Tag: Authors
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2025 Mystery in the Library series
With over thirty Mystery in the Library events, this year is the biggest yet! There have been four already and still so many more to go in the lead up to the Ngaio Marsh Awards (New Zealand’s crime, mystery, and thriller writing awards). Each event features a fantastic bunch of authors and promises a criminally…
G. B. Ralph
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Save the date for Riverside Wrongdoings 2025
A truly disreputable bunch of wrongdoers! I’ll be joining Charity Norman, Cynric Temple-Camp, and Stephen Johnson on an author panel in Whanganui. It’d be great to have you join us for what I’m sure will be a very entertaining evening. The event is part of the Mystery in the Library series being held across the…
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2025 launches with new books from author friends
I have some very talented author friends, and a bunch of them seem to be releasing new books at the moment! I’m bound to have missed some (sorry!), but for today for today I’ve rounded up this excellent batch of books from Angela C. Nurse, Paul Austin Ardoin, Julian Barr, Morgan Delaney, A. J. Lancaster,…
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Save the date for Mysterious Manawatū 2025
Get your calendars out, folks! I’d love to have you along to join me at my local library for what I’m sure will be a fantastic author panel. The event is part of the Mystery in the Library series being held across the motu in the build up to the Ngaio Marsh Awards later in the year.…
G. B. Ralph
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“Share the Excitement!” G B Ralph on the Creative Differences podcast
I joined Mark Stay last week for his monthly Creative Differences livestream, which was a lot of fun! But don’t worry if you missed it because the podcast recording is now up and ready for your ears. Once you’ve had a listen, make sure you go back and check out the previous episodes with S.C. Gowland, L.J.…
G. B. Ralph
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200+ queer guys writing books featuring queer romance
Queer romance author Skye Kilaen has compiled a bumper list of over 200 authors – all queer guys writing books featuring queer romance. There are so many names on the list I recognise – including my own! – but there are plenty more which are new to me. I just know my already overloaded TBR…
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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
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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
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Crime Writers’ Week 2024
What? A series of free live online workshops and interviews covering writing, editing, publishing, marketing, and promotion, with a particular focus on crime fiction. Who? ProWritingAid are running the Crime Writers’ Week, and they’ve brought on a great bunch of authors, editors, and other industry experts to present the sessions. It’s free and open to…
G. B. Ralph
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A very bookish day out in Featherston
The Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival is always a highlight! We caught up with friends for: Such an excellent event, with fascinating speakers, great food and drinks, and all set in a wonderful town overflowing with second-hand bookshops!
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