Category: Writing

• Kindle Daily Deal: Murder on Milverton Square

  One day only! Murder on Milverton Square has been selected by Amazon for a Kindle Daily Deal in the US and Canada! Perfect timing for the weekend, though it did miss a notable US holiday by just one day. So close! Oh well, we shall console ourselves with a 99c book… Investigate The Milverton Mysteries…

  G. B. Ralph

  5 Jul 2024

  Writing

  Amazon, Books, Ebook, Kindle, LGBTQ, Murder on Milverton Square, Mystery, Promotion, sale

• G B Ralph interview printed in the Manawatū Guardian

  Extra! Extra! Read all about it! This article was posted online over the weekend, and is now featured in this week’s print edition of the Manawatū Guardian – out today (Thursday 4 July 2024)! Here’s a photo of the article in the newspaper: Here’s a sharper version, clipped from the print edition’s online viewer (which…

  G. B. Ralph

  4 Jul 2024

  Writing

  Article, Author, Books, Interview, Manawatū, Manawatū Guardian, Mystery, New Zealand, Newspaper

• Author G B Ralph interviewed for the NZ Herald

  Look, Mum – I’m in the paper! That’s certainly another author bingo square checked off for me. Ilona Hanne interviewed me earlier in the week, and we had a fantastic chat. We discussed, among many other topics: our love of reading, libraries, cosy mysteries, The Milverton Mysteries, fictional cats, local inspiration, finding ways for people…

  G. B. Ralph

  30 Jun 2024

  Writing

  Article, Author, Interview, Manawatū, Manawatū Guardian, New Zealand, New Zealand Herald, Newspaper, Palmerston North, Writer

• Queer Kiwi reads for Pride Month’s final weekend

  Fellow queer Kiwi author Jamie Sands has compiled five fantastic LGBTQ+ reads to see us through the final weekend of Pride Month – including my latest, Poison at Penshaw Hall! We have necromancers, a lesbian witch, an anxious gay accused of murder, a handsome cop, whispering shadows, a blessing, a curse, beings of legend making…

  G. B. Ralph

  29 Jun 2024

  Reading, Writing

  Authors, Books, Gay, LGBTQ, MM romance, New Zealand, Pride Month, Queer, Reading

• Interviewed for the newspaper

  I just got off a Zoom call with Ilona Hanne (NZME journalist, editor of the Stratford Press, writing for the Manawatū Guardian and The New Zealand Herald) where we discussed our love of reading, libraries, cosy mysteries, and fictional cats! We also covered how I started writing, publishing, the local setting for my Milverton Mysteries,…

  G. B. Ralph

  26 Jun 2024

  Writing

  Author, Books, Cosy mystery, Cozy mystery, Interview, Manawatū, Milverton Mysteries, Mystery, New Zealand, Newspaper

• 100 days until Death in Douglas Glade release

  This is fine, this is fine… Death in Douglas Glade is out 2 October 2024, which is scary! But each pre-order gives me a sweet lil air kiss of motivation to make it the best Milverton Mystery yet. What’s the book about?

  G. B. Ralph

  24 Jun 2024

  Writing

  Books, Cosy mystery, Cozy mystery, Death in Douglas Glade, Gay, LGBTQ, Milverton Mysteries, Mystery, New Release

• A day with local authors and readers at the library

  We had a rainy Sunday brunch with fellow authors followed by a book fair with readers at the Local Authors Day, which is part of Palmerston North City Library’s Writers and Readers winter series. It was great to catch up with familiar faces and meet a whole bunch of new ones! Authors at the Local…

  G. B. Ralph

  24 Jun 2024

  Writing

  Authors, Books, Cosy mystery, Cozy mystery, Event, LGBTQ, Library, Mystery, New Zealand, Palmerston North

• Kobo audiobook sale: Poison at Penshaw Hall

  Addison, Jake, Mabel, and Keith are at it again! And they’re getting all the love and attention this pride month 🏳‍🌈📚🎧 The audiobooks are available all over the place at all times, but if you want to grab Penshaw for less, this weekend on Kobo is where it’s at. It’s on sale for a flat…

  G. B. Ralph

  22 Jun 2024

  Writing

  Audiobook, Books, Kobo, LGBTQ, Milverton Mysteries, Mystery, sale

• Goodreads list: October 2024 MM Releases

  I was nosing around upcoming LGBTQ+ book releases on various Goodreads lists and look what I spotted… My next book, Death in Douglas Glade, is already lined up! I’d love your vote (you can pick a bunch!) so I can cosy up next to the highly anticipated new books by Alexis Hall and Freya Marske!…

  G. B. Ralph

  20 Jun 2024

  Writing

  Books, Cosy mystery, Cozy mystery, Death in Douglas Glade, Gay, LGBTQ, MM, Mystery, New Release, The Milverton Mysteries

• Audiobooks.com deal: Poison at Penshaw Hall 50% off

  Half price? What a plot twist! Audiobooks.com are doing the deal here: What’s the book about?

  G. B. Ralph

  17 Jun 2024

  Writing

  Audiobooks, Books, Cosy mystery, Cozy mystery, Deal, LGBTQ, Mystery, Poison at Penshaw Hall, sale, The Milverton Mysteries