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An Evening with Asako Yuzuki

Asako Yuzuki, bestselling author of Butter, returns to Contact for Manchester Literature Festival to discuss her gripping new novel Hooked.

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Inspiring creativity in young people and audiences since 1972, Contact is a charity, arts venue and theatre based in the centre of Manchester that puts young people at the heart of everything we do.

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