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Knife by Salman Rushdie audiobook review – 27 seconds that changed everything

The author recalls the attack that almost killed him in an honest, terrifying and life-affirming memoir

On 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie was at a literary conference in Chautauqua, New York, about to…

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Salman Rushdie out, Dan Brown in: why it’s time to detoxify our middle-class bookshelves | Gareth Rubin

Drop the pretence: instead of parading a love of highbrow literature, just enjoy the books you want to read

Toughen up. It’s the end of the line for soft, middle-class authors. Lefty-baiting headteach…

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When it’s illegal to cause distress to believers, call it for what it is: a secular version of blasphemy | Kenan Malik

Language can ‘open eyes’, Salman Rushdie wrote, yet still ideas of profanity are being used to silence dissenting voices

‘Whatever the attack was about, it wasn’t about The Satanic Verses.” So insists…

78 days ago

I was with Salman Rushdie when he was stabbed. The ‘reader effect’ saved us

Reading fiction fosters empathy in a polarized world. I’ve learned how arts organizations can do the same

On 12 August 2022, I was about to begin interviewing Salman Rushdie at the Chautauqua Institut…

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Salman Rushdie tells stabbing trial: ‘It occurred to me quite clearly I was dying’

Author says ‘I was screaming because of the pain’ in trial of man accused of trying to kill him

Salman Rushdie took the stand in the trial of the man accused of attempting to kill him at a literary ga…

Salman Rushdie reveals first words he said as he was taken off ventilator and shows court his sewn-up eye and says 'that's what's left of it' as he gives evidence against alleged knife attacker

Outspoken author Salman Rushdie today revealed the first words he spoke after he was taken off a ventilator following a near-fatal knife attack in 2022

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