Gail Rice – Writer. Wanderer. Psychologist.
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The Story Behind the Stories
Gail Rice is a Canadian-born writer and psychologist based in Sydney,
who has lived in Australia for over forty years — an accidental Australian. Her essays explore the
emotional stories we inherit, the fear of becoming invisible, and the courage it takes to speak the
unsaid.
For decades she listened to other people’s stories. Then she realised it was time to tell
her own. What began as a private essay about ageing and desire unexpectedly ignited
conversations around the world — proving that when we dare to speak, we are seen more clearly
than ever.
discovering who we are, and allowing others to see us.”
She brings humour, vulnerability and psychological depth to conversations about
reinvention, late-life desire, and the freedom of change. She is currently writing
her memoir, reclaiming and restorying her own life.
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Her essay “For My 70th Birthday I Hired an Escort” was cited in a New York Times Styles
feature as Oldster Magazine’s most-read essay among readers — and has been featured across
six countries.
New York Times · Oldster Magazine · March 2026
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Selected Media
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Writing
- My 70th Birthday TreatThe Times · UK
- I Hired a Male Sex
WorkerSMH · AUS - What Happened After I Dared to
AskHuffPost · US - The Real Scandal Was AskingToronto Star · CA
- This Was Never Just a
HeadlineDaily Mail · UK - For My 70th Birthday, I Hired an EscortOldster
· US - Sex and Desire Aren’t Just for the Youngi News · UK
- At 70, I
Hired a Male EscortMamamia · AUS
Podcasts
- It Wasn’t the Escort. It Was Finding My VoiceModern Love · NYT
- Sex, Ageing &
DesireLadies, We Need to Talk · ABC - Not Fading.
Expanding.Late Bloomer Living · US - Shocking Myself AwakeWe Ain’t Dead
Yet - Asking for What I Want at 70Thrive Solo
- Ageing, Visibility &
VoiceAgeing Unapologetically - Talking with Damien DynanDeep Cover Show · IE
Broadcast & Press
- Refusing to Fade AwayCBC Radio · CA
- My First TV
InterviewIreland AM · TV - Hiring an Escort
at 70Moncrieff Radio · IE - Featured in NYT Styles — Oldster essayNew York Times · US
- Talking About My Oldster EssayWBUR ·
US - Finding My VoiceSparks Fly
- A Reading of My
EssayThe Times Audio · UK
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On Stage & In Conversation
Gail speaks about the stories that shape who
we become — messy, beautiful and ever-changing — and how we can restory them at any age.
She brings curiosity, honesty and warmth, inviting audiences to think, laugh and see their own
stories differently.
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Reinvention & Courage
What it takes to change course in later life — and why it’s never too late.
Desire, Ageing & Visibility
Reclaiming the body, desire and presence in a culture that tells older women to
disappear.
Finding Voice Beyond Silence
How we inherit emotional stories that silence us — and how we find our way back to
speech.
Shame, Story & Self-Compassion
The psychology of how shame lives in stories, and how compassion rewrites them.
Recent & Upcoming Events
- Upcoming
Pearl Clutcher Club —
Cabaret, Sydney NSW
June 5, 2026 - Recent
Brave Words Live — Live
storytelling, Gosford NSW · Audience of 200
Feb 22, 2026 - RecentMenopause is Not a Use-By Date — Writers panel, Sydney NSW
Nov 1, 2025 - Recent
Words in Winter — Writers
panel, Maryborough VIC
May 30, 2025
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What’s Coming
Anthology · September 2026
More Than a MILF: Sex and the Ageing Female Body
Gail’s essay appears in this landmark Canadian anthology exploring desire, embodiment
and sexuality beyond midlife. Published September 2026.
Memoir — in
progress
Gail is currently writing her memoir —
exploring the emotional legacies we inherit and how we restory our lives. Interview opportunities
available.
Get in Touch
Let’s Talk
Gail is available for interviews, podcast conversations, panels, festivals and speaking
engagements. She brings warmth, depth and a willingness to go where the real conversations
are.
Writing & Essays
Substack —
Writing Room
All published writing
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Follow
Instagram
@gailricewrites
LinkedIn
Facebook
Video & Resources
YouTube — Re-
Storying Our Lives
Free 10-Week Writing Series
All links — Linktree
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