Tag: Palmerston North
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Top 10 writing highlights of 2024: #4 Book launch!
My fourth writing highlight for 2024 was holding my first in-person book launch. It was a wonderful evening, with so many people showing up to support and celebrate the release of Death in Douglas Glade that we had to get more chairs out! Palmerston North City Library hosted the event and put on the nibbles;…
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Top 10 writing highlights of 2024: #2 Author panel!
The second of my 2024 highlights was joining fellow authors for a panel discussion, in front of a real, live, in-person audience! ‘Mysterious Manawatū’ was part of the Ngaio Marsh Awards ‘Mystery in the Library’ event series and was held at the Palmerston North City Library. I was rather nervous going in but ended up…
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My latest mystery on the library’s New Books shelf
This week, Death in Douglas Glade is on the New Books shelf at my local library – I love to see it! You can check out my books from your local library too. If they don’t have any copies – no worries! – you can always ask a librarian if they’ll buy some in for…
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Death in Douglas Glade book launched
The paperback edition of Death in Douglas Glade has been successfully launched! Thanks so much to everyone involved for the enthusiasm, encouragement, and for coming out to celebrate with me on Thursday night – I appreciate you all so much! To my wonderful partner, friends, family, readers, the +1s who were dragged along, and the…
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Book launch tonight – see you there?
Six hours until show time, and by “show time” I mean “lovely refreshments and sparkling book chat time”! Come and help me launch my latest book – Death in Douglas Glade – I’d love to see you there. For more details about the book launch event, see this post on my website, this event listing…
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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…
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Book launch in the library newsletter (with links!)
We’re launching the latest Milverton Mystery, Death in Douglas Glade, in just under two weeks at the library and I’d love to see you there! You can see the notice in this month’s library newsletter: I don’t know about ‘top’, but I’ll take it! What are you looking for now?
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Book unboxing: Death in Douglas Glade
Two big ol’ boxes landed on my doorstep, both full of books! Why so many? To be sure I have enough for the Death in Douglas Glade book launch event. So, please come along or I’ll have to lug them all home again! For more details about the book launch or the book itself, scroll…
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Ashhurst Village Voice book review: Murder on Milverton Square
Ashhurst is a town with a population of about 3,500 residents, located just ten minutes’ drive up the road from me. Unfortunately, Ashhurst had to go, so I wiped the town from the map. But why? To make way for my fictional town of Milverton! I couldn’t have two small towns just across the river…