Tag: Books

• 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

• 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

• Hawke’s Bay Readers and Writers Festival 2025: indie publishing panel (and more!)

  ‘A thorn between two roses’ is how Kate described us here – her words, not ours! – which I think captures the support, generosity, hilarity, and light-hearted ribbing of our indie publishing panel at the Hawke’s Bay Readers and Writers Festival earlier this month. Chaired by the wonderful Catherine Robertson, our panel featured USA Today…

  G. B. Ralph

  31 Oct 2025

  Reading, Writing

  Author event, Book festival, Books, Event, Festival, Hawke’s Bay, Indie publishing, New Zealand

• Kindle Daily Deal: Murder on Milverton Square on sale for 99p in the UK

  Surprise! The first Milverton Mystery has been tapped for a Kindle Daily Deal in the UK and is on sale for 99p today (Thursday 30 October 2025) only. So, if you’ve been flirting with maybe visiting Milverton, today’s your day! I’ll see you there? Of course, if you’re outside the UK, you can still pick…

  G. B. Ralph

  30 Oct 2025

  Writing

  Books, Cosy mystery, Cozy mystery, Kindle, Kindle Daily Deal, Murder on Milverton Square, sale, The Milverton Mysteries, UK

• New books in two brilliant mystery series

  Following some rather unsubtle hinting, look what I unwrapped on my birthday last week: It’s the latest releases in two of my favourite mystery series which never fail to deliver laughs and gasps. They are, of course, the fifth Thursday Murder Club from Richard Osman and fourth Ernest Cunningham from Benjamin Stevenson. I can’t wait…

  G. B. Ralph

  29 Oct 2025

  Reading

  Books, Cosy mystery, Ernest Cunningham, Mystery, New Release, The Thursday Murder Club

• Christmas in October, why not?

  What’s that under this reader’s Christmas tree? A stack of Milverton Mysteries! This tree is one of many John puts up around the house every year, saying he embraces Christmas early for the joy of it. And I say why not?! If you have any bookish photos to share, please do! And extra bonus points…

  G. B. Ralph

  22 Oct 2025

  Writing

  Books, Christmas, Cosy mystery, Cozy mystery, Fright on Stage Right, Paperbacks, Reader, The Milverton Mysteries