Private Citizen Julia Gillard Writing a Book for Penguin Australia?

Julia Gillard has returned to her home in Adelaide and has reportedly signed a no-holds-barred book deal with Penguin Australia.

The first female prime minister of Australia who lost her post in a leadership ballot to Kevin Rudd in June allegedly signed a book deal for her memoirs.

Ms Gillard is apparently using her retirement from politics to write a book. She has assured her friends that her book will not be like the Latham Diaries. She will not dish out the dirt on her ouster from the Labor party leadership and prime minister.

Despite her removal from office, the former PM wants to set the record straight and discuss the policy achievements of her government. Fifty-one-year-old Ms Gillard became the first female prime minister of Australia when she replaced Kevin Rudd in 2010 after a party coup.

She is still single and is an atheist. When she was still prime minister, she lived in with her partner, Tim Mathieson, at The Lodge. Ms Gillard was not in favor of gay marriage despite having no religious beliefs. Same-sex marriage has been a subject that divided the Australian community.

Three weeks after she was removed as prime minister, she told her supporters that "s*** happens" as a brush off to her sudden ouster.

Ms Gillard is currently in Atlona, Melbourne, but is reportedly thinking about moving back to Adelaide to be with her elderly mother Moira and Alison, her sister. Craig Emerson, Ms Gillard's long-time supporter and former cabinet minister, said the ex-PM is fine and not thinking about politics but instead focuses on babies. Ms Gillard's niece recently gave birth to a baby.

Penguin Australia was contacted for comment on the book deal report. Marketing and digital director Sally Bateman neither confirmed nor denied the reports. Ms Gillard's office has also declined to issue a statement on the matter.

The former prime minister appeared on the cover of a women's magazine on June 25. Her photo on the cover of the Australian Women's Weekly showed her knitting with her beloved dog, Reuben. In the video interview with Australian Women's Weekly, she revealed she enjoys knitting small projects for children. She found it easier to fit knitting as a hobby despite the demands of running the government.

From knitting to writing a book, Ms Gillard has a lot of time on her hands now that she's no longer prime minister.