Julia Gillard signs tell-all book deal with Penguin Australia Former PM Julia Gillard is reportedly about to tell-all in a book. JULIA Gillard has reportedly signed a tell-all book deal with Penguin Australia. The former prime minister, who lost a leadership ballot to Kevin Rudd last month, is said to have signed the deal for a book on her memoirs, the ABC reports. Ms Gillard is preparing to use her retirement from politics to write a book. She has told friends her book will not be a Latham Diaries-type book that dishes the dirt on her removal as prime minister. Ms Gillard, 51, was Australia's first female prime minister. She became PM after a coup in June 2010 which saw Kevin Rudd deposed. The former prime minister is an atheist and is unmarried with no children. She lived at the prime ministerial residence The Lodge with her partner, hairdresser Tim Mathieson. Despite having no firm religious beliefs, Ms Gillard opposed gay marriage - a subject that was divisive among the community. After being deposed from the prime ministership just over three weeks ago Ms Gillard brushed off her downfall and told her supporters "s*** happens." During her prime ministership her beloved father, John, died when she was at an international event in Russia last year. Ms Gillard has returned to her home in Altona in Melbourne's outer suburbs but is said to be considering a move back to her native Adelaide to be closer to her ageing mother Moira and sister Alison. Former cabinet minister and Ms Gillard's long-time ally Craig Emerson said the other day the former PM was "doing fine" and was more focused on babies than politics. Her niece recently gave birth to a baby. Penguin Australia's marketing and digital director Sally Bateman this morning declined to confirm the reports. Thanks for your email. No comment," Ms Bateman said. Ms Gillard's office has not yet returned News Corp Australia's request for comment. Ms Gillard's office also declined to comment and said there was unlikely to be a statement on the matter in the immediate future.