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Zena Barrie

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Zena Barrie was born and lives in Manchester. For her day job she co-runs the Camden Fringe. She ran the Kings Arms pub and Theatre in Salford for a while and also the Etcetera Theatre in Camden, as well as working in a wide variety of roles at the Edinburgh Fringe (from street performer to venue manager). In the 90s she did a degree in Drama and Theatre Arts specialising in playwriting. She has been co-host for the award winning spoken word night Verbose and regularly performs spoken word around the Manchester literary circuit.

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	Your Friend Forever 4.54 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two similar looking men with umbilical hernias by Zena Barrie (Goodreads Author), Claire Robinson (Illustrator) 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elemental by Stephanie Bretherton (Goodreads Author), Zena Barrie (Goodreads Author), Mark Bowsher (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two Similar Looking Men with Umbilical Hernias by Zena Barrie (Goodreads Author), Claire Robinson (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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