Tag: Books

• Staff Picks for Pride Month

  My local librarians understood the assignment, once again! My gay romantic comedies are surrounded by a wonderfully diverse range of fiction and non-fiction titles on the book display wall for Pride Month at the Palmerston North City Library. Check it out: Looking for something to cosy up with this Pride Month? Well, do I have…

  G. B. Ralph

  4 Jun 2025

  Writing

  Books, Duck and Dive, Fiction, Library, Mystery, Over and Out, Palmerston North, Rise and Shine, Romantic Comedy, Slip and Slide

• Book display wall: crime edition

  Check out the book display wall at my local library! I spotted it a couple of weeks ago, but in all the excitement of being surrounded by such a wonderfully disreputable bunch of criminals, I completely forgot to share: You’ll notice titles by D. V. Bishop, Charity Norman, Vanda Symon, Bing Turkby, and many more…

  G. B. Ralph

  27 May 2025

  Writing

  Books, Crime, Fiction, Library, Mystery, Palmerston North, Poison at Penshaw Hall, The Milverton Mysteries

• Behind the scenes at the library: the book returns slot

  Have you seen behind the scenes at your local library? I’ve always wondered what happens back there at Palmerston North City Library when I return books and, thanks to author and librarian Bing Turkby, now I know! You can watch the video below on TikTok or Instagram (they’re both the same, so pick your preferred…

  G. B. Ralph

  26 May 2025

  Writing

  Behind the scenes, Books, Cosy mystery, Cozy mystery, Library, Palmerston North, Poison at Penshaw Hall, The Milverton Mysteries

• My weekend at the Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival 2025

  I had a wonderful time at the Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival 2025 – a fabulous and fascinating weekend away with friends! I’ve pulled together some of my notes and photos from the weekend… Saturday 10 May 2025 Our first day involved an early start and driving over the hill. We had a quick pitstop for…

  G. B. Ralph

  12 May 2025

  Reading, Writing

  Author event, Book festival, Books, Event, Featherston, New Zealand

• Mysterious Manawatū is back this Friday

  Mysterious Manawatū is one of 30+ ‘Mystery in the Library’ author panel events being held in the lead up to the Ngaio Marsh Awards. Last year’s panel was great fun and I know this year will be too! I’ll be joining four other criminally good authors: Gareth and Louise Ward (The Bookshop Detectives), Riley Chance,…

  G. B. Ralph

  28 Apr 2025

  Writing

  Authors, Books, Event, Interview, Library, Mystery, Ngaio Marsh Awards, Palmerston North

• Over 100 turnout for Riverside Wrongdoings at Whanganui Library

  Riverside Wrongdoings was a brilliant event last night in Whanganui! I had a wonderful time with my fellow authors / accomplices Charity Norman, Cynric Temple-Camp, and Stephen Johnson. And what a turnout! So many readers that we had to switch to a bigger space at the library and then keep bringing more chairs out. It was…

  G. B. Ralph

  11 Apr 2025

  Writing

  Author event, Authors, Books, Events, Library, Mystery in the Library, Ngaio Marsh Awards, Whanganui

• Event: 2025 Mystery in the Library, Whanganui

  The time is almost upon us! Tomorrow evening I’ll be be joining a truly disreputable bunch of wrongdoers – Charity Norman, Cynric Temple-Camp, and Stephen Johnson – on an author panel in Whanganui. The event is part of the Mystery in the Library series being held across the motu in the build up to the Ngaio…

  G. B. Ralph

  9 Apr 2025

  Writing

  Authors, Books, Event, Interview, Library, Mystery, Ngaio Marsh Awards, Whanganui

• 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

  5 Apr 2025

  Writing

  Authors, Books, Crime, Events, Library, Mystery, Mystery in the Library, New Zealand, Ngaio Marsh Awards, Thriller

• Cosy crafts and cosy mysteries

  So cosy and colour-coordinated! And the tree pattern! And the skull stitch markers! A huge thank you to Evin Bail, a reader from Cork in Ireland, who shared this wonderful photo of their knitting while listening to my latest audiobook, Death in Douglas Glade. Death in Douglas Glade is the latest in a wonderful cosy mystery series set…

  G. B. Ralph

  4 Apr 2025

  Writing

  Audiobook, Books, Cosy mystery, Cozy mystery, Crafts, Death in Douglas Glade, Knitting, Photo, Reader, The Milverton Mysteries

• Read to Filth podcast episode 017: The Milverton Mysteries / G. B. Ralph

  Let’s talk books, hot cops in gay cosy mysteries, accidental research, finding ways to (fictitiously) kill people, making Marmite toast, and much more! I’m the latest guest on the Read to Filth podcast where I chat to the host, Kelrick, about all things Milverton! In 2023, Kelrick made a pledge to only read books with…

  G. B. Ralph

  1 Apr 2025

  Writing

  Author interview, Books, Interview, LGBTQ, Podcast, Read to Filth, The Milverton Mysteries, Writing