Join award-winning author YUZUKI Asako, known for her tantalising thriller Butter, for a series of enlightening talks on the book and its background. YUZUKI will visit 6 cities, including Cheltenham for The Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival and Manchester for the Manchester Literature Festival.

About YUZUKI Asako

Born in Tokyo in 1981. Won the All Yomimono Award for New Writers in 2008 for “Forget Me, Not Blue,” which was included in her debut work Shuten no ano ko in 2010. Won the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize in 2015 for Nile Perch no joshikai (Nile Perch Women's Club). Among her many other hit works, BUTTER was published in 2017.

Venues and dates

Cheltenham
The Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival
Pillar Room, Cheltenham Town Hall
Saturday 5 October 2024, 18:30
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Manchester
Manchester Literature Festival
Waterstones Deansgate
Monday 7 October 2024, 19:00
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Sheffield
Off the Shelf
The Auditorium, University of Sheffield Students’ Union
Tuesday 8 October 2024, 18:00
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London
Foyles, London Charing Cross Road
Wednesday 9 October 2024, 19:00
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Norwich
University of East Anglia
Lecture Theatre 1
Thursday 10 October 2024, 17:30
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Oxford
University of Oxford
Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony’s College
Friday 11 October 2024, 17:30
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Don’t forget to grab your copy of Butter before the event – click here to find out more!