Category: Writing

• Author G. B. Ralph featured in Palmy Proud magazine

  Palmy Proud is described as “a brag book” highlighting “the best of Palmerston North” with new issues of the magazine coming out twice a year and being distributed around town and other major centres. I was surprised and delighted to be asked earlier this year if I might be interested in discussing my books and…

  G. B. Ralph

  11 Dec 2025

  Writing

  Article, Author, Author interview, Books, Interview, Magazine, New Zealand, Palmerston North, The Milverton Mysteries

• 2025 Writing Highlights: Chatting

  I recently started my writing highlights recap with publishing and for my next trick: talking, chatting, discussing, gas-bagging, shooting the breeze, yabbering on… I love chatting with fellow readers and writers about all things books – plotting, planning, drafting, editing, researching, publishing, promoting – so it was a real privilege and pleasure to be invited…

  G. B. Ralph

  10 Dec 2025

  Writing

  Author event, Authors, Books, Events, Highlights, New Zealand

• Book research: a steam engine and a scenic railway journey (with video!)

  It’s book research time! Join me aboard the Passchendaele Ashhurst Flyer for a trip through the Manawatū Gorge. I’m currently writing the next Milverton Mystery, Killer on the Kelvin Explorer, which will involve a scenic railway journey featuring a powerful steam engine pulling lovingly restored heritage carriages. On the train, passengers enjoy dramatic landscapes and…

  G. B. Ralph

  9 Dec 2025

  Writing

  Ashhurst, Books, Killer on the Kelvin Explorer, Manawatū Gorge, New Zealand, Railway, Research, The Milverton Mysteries, Woodville

• 2025 Writing Highlights: Publishing

  Can you believe it’s December? I could’ve sworn it was September last time I checked. Alas, here we are! I’ve been looking back over what I’ve been up to in 2025 and it turns out it’s quite a bit. So, I thought it’d be fun to do a little recap of a few writing highlights.…

  G. B. Ralph

  8 Dec 2025

  Writing

  Audiobook, Books, Death in Douglas Glade, Ebook, Fright on Stage Right, Highlights, Paperback, Publishing, Tantor Audio, The Law of Mischief

• Mysterious Murders Short Story Competition: shortlist announced

  It’s been such a treat reading so many excellent entries from such talented writers for the Mysterious Murders Short Story Competition alongside my four fellow judges. Shortlist On 1 December the shortlist was announced! A huge congratulations to the six finalists who’ve each crafted a brilliant short story featuring a murder mystery with a fun…

  G. B. Ralph

  3 Dec 2025

  Writing

  Competition, Crime fiction, Judging, Murder mystery, Mysterious Murders, Mystery, Short Stories, Writing, Writing competition

• Re-introducing G. B. Ralph

  I’ve been updating my pinned posts across a bunch of the social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky). Why? It’s a quick and easy way to briefly introduce myself to any readers stumbling across my page and I like to give it a refresh occasionally to keep it relevant. For anyone who has hunted down…

  G. B. Ralph

  1 Dec 2025

  Writing

  Author, Books, Cosy mystery, Cozy mystery, LGBTQ, Mystery, New Zealand, Romantic Comedy, Romcoms, The Milverton Mysteries

• What the library means to me (video!)

  “OK, give us a goofy grin while slowly lowering your books… Yes! Perfect, just like that.” Those weren’t my instructions but that’s what we ended up with! I had fun filming around the Palmerston North City Library though was clearly starting to lose the plot by the time we wrapped. Watch the video After much…

  G. B. Ralph

  26 Nov 2025

  Writing

  Author, Books, Interview, Library, New Zealand, Palmerston North, Palmerston North City Library, The Milverton Mysteries, Video

• Cosy crime capitals: St Mary Mead, Cabot Cove, Brokenwood, and Milverton

  Another wonderful review for the latest Milverton Mystery, Fright on Stage Right, this time by Craig Sisterson writing for the Fall 2025 edition of the US-based Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine, featuring words like “intriguing” and “charming”! Addison Harper’s Milverton is held up alongside other cosy crime capitals such as Miss Marple’s St Mary Mead and…

  G. B. Ralph

  20 Nov 2025

  Writing

  Agatha Christie, Books, Cosy mystery, Cozy mystery, Fright on Stage Right, Milverton, Mystery, Review, The Brokenwood Mysteries, The Milverton Mysteries

• A brief debrief of the Local Readers and Authors Day 2025

  Local Readers and Authors Day at the Palmerston North City Library was a hit and I had a great time chairing the first event of the day! Romance panel It was initially a mystery to me why I – G. B. Ralph, primarily a mystery author – had been asked to chair this romance panel.…

  G. B. Ralph

  18 Nov 2025

  Reading, Writing

  Author event, Authors, Books, Event, Library, Palmerston North City Library, Readers, Romance

• The Bookshop Detectives co-author praises The Milverton Mysteries

  The despicably clever and talented co-author of The Bookshop Detectives, Louise Ward, has said such wonderful and generous things about The Milverton Mysteries: The Milverton Mysteries are a breath of sweet, fresh air: funny, cosy, full of atmosphere and heart. You’ll fall in love with Addison. Louise Ward, co-author of The Bookshop Detectives Investigate for…

  G. B. Ralph

  14 Nov 2025

  Writing

  Books, Cosy mystery, Cozy mystery, Mystery, New Zealand, Review, The Bookshop Detectives, The Milverton Mysteries