Gwen Tuinman

Gwen Tuinman, writer

Gwen Tuinman is novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. Influenced by an interest in bygone days, her writing explores the landscape of human tenacity and how women navigate the social restrictions of their era. She mentors womxn writers whose creative self-expression has been silenced by trauma. The Last Hoffman is Gwen’s debut novel. Her fiction and nonfiction works appear in The Globe and Mail, Reader’s Digest, Wunderlit Magazine, and online. She blogs about writing life, introspections, and history at GwenTuinman.com. 


Waking Up — Volume 7, Issue 1 - 09/22

During the collective trauma of COVID 19, increasingly vivid and troubling dream narratives have a value that points to our vulnerability. Gwen Tuinman explores the relevance of dream content as a mental health red flag in her personal essay, Waking Up.