None of that polished bio fluff here, Victoria Vanstone’s journey started on the floor of her bedroom, hungover, sweaty, and desperately searching for her dignity under a pile of baby wipes and existential dread. That was the day she stopped drinking, and the day she started writing.

Victoria began chronicling her sobriety on her blog Drunk Mummy Sober Mummy, a brutally honest take on motherhood, anxiety, and life after booze. Her writing quickly struck a chord with thousands of people tired of the curated nonsense of perfect parenting and ‘wine o’clock’ culture. That voice, raw, hilarious, and dripping with British sarcasm, led her to co-create Sober Awkward, the award-winning podcast that’s now racked up over 7 million downloads and been labelled “culture-changing” by The Guardian UK.

Her debut memoir A Thousand Wasted Sundays was a runner-up in the 2024 Australian Independent Book Awards and continues to inspire people worldwide to reconsider their relationship with alcohol. It’s helped thousands feel less alone in the mess of sobriety and motherhood, two things Victoria tackles with wit, vulnerability, and a very loud voice.

Victoria’s work has been published in Mamamia, Metro UK, The Sydney Morning Herald, ABC Everyday, Kidspot, Motherland, and more. She’s appeared on ABC Conversations with Sarah Kanowski, SBS’s Insight, and regularly pops up on parenting and sobriety panels across the country. She’s also a columnist for parenting outlets who are brave enough to let her write words like “sambuca sweat” in a headline.

Not content with staying behind a screen, Victoria runs sold-out sober retreats in Thailand and has taken Sober Awkward Live around the world with performances in New York, London, Sydney, Melbourne, and Auckland.

Her latest book, Mumming: A Year of Trying, and Failing, to be a Better Parent, is a heartwarming and hilarious memoir about the impossible standards of motherhood and why getting it wrong might just be the point. In it, she swaps wine for writing, chaos for clarity (sort of), and shame for a big fat dose of honesty.

Victoria lives on the Sunshine Coast with her husband (affectionately known as Poor John) and her three sticky children. She’s available for keynotes, panel chats, media interviews, and any event where honesty, failure, and belly laughs are not only welcome but required.

Email Vic@soberawkward.com