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Blog posts about Maria Donovan’s debut novel, The Chicken Soup Murder

Read my lips

July 23, 2021

An extract from The Chicken Soup Murder, read by me on Youtube. See me looking both owlish and like my mother, which is quite funny as I am channelling the voice and views of a ten-year-old boy.

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Indelible: ‘Food and Nurture’

June 25, 2021

‘The day before the murder, George Bull tried to poison me with a cheese sandwich.’

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A Touching Tale: Maria Donovan and The Chicken Soup Murder — Q& A with Sarah Scribbles

April 2, 2021

Sarah Tinsley asks some great questions about my novel, The Chicken Soup Murder, plus there’s advice for writers starting out. For the full post it’s over to Sarah Scribbles.

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Indelible News!

March 12, 2021

Free and happening online March 15. 6pm local time is 2pm UTC 🙂

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Knock three times

July 19, 2019

The Chicken Soup Murder has been shortlisted for a prize three times. Here are the ups and down in the birth and life of a novel.

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Third time lucky?

June 21, 2019

Shortlisted again: will it be third time lucky for my novel The Chicken Soup Murder?

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Chicken Soup Murder Q&A

April 26, 2019

In a recent post in her Writers Chat series, Shauna Gilligan posed some great questions about The Chicken Soup Murder.

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UK Talk Radio

December 21, 2018

Massive radio fan as I am, it was a great to be asked to record an interview with Geoff Carter of UK Talk Radio. He asked me how I got started as a writer, where that led, and about my debut novel, The Chicken Soup Murder. 

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Launching the Soup!

December 22, 2017

‘A book launch is a bit like a wedding, except that you’ve done something to deserve it.’ Continue reading “Launching the Soup!”

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Bridport Book Launch Invite

Book Born in Bridport

November 10, 2017

On Tuesday 21 November, I’ll be reconnecting Bridport Past to Bridport Present with the launch of my debut novel, The Chicken Soup Murder.

 

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