

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Author Talk with Victoria Purman
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 12:00 pm (+09:30)
- **Event Description**: Join bestselling author Victoria Purman as she explores 1960s Adelaide, where the Pill, rebellion and new freedoms transform women’s lives.About this EventFrom the bestselling author of The Radio Hour comes this charming but pointed look at the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s, and the effects of the pill, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women as alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles, they embrace freedom...1960s Adelaide: The Langley family - Olive, Len and their two daughters, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn - live a peaceful suburban life, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals.Cathy, training to be a teacher, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage, then no work, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married, it's all over. A life no longer her own.Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess ... until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams.When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women's reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors, the might of the Catholic church, and the outdated morality of previous generations.Free Event.Bookings are essential.Author Bio Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Her last book The Radio Hour was an Australian bestseller, as were her previous novels. 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 and has been a judge in the fiction category for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize. To find out more, visit Victoria's website, victoriapurman.com.You can also follow her on Facebook or Instagram (@victoriapurmanauthor)Accessibility Pre-Visit Information  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/e1fbf680-f761-11f0-ac63-75911b46e902-rimg-w1200-h56-dcffffff-gmir.jpg Want to connect with us?Follow City of Charles Sturt on Eventbrite.Follow Ngutungka West Lakes on Facebook.Sign up to our monthly eNewsletter.Visit our website or search our catalogue. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/e25f7340-f761-11f0-ac63-75911b46e902-rimg-w1200-h56-dcffffff-gmir.jpg Please note:Stay at home if you are unwell or have a cough, fever, sore throat, fatigue or shortness of breath.Maintaining social distancing is the responsibility of the individual. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/e29158b0-f761-11f0-9be3-e3b7b4b0331e-rimg-w1200-h56-dcffffff-gmir.jpg The City of Charles Sturt would like to acknowledge the land we occupy today is the traditional lands of the Kaurna people and that we respect their spiritual relationship with their country. We also acknowledge the Kaurna people as the custodians of the greater Adelaide region and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living Kaurna people today.  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/e2b77e50-f761-11f0-a7b3-9f39d05c56dc-rimg-w1200-h302-dcffffff-gmir.jpg
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- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, festivals, workshops
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: West Lakes
- **state**: SA
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Ngutungka West Lakes
- **lat**: -34.8790721
- **long**: 138.494472
- **full address**: Ngutungka West Lakes, 9 Charles Street, West Lakes, Australia

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- **organizer**: City of Charles Sturt (https://allevents.in/org/city-of-charles-sturt/22520634)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 11:00 am (+09:30)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Ngutungka West Lakes, 9 Charles Street, West Lakes, Australia
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 AUD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** City of Charles Sturt
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, festivals, workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Author Talk with Victoria Purman ?
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