Tag: New Zealand
-
G B Ralph interview printed in the Manawatū Guardian
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! This article was posted online over the weekend, and is now featured in this week’s print edition of the Manawatū Guardian – out today (Thursday 4 July 2024)! Here’s a photo of the article in the newspaper: Here’s a sharper version, clipped from the print edition’s online viewer (which…
G. B. Ralph
-
Author G B Ralph interviewed for the NZ Herald
Look, Mum – I’m in the paper! That’s certainly another author bingo square checked off for me. Ilona Hanne interviewed me earlier in the week, and we had a fantastic chat. We discussed, among many other topics: our love of reading, libraries, cosy mysteries, The Milverton Mysteries, fictional cats, local inspiration, finding ways for people…
G. B. Ralph
-
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
-
Interviewed for the newspaper
I just got off a Zoom call with Ilona Hanne (NZME journalist, editor of the Stratford Press, writing for the Manawatū Guardian and The New Zealand Herald) where we discussed our love of reading, libraries, cosy mysteries, and fictional cats! We also covered how I started writing, publishing, the local setting for my Milverton Mysteries,…
G. B. Ralph
-
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
-
Weeping Angels book launch
I joined Riley Chance for the launch of Weeping Angels today at Bruce McKenzie Booksellers. Weeping Angels is the third book featuring journalist Grace (‘Ace’) Marks, a mystery/thriller tackling the tough topic of family violence. You can find out more about the book on Riley’s website:
-
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!
-
Mystery in the Library: Mysterious Manawatū
I joined three wonderful local authors to discuss our lives of (literary) crime at the Palmerston North City Library. My first in-person author panel! Mysterious Manawatū panellists Huge thanks to Craig Sisterson and the Ngaio Marsh Awards, Genny and the team at Palmerston North City Library, Hugh for being a brilliant MC, and everyone who…
G. B. Ralph
-
It’s interrogation time
Just 2 days until these 4 suspects are interrogated about their (literary) crimes! Mysterious Manawatū is open to anyone interested in reading or writing mysteries or thrillers. I hear there might even be wine and snacks. So, if nothing else, come for that! What will you be talking about? Who knows where the evening will…
G. B. Ralph
-
New addition at my local library
The Palmerston North City librarians send out this weekly email highlighting new titles available at the library, and look what came in this week! Poison at Penshaw Hall is the second entry in The Milverton Mysteries, set in the fictional town of Milverton, at the mouth of the very real Manawatū Gorge. If you’re local,…
G. B. Ralph 