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The End of Dragons by Mark Stay

What comes after the end? Well, I have been impatiently waiting for five years to find out!

The same time period has passed for the characters since they were last seen in The End of Magic. We enter The End of Dragons to find many are making the most of the new world without magic while others are desperately clinging onto whatever shards of the old world they can get their hands on.

The End of Dragons is out now

The End of Dragons is great fun, just begging to be adapted for ...

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 to die, writing diverse characters, and the journey from first idea though to publication and beyond.

Read the full article for yourself on The New...

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 themselves at home in Wellington, enemies to lovers, a possessive winged lord, and a very charming distraction, among many other things!

For more, check out Jam...

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) 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, and plenty more besides.

I’m looking forward to seeing what Ilona managed to pick out for her article from my ramblings. To be sure not to miss the article when it’s published, j...

100 days until Death in Douglas Glade release

This is fine, this is fine…

Death in Douglas Glade is out 2 October 2024, which is scary! But each pre-order gives me a sweet lil air kiss of motivation to make it the best Milverton Mystery yet.

Pre-order Death in Douglas Glade by G B RalphWhat’s the book about? Pre-order Death in Douglas GladeKindle / ebook

Pre-order on Amazon today and receive your copy on release day: 2 October 2024.

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Paperback

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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 Authors Day

I know I’m missing a few names (apologies!), but from memory, going around the room anticlockwise:

Thom Conroy – author of The Naturalist and The Salted AirG B Ralph – a...

Kobo audiobook sale: Poison at Penshaw Hall

Addison, Jake, Mabel, and Keith are at it again! And they’re getting all the love and attention this pride month ‍

The audiobooks are available all over the place at all times, but if you want to grab Penshaw for less, this weekend on Kobo is where it’s at. It’s on sale for a flat 4.99 across a bunch of currencies, once again resulting in some delightful discounts

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Local Authors Day

I’ll be at the Palmerston North City Library on Sunday afternoon with a bunch of other fantastic local authors!

Drop in any time between 1–4pm on Sunday 23 June 2024
Mezzanine Floor, Central Library, 4 The Square, Palmerston North

Things you can do or not do (choose your own adventure):Browse the booksPick up books, read the back, then put them down againTalk to authors about their books, or just about books in generalBuy booksGet books signed by authorsTell a...

Goodreads list: October 2024 MM Releases

I was nosing around upcoming LGBTQ+ book releases on various Goodreads lists and look what I spotted… My next book, Death in Douglas Glade, is already lined up!

I’d love your vote (you can pick a bunch!) so I can cosy up next to the highly anticipated new books by Alexis Hall and Freya Marske!

October 2024 MM Releases Goodreads List

Note: To vote, you need to be logged into Goodreads and on your computer / the “desktop site” on mobile.

Update (1 hour after first posting)

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Audiobooks.com deal: Poison at Penshaw Hall 50% off

Half price? What a plot twist! Audiobooks.com are doing the deal here:

Get 50% off the Poison at Penshaw Hall audiobook What’s the book about? Buy Poison at Penshaw HallKindle / ebook

Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon DE | Amazon AU (NZ)

Paperback

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