Tag: Library

• 2025 Writing Highlights: Hosting

  Introducing MC Ralph – your book launch host and author panel chair! As we know from highlight #2, I love to chat. But what’s better (i.e. less stressful) than being faced with a curly question and frantically attempting to articulate an intelligent and interesting answer on the spot? Asking them, of course! I was delighted…

  G. B. Ralph

  14 December 2025

  Writing

  Authors, Books, Event, Highlights, Hosting, Library, New Zealand, Panel

• 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 November 2025

  Writing

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

• 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 November 2025

  Reading, Writing

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

• Local Readers and Authors Day 2025

  Love is in the air! I’ll be chairing the romance panel at the Local Readers and Authors Day at Palmerston North City Library next weekend, chatting with A.J. Lancaster, Carole Brungar, and Sean Monaghan about their brand new romance novels. I’ll be asking them about subgenres, tropes, settings, writing something new, their readership, writing process,…

  G. B. Ralph

  8 November 2025

  Reading, Writing

  Authors, Event, Library, New Zealand, Palmerston North City Library, Reading, Romance, Writing

• On the New Books shelf at the library: Fright on Stage Right

  My latest Milverton Mystery, Fright on Stage Right, is in such delightfully despicable company on the New Books shelf at the library! I can’t wait to get stuck into Everyone in This Bank is a Thief, the latest Ernest Cunningham novel from Benjamin Stevenson… If you want to read these books for yourself but your…

  G. B. Ralph

  17 October 2025

  Writing

  Books, Ernest Cunningham, Fright on Stage Right, Library, Mystery, New Book, Paperbacks, The Milverton Mysteries

• Behind the scenes: author interview at the library

  As an author, I have plenty of time to consider and edit my words before they’re ever made public. My typical day is so far from getting interviewed in person (in the middle of a busy library!) and being expected to give coherent responses on the spot. But when the Palmerston North City Library asked…

  G. B. Ralph

  14 July 2025

  Writing

  Author, Author interview, Behind the scenes, Filming, Library, Palmerston North City Library

• Book launch: Against the Grain by Bing Turkby

  You may say it’s only fair, but I call it revenge! Fellow cosy mystery author Bing Turkby did a wonderful job helping me launch my latest book – Death in Douglas Glade – and now he’s roped me into doing the same for him in return. I would say I’m outraged, but I am actually…

  G. B. Ralph

  10 July 2025

  Writing

  Authors, Bing Turkby, Book Launch, Books, Cosy mystery, Event, Interview, Library, Mystery, Palmerston North

• 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 June 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