Tag: New Zealand

• 2025 Writing Highlights: Judging

  I was invited to help judge two writing competitions this year! The Mysterious Murders short story competition was open for entries from adults around the world and Te Kura o Karere Amazing Authors Awards competition was open for entries from students in years 5–8 at a local primary school. It was such a treat reading…

  G. B. Ralph

  16 Dec 2025

  Writing

  Authors, Books, Competition, Highlights, Judging, New Zealand, Panel, Short Stories

• 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 Dec 2025

  Writing

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

• 2025 Writing Highlights: Reviewing

  As an indie author, with ~95% of my book sales being ebooks or audiobooks and ~98% of my readers living outside New Zealand, my promotional efforts tend to be focused online. So, it’s a real highlight and unexpected thrill whenever I capture the attention of a local reviewer and/or get coverage in traditional media! In…

  G. B. Ralph

  12 Dec 2025

  Writing

  Books, Fright on Stage Right, Highlights, Magazine, Murder on Milverton Square, New Zealand, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Reviews, The Milverton Mysteries

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 Nov 2025

  Reading, Writing

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