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JULIETTE WRITERS' GROUP MEETING

Join published writer Dawn Byrne as I lead

the Juliette Writers' Group in discussing:

How to Hook Your Reader

in the Maple Shade Library's meeting room

(the library is in Maple Shade's municipal bldg.)

September 19th @ 6:30 to 8pm.

All are welcome.

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Dawn Byrne: I write children's picture books. It's important for me to leave a teeny carbon footprint and do the least harm in my garden. I live with my husband and a red-eared slider turtle. I continue to apologize to them both.

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