Tag: Newspaper

• The real-life Milverton Park is 100 years old

  A local park with a name that may sound familiar to my readers is about to celebrate its centenary! October this year marks 100 years since the Palmerston North Borough Council received notification of a gift of 4 acres, 3 roods and 28 perches of land from William Milverton, land that would become the site…

  G. B. Ralph

  6 Sep 2025

  Writing

  History, Inspiration, Milverton, Murder on Milverton Square, Mystery, Newspaper, Palmerston North, The Milverton Mysteries

• Top 10 writing highlights of 2024: #6 Newspapers!

  Having a write-up in the newspaper was an author bingo square checked off for me, so it definitely gets a place on my list of 2024 writing highlights. And if that wasn’t enough, it happened twice! I was interviewed by NZME journalist Ilona Hanne, and her article featured in The New Zealand Herald and the…

  G. B. Ralph

  17 Jan 2025

  Writing

  Author interview, Books, Cosy mystery, Cozy mystery, Interview, Milverton Mysteries, New Zealand, Newspaper, Palmerston North

• G B Ralph author interview in the Manawatū Standard (print edition)

  It’s me! In the paper! Thanks to George and Warwick at the Manawatū Standard for the fantastic chat. I recently posted about the online edition of the article, but as you can see here, I got my hands on last Wednesday’s paper and was rather chuffed to behold the article in print. If you want…

  G. B. Ralph

  13 Nov 2024

  Writing

  Books, Interview, Manawatū, Manawatū Standard, Milverton Mysteries, New Zealand, Newspaper, Palmerston North

• Manawatū Standard author interview: G B Ralph

  I recently caught up with Manawatū Standard journalist George Heagney and photographer Warwick Smith for coffee. We had a great time talking about books, writing, publishing, The Milverton Mysteries, worldbuilding, international readers, cosy mysteries, Agatha Christie, Richard Osman, my upcoming book launch, and all the rest. And then, in what was a deeply strange occurrence…

  G. B. Ralph

  9 Nov 2024

  Writing

  Author, Interview, Journalist, Manawatū, Manawatū Standard, New Zealand, Newspaper, Palmerston North

• 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

  4 Jul 2024

  Writing

  Article, Author, Books, Interview, Manawatū, Manawatū Guardian, Mystery, New Zealand, Newspaper

• 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

  30 Jun 2024

  Writing

  Article, Author, Interview, Manawatū, Manawatū Guardian, New Zealand, New Zealand Herald, Newspaper, Palmerston North, Writer

• 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

  26 Jun 2024

  Writing

  Author, Books, Cosy mystery, Cozy mystery, Interview, Manawatū, Milverton Mysteries, Mystery, New Zealand, Newspaper