have the possibility of a new kind of future.Then Carol speaks with well-known author Jackie French about her new novel "Becoming Mrs Mulberry" which is about the secrets we carry, those that we unearth - and those that are too dangerous to tell.And of course we have some more great book reviews from our staff here at the library.  https://www.connectedlibraries.org.auhttps://www.instagram.com/caseycardinialibraries/https://twitter.com/CasCarLibrarieshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2i9T4cx7vDpqmiRGbVse0g

Guest host, best selling historical fiction author Victoria Purnam chats to literary legend Jackie French about her new release Becoming Mrs Mulberry. Victoria is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Her 2022 novel, The Nurses' War, followed her 2019 book, The Women's Pages, was an Australian bestseller, as were her novels, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. Her earlier novel The Three Miss Allens was a USA Today bestseller. She is a regular guest at writers festivals, a mentor and workshop presenter across Australia, and her new book A Woman's Work is out in April 2023. Jackie French AM is an Australian author, historian,  ecologist  and honourary wombat (part time), 2014-2015 Australian Children' Laureate and 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. Some of Jackie's books have sold millions of copies and won over 60 awards in Australia and internationally. Others were eaten by the wombats. Jackie writes for adults, young adults, and even younger humans, on history, ecology, and she is patron of literacy programmes across Australia. Her new release Becoming Mrs Mulberry, is about the secrets we carry, those that we unearth - and those that are too dangerous to tell. Once impoverished medical student Agnes Glock is now the fabulously wealthy Mrs Mulberry. Her estate in the mountains is magnificent, a haven for those too ravaged by the Great War to cope with the society that first condemned them to battle and which now shuns them.The War has, however, stolen Agnes's chance to graduate as a doctor, as well as the fiance she adored. Her husband, Douglas Mulberry, remains shellshocked and unable to speak. Their scandalous marriage is a farce, an act of kindness to keep Douglas's fortune from his uncle's grasp.A chance visit to a circus brings about a mystery in the form of a fairylike child whose guardians claim was brought up by dingoes. The child cannot speak and seems deformed. But Agnes is inexplicably drawn to her and believes she can be cured.The decision to save the child will bring Agnes's lost fiance into her life again, as well as awaken the love of her husband who finds his voice as the three try to solve the mystery of the 'dingo girl'.Agnes has put aside her own life and the dreams she once had. But now she has choices, with the main question the hardest: Who is Mrs Agnes Mulberry? This is such a fabulous chat between two accomplished historical fiction authors with so much gold for both readers and writers. Grab a cuppa and join Victoria and Jackie on the Writes4Women Convo Couch.   SHOW NOTES: Writes4Women www.writes4women.com Facebook @writes4women Twitter / Instagram @w4wpodcast   W4W Patreon https://www.writes4women.com/support-us-on-patreon   Jackie French Website: click here Instagram: click here Facebook: click here Buy Becoming Mrs Mulberry here   Victoria Purman Website: click here Facebook: click here Instagram: click here Pre-order A Woman's Work here   Pamela Cook www.pamelacook.com.au Facebook: click here Twitter: click here  Instagram: click here   This episode produced by  Pamela Cook for Writes4Women on unceded Dharawal land            Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/writes4women?fan_landing=trueSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Victoria Purman is an Adelaide-based author whose books tend to be on the automatic-buy list for many readers - and with good reason. 'The Nurses' War' is Victoria's latest novel - released earlier this year by HarperCollins Australia. A stunning examination of the battle fought by Australian nurses against despair and death amid the carnage and bloodshed of World War 1. Such a compelling, insightful and poignant read, I simply had to chat with Victoria about it.

Writes4Women joins forces with Talking Aussie Books to talk all things Romance at the Romance Writers of Australia Conference in Fremantle 2022. Pamela Cook and Claudine Tinellis chat with authors whose work ranges from historical and contemporary fiction to crime and rural romance, romcoms and domestic thrillers. We wanted to know what being part of an organisation like the RWA meant to each of them and the impact it had on their respective journeys to publication. In this episode Pam chats to Lily Malone and Victoria Purman about their writing processes, favourite author crushes and most embarrassing moments as authors as well as their favourite podcasts and top tips for authors Happy listening.  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/writes4women?fan_landing=trueSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 1915. As war rages in Europe, Australian nurse, Sister Cora Barker, leaves her home in Adelaide for England, determined to make her own contribution. She arrives at Harefield House – a stately home donated by its expatriate Australian owners. There she helps transform it into a hospital that is also a little piece of home for recuperating Australian soldiers.As casualties mount, the hospital sends out a desperate call for help. Jessie Chester, a quiet young seamstress from Harefield village steps up as a volunteer. She meets Private Bert Mott, a recuperating Australian soldier, but the looming threat of his return to the Front hangs over them.Cora's and Jessie's hearts and lives hang in the balance as waves of injured and dying soldiers threaten to overwhelm the hospital. This is a war against despair and death, fought with science and love and at great personal cost.In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to Victoria Purman about the treasures housed in the Australian War Memorial archive, honouring the stories of real life war heroines within an epic work of historical fiction, and illuminating an important contribution to the annals of Australian history.

