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Salman Rushdie expected to testify at stabbing trial in January

Alleged attacker Hadi Matar pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, following incident in Chautauqua, New York, that left Rushdie blind in one eye

The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie: allow writers to create characters outside of their own experience

Booker prize-winning author said that if ‘only women can write about women and straight people about straight people’ then it signals the ‘death of art’

The Guardian - UK

Author Salman Rushdie calls for defense of freedom of expression as he receives German prize

Author Salman Rushdie called for the unconditional defense of freedom of expression as he received a prestigious German prize

The Independent UK

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Machine Gun Kelly jumps to defend himself after fan rushes at him on stage

Rapper was invited to talk about ‘business in the digital age’ at the magazine’s annual event

The Independent UK

Machine Gun Kelly jumps to defend himself after fan rushes at him on stage at Forbes Under 30 Summit

Rapper was invited to talk about ‘business in the digital age’ at the magazine’s annual event

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie announces memoir, Knife, about stabbing that left him blind in one eye

Author was giving a public lecture at New York’s Chautauqua Institute last year when a man rushed the stage and stabbed him repeatedly

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie announces memoir, Knife, about being stabbed in 2022

The author describes the book, subtitled Meditations After an Attempted Murder, as ‘a way to take charge of what happened, and to answer violence with art’

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Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage last year. He's releasing a memoir about the attack

Salman Rushdie has written a memoir about the horrifying attempt on his life that left him blind in his right eye and with a damaged left hand

The Independent UK

Chinese author Can Xue favourite to win 2023 Nobel prize in literature

Haruki Murakami, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie are also among those highly tipped for the prize, announced on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Brave Sir Salman Rushdie has challenged his own side

The old warhorse has come out for another battle. Sir Salman Rushdie, his eye covered with a patch from a terrifying attack last year by a young man who said he disliked his views on Islam, appeared last week at the National First Amendment conference in Philadelphia to discuss threats…

Evening Standard

Substack newsletters are a literary trend. What's the appeal – and what should you read?

Every week since August 2021, Australian author Bri Lee has released a regular weekly Substack newsletter, News & Reviews, to thousands of paid and unpaid subscribers.

The Conversation

‘I didn’t think it was possible to be a novelist’: Julian Barnes on literature, loss – and his late friend Martin Amis

The Booker winning author talks about how his most recent work was inspired by Hilary Mantel, and the way the books world has changed since his debut was published more than 40 years ago

The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie warns that ‘the truth is under attack’ as he defends free speech

‘One of the preconditions for the rise of authoritarian strongmen is that people cease to believe in the truth,’ the author says

Evening Standard

First Thing: Appeals for body bags amid fears of epidemic after Libya floods

Up to 20,000 people feared dead after devastating floods. Plus, Mitt Romney attacks Trump in resignation announcement

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40 best books to read before you die, from Great Expectations to Wolf Hall

Losing yourself in a great novel is one of life’s joys. Here our critics Ceri Radford and Chris Harvey pick the books you need to read

The Guardian - US

‘We’re facing another old enemy’: Rushdie warns against global authoritarianism

Speaking in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Rushdie says US Republicans are moving away from democratic values including free speech

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a sickness’: Chuck D on his new graphic novel and the ‘madness’ of US gun culture

The Public Enemy frontman talks about why he returned to his first love of art to create a book about the violence dividing his country

Evening Standard

OPINION - Tomiwa Owolade: Salman Rushdie’s warning rings true – ignore the Twitter outrage

The ‘updating’ of Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming works are just the tip of the iceberg

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The Guardian - UK

‘Times change’: what authors think about rewriting older books

Jacqueline Wilson is latest writer to wade into debate over changing dated and offensive language

The Conversation

Music video controversy in Nigeria: Logos Olori misreads a religious time bomb

Recently, Logos Olori – a Nigerian singer who is signed to Afrobeats superstar Davido’s music label – released a video with supposedly Muslim men dancing to his song Jaye Lo in front of a mosque. After an outcry, the controversial video had to be taken down by Davido because it…

The Independent UK

After an attack on Salman Rushdie, the Chautauqua Institution says its mission won't change

For 150 years, the Chautauqua Institution has prided itself as a place that invites open dialogue and freedom of expression

The Times of India

Salman Rushdie calls out a troll for threatening him on Twitter

While prolific writer Salman Rushdie is still recovering from a brutal attack last year, a Twitter user recently threatened to harm the Booker Prize-winning author on social media. Reacting to it, Rushdie took to Twitter and called out the troll.

The Times of India

Salman Rushdie speaks of 'crazy dreams' about knife attack in New York

Salman Rushdie has spoken for the first time about having "crazy dreams" following the near-fatal knife attack on him in New York in August last year, which has left the Mumbai-born author blind in one eye, and working with a therapist to help him process the mental impact of the…

Manchester Evening News

Salman Rushdie reveals he may never speak at public events again after frenzied knife attack

Award-winning writer has given first interview since devastating 2022 attack which left him blind in one eye

The Guardian - US

Salman Rushdie says he has ‘crazy dreams’ since stabbing attack

Writer speaks about his physical and mental health as well as his thoughts on his attempted murderer

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