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Oliver Audiobooks: Get a Coupon

Posted onJanuary 30, 2020January 28, 2020AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

For a limited time, here’s a chance to try out your first audiobook for free. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, WritingTagsAudiobook, Carol Newman Cronin, coupon, Oliver's Surprise

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Audiobooks: A World of Their Own

Posted onMarch 21, 2019January 19, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

Is it possible to “read” an audiobook? Read More …

CategoriesBooks, WritingTagsaudiobooks, Oliver's Surprise, What Editors Do

Happy 10th Anniversary, Oliver’s Surprise!

Posted onDecember 27, 2018December 20, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Since the first edition of Oliver’s Surprise, here are 10 things that haven’t changed. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, WritingTagsanniversary, Carol Newman Cronin, editions, Oliver's Surprise, publishing

Hurricane: 80th Anniversary of 1938

Posted onSeptember 20, 2018September 20, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

A remembrance of the Great Hurricane of 1938 brings back memories of writing and researching Oliver’s Surprise. Read More …

CategoriesWeatherTags1938, Carol Newman Cronin, Great Hurricane of 38, hurricane, Jamestown Philomenian Library, Oliver's Surprise

The Satisfaction of Print

Posted onJanuary 7, 2016January 5, 2016AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

There’s nothing like the feel and smell of a real book. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, WritingTagsbooks, Carol Newman Cronin, Oliver's Surprise, teaching

Books Last; Grade School Doesn’t

Posted onDecember 3, 2015December 2, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Books are permanent. Fourth and fifth grade are fleeting and temporary. Both are a very good thing. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, WritingTags5th grade, Carol Newman Cronin, Oliver's Surprise

Of Books and Boats

Posted onSeptember 15, 2009December 10, 2016AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Last Friday my two worlds-sailing and books-met here in San Diego. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, Sailing, SnipeTagsbooks, Carol Newman Cronin, Oliver's Surprise, San Diego, Snipe Worlds

Closing the Door, Again

Posted onJuly 3, 2009June 2, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

It’s been a busy year since “Oliver’s Surprise” went to press. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, Fiction, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Oliver's Surprise

Second Edition of Oliver’s Surprise… IT’S HERE!

Posted onJune 30, 2009December 4, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

As reviewer Gary Jobson says, there’s nothing like the arrival of your own book: the most concrete representation we writers will ever get that the hard work was worth it. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, Fiction, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, fiction, Gemma Media, Oliver's Surprise, second edition

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