May 1915. As war rages in Europe, Australian nurse, Sister Cora Barker, leaves her home in Adelaide for England, determined to make her own contribution. She arrives at Harefield House – a stately home donated by its expatriate Australian owners. There she helps transform it into a hospital that is also a little piece of home for recuperating Australian soldiers. As casualties mount, the hospital sends out a desperate call for help. Jessie Chester, a quiet young seamstress from Harefield village steps up as a volunteer. She meets Private Bert Mott, a recuperating Australian soldier, but the looming threat of his return to the Front hangs over them. Cora's and Jessie's hearts and lives hang in the balance as waves of injured and dying soldiers threaten to overwhelm the hospital. This is a war against despair and death, fought with science and love and at great personal cost. In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to Victoria Purman about the treasures housed in the Australian War Memorial archive, honouring the stories of real life war heroines within an epic work of historical fiction, and illuminating an important contribution to the annals of Australian history.

TAKEOVER: Mary Lou Stephens and Victoria Purman - The Nurses War

Chaired by Victoria Purman. The transformative excitement of university life has been little mined by Australian fiction. In their immensely readable and impressively complex debut novels, Diana Reid and Indyana Schneider explore that most liminal time of campus life to excellent effect. Diana's Love and Virtue traverses feminism, sexuality and the precocious intellectualism of first year life on a Sydney campus. Indyana Schneider weaves music, literature, art, dance, sex and the exquisite pain and pleasure of first love into student life at Oxford.

Fiction writers often draw on real events and people to inspire their stories. Many writers undertake extensive historical research as part of their craft. A story about the past can be made to come alive with the small details that immerse us in a time before our own. Where does the history stop and the fiction begin? What is it about the past that makes it such a good setting for spinning new narratives?   Our panel of writers (Emma Ashmere, Victoria Purman and Pip Williams) discuss the role of history in their own work, and share their thoughts more broadly on the relationship of history and fiction.

What inner strength is required when your working day is filled with injury, death and despair? Rachael Mead and Benjamin Gilmour can tell us. In The Application of Pressure, novelist Rachael Mead introduces us to paramedics Tash and Joel as they traverse the streets of Adelaide in their ambulance, saving lives and lost souls. Benjamin Gilmour documents his own experience as a paramedic on the frontline, first at infamous Sydney suicide spot The Gap: A Paramedic's Summer on the Edge, and then further afield in Paramedico: Around the World by Ambulance. Chaired by Victoria Purman

Pip Williams' wonderful novel The Dictionary of Lost Words documents the origin of the Oxford Dictionary through the tale of the fictional Esme Nicoll who observes how some words were valued more than others and seeks to rectify it. Sue Butler was Editor of the Macquarie Dictionary for decades, where she oversaw the inclusion of new words. Her new book is the highly entertaining Rebel Without a Clause. Losing the Linguistic plot... Pip and Sue discuss the attraction and fluidity of language, and how dictionaries shape and reflect their times. Chaired by Victoria Purman

Victoria Purman is a USA-Today best-selling Australian author whose latest novel "The Women's Pages" offers up a fascinating insight into life in Sydney at the end of WWII. A riveting examination of what life was like for women who stepped up to the plate to fill the gaps left by the men who went off to war and how they coped when their loved ones returned home changed by all they had seen and experienced.This book shines a light on an important chapter of Australian women's struggle for equality in the face of extreme patriarchy - but in the context of a gloriously rich story peppered with nostalgia, humour and hopefulness.I was delighted to welcome Victoria to the podcast recently. And what a delightful chat we shared! Everything from her walking tour of Sydney. . .to bum-glue and the joy of owning a puppy in these strange times.

On 10 September 2020 we welcomed the public back to the Marion Cultural Centre for our first in person author event since the beginning of the year. We were delighted to host Victoria Purman to discuss her historical fiction novel, The Women's Pages. From the bestselling author of The Land Girls comes a beautifully realised novel that speaks to the true history and real experiences of post-war Australian women. We hope you enjoy this recording of our live event.

