ABOUT ME

Gwen Wilson … Dreaming of being a famous author one day (AI generated image)

Welcome to the website of author Gwen Wilson, aka blogger, Garrulous Gwendoline, The Reluctant Retiree…

With a few twists and turns along the way, life after forced retirement chose to reinvent me as an author.

Explore this blogsite turned website to learn more about my early background in my memoir I Belong to No One, or where life finds me now, with the recent release of my debut historical novel, Louisa.

Or simply enjoy my other blog posts, an eclectic mix of exhilarating travel adventures in Australia, or Abroad, mixed with random Writerly Things and Stuff that doesn’t fit elsewhere.

One day, I may write the sequel to my memoir. A ‘Self-Help’ book explaining how to transform a life that looked hopeless into one so full of vibrant activity there is never a spare minute in the day. The problem is that in all the years in between I was too busy putting one foot in front of the other to keep a diary, so the second-best option is my blog, first begun in 2013. Perhaps that is more revealing than any book could ever be…

For now, though, I’ll stick with dreaming of broad horizons. Who knows where that will lead me?

  • “Past tense”

    An interview with Campbell McConachie and Karen Lateo of the KCR Book Space team Is the past a tense subject for you? That is how the KCR Book Space team of Kiama Community Radio pitched my chat with them about connecting the past with the present. Tune in above to listen to our wide‑ranging conversation…

  • at Dapto Combined Probus Club: Thursday 3rd September 2026 It seems my intuition was right: the arrival of my debut historical novel Louisa has sparked fresh attention for my memoir I Belong to No One. Last week I was invited to chat with a book club group because I Belong to No One had been…

  • At the beginning of August, hot on the heels of having done a talk for U3A Wollongong, I headed out west for two library author talks at Narromine and Dubbo. Along the way, I dropped into Radio Blue Mountains 89.1FM to have a chat with host Robyn Catchlove — community radio presenter and author of Somewhere Down…