Victoria Purman is a USA Today and Australia top ten best-selling historical fiction author who loves to tell the stories of the forgotten people – the mothers and wives, the wharfies and land girls and nurses who pitched in for their country during a war and then were forgotten when the peace came. Hi there, I'm your host Jenny Wheeler, and today Victoria talks about her latest book, The Women's Pages, reflects on the moment when she knew her time to write had come and tells us what she tells young writers who are just starting out and want to know how to do it. Six things you'll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: A start in romance served wellHistorical fiction first loveTelling overlooked storiesAdvice to young writers - don't do it aloneThe writers she admires mostWhat - if anything - she'd do differently second time around Where to find Victoria Purman:  Website:  https://www.victoriapurman.com/ Facebook: @VictoriaPurmanAuthor Twitter: @VictoriaPurman Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/VictoriaPurmanauthor/ What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions. But now, here's Victoria. Jenny Wheeler: Hello there Victoria, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us. Victoria Purman: Hi Jenny, and hello Kiwis. Jenny Wheeler: You're in Adelaide if they can't already tell. Introducing Victoria Purman Victoria Purman: Yes. I'm sorry. My accent is probably very strong. Yes, I'm in Adelaide. It's a very cold winter's day here for us. It's 10 degrees today, and raining. Author Victoria Purman Jenny Wheeler: Oh gosh, that is cold. You are a former journalist turned fiction author, and I know people always like to know the answer to this question. What made you change from nonfiction to fiction? Was there any moment of realization, an epiphany about it? Victoria Purman: There was for me actually. I started as a journalist in broadcast, I worked at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. I had left mainstream journalism and worked as a media advisor and did all sorts of communications jobs, anyone who's a journo will know them. I wrote, I provided advice on how to deal with the media to a whole lot of people – government ministers and clients and departments and things like that. But I did have an epiphany. I call it my midlife crisis. I was in my late forties. I was about 47. My husband and I have three sons and anyone with more than one child, probably even one child, knows that your time's not really your own when they're little. But my youngest one had turned 12. They were 12, 15 and 18. Taking her chance to dream They don't need you as much at that age and so I had time to reflect about the dream I had put away when I was 15 years old. I had always loved reading and I always wanted to be an author. I thought, if I don't take it seriously and start now, I might lose my chance. I was too old for the Miles Franklin, the Australian literary award. Not that I write literature, but I always thought, I'm going to enter the Miles Franklin. Then I got to the 35-year age cutoff and thought, well that's closed to me. I saw it as a ticking clock in a sense, so I decided I would sit down and write a book. Coincidentally, a really dear friend of mine got a job as the director of the SA Writers Center and that spurred me on too, because it opened me up to that whole world of authors. Adelaide has a vibrant, literary scene and I think probably per head we have more published authors than anywhere else in the country. So I started meeting people and thought, right, this is the time to take that leap into the great unknown and jump off that cliff. That's what I did. The Three Miss Allens - Victoria Purman's first historical success Jenny Wheeler: Fantastic. Now you've got a new book out, The Women's Pages, and we will be getting on to that very soon.

A post-Second World War story of strong female ties and family, secrets and lies, set in the multicultural Australia of the fifties. The war is over, but her fight for a new life in Australia is about to begin… Continue reading

What do you get when you combine the talents of four of Australia’s top romance authors – Kelly Hunter, Victoria Purman, Cathryn Hein and Fiona McArthur? A bestselling romance series, for a start. And an altogether fun podcast, notwithstanding the challenges of keeping track of the number of awards, novels, and accolades these ladies have notched up between them over the years. In the crowded and competitive field of romance, these ladies stand out – as does their latest venture, a rural romance series smattered with runaway brides, historic homesteads, and quaint country towns full of characters we all recognise.   https://writerontheroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_3304.jpg ()   The secret behind the success of the multi-series, The Outback Brides: Maggie’s Run, Bella’s Secret, Elsa’s Stand and Holly’s Heart, is the chemistry between its authors. Mark Dawson, author and podcaster, says ‘collaborating on a writing project can be both enjoyable and profitable if done properly…it can challenge you and make you a better writer.’ These four women were already at the top of the romance pack before they joined forces. Combining their strengths, story telling, technical expertise was always going to be a win-win for both the writers and their readers. In this episode we get down to the nitty-gritty: communication project planning time management accountability You can find out more about the authors here: Kelly Hunter https://kellyhunter.net/ (here,) Victoria Purman http://www.victoriapurman.com/ (here,) Cathryn Hein http://www.cathrynhein.com/ (here,) and Fiona McArthur https://www.fionamcarthurauthor.com/ (here.)  

This week we host the Romance Writers' Round Table with Bronwyn Stuart, Trish Morey and Victoria Purman. We gathered around a candlelit table next to a crackling fireplace as we overlooked an Adelaide sunset in the warmth of The Scenic Hotel at Norton Summit. And the conversation got warmer still. We untangle the mysteries of romance and romance writing and understand why more men should read the genre. The mood inspires Steve to create a special romance edition introduction to the show. In IS IT NEWS, Nigel tests us on the theme, Romance. Max Martin notes: "Exercise will certainly increase creativity for writing, and if more motivation is needed, it also increases libido!" Our SA Drinks of the week are a Sav Blanc & a Pinot Noir from Anderson Hill Vineyard at Lenswood. George Inglis reflects on writing and its underestimated value to society. In music, we hear Ben Ford-Davies return with a beautiful love song. In the Adelaide Visa Council, Damo gets a serving. But first, David Washington from In Daily presents his midweek news wrap, Talk Of The Town. Support the show: https://theadelaideshow.com.au/listen-or-download-the-podcast/adelaide-in-crowd/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.