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The Guardian view on Salman Rushdie: democracy relies on the right to dissent

Editorial: No piece of writing deserves a death sentence or should be met with the threat of assault

The Guardian - UK

His dark materials: the bush noir that grapples with mental health

A childhood spent ‘on the brink of self-destruction’ in regional NSW was the catalyst for James McKenzie Watson’s prize-winning thriller Denizen

The Guardian - AU

Nicholas Evans obituary

Author of The Horse Whisperer, the 1995 book that was turned into a popular film, starring and directed by Robert Redford

The Guardian - UK

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Used Harry Potter book sells for £478 after bidding war

Many of us have old Harry Potter books lying around the house

Liverpool Echo

Operation Condor: why victims of the oppression that swept 1970s South America are still fighting for justice

Between 1976 and 1978, an extrajudicial campaign of violent repression was waged by South American dictatorships against political dissidents and exiles who spoke out against domestic repression and military rule.

The Conversation

‘More zeros than I’ve seen in my life’: the author who got a six-figure deal via ‘BookTok’

After she was dropped by her agent, Alex Aster turned to a books-obsessed corner of TikTok to gauge interest in her YA novel … and now it’s one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the year

The Guardian - UK

ESPN's Stephen A Smith has memoir coming in January 2023

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"Classified": Why Publish with a Conservative Press? And a Review and Podcast Update

A reader asked a reasonable question. You claim, he said, that your new book Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America, is a non-polemical, scholarly look at the modern history of racial classification in the United States. If so, why didn't you publish the book with an academic…

Reason

The 7 defining moments of Salman Rushdie’s life

As the author lies in hospital with life-changing injuries, Amy Francombe looks back at his controversial career and how he came to have a fatwa on his head

Evening Standard

Top 35 must-see locations for book lovers - with Brontë sisters' home topping list

The literary list features sites made famous by both authors and by their works - from Shakespeare's birthplace, to Sherwood Forest from Robin Hood

Wales Online

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Salman Rushdie and the defense of hate speech

“Professor, why should we allow hate speech?”

Chicago Tribune

The Queen of Technicolor: the famous life and tragic death of Maria Montez

A new book explores the career of the groundbreaking Dominican actor, who is now not well known, and her ability to play a system that made it hard for her

The Guardian - US

The Draw of the Sea by Wyl Menmuir review – a personal homage to the coast

In his first non-fiction book, the novelist explores tales from his adoptive home of Cornwall and the place the sea plays in our collective consciousness

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Nick Drnaso: ‘Once a book comes back from the printer, it’s dead to me’

In 2018, Nick Drnaso’s ‘Sabrina’ became the first graphic novel to be nominated for the Booker Prize. As his latest work, ‘Acting Class’, is published, he talks to Nick Duerden about his former life working in a button factory, his experiences of abuse, what his stories are really about and…

The Independent UK

Sales of The Satanic Verses surge after Salman Rushdie stabbing

Author’s works are dominating Amazon’s bestseller lists days after his stabbing

Salon

Salman Rushdie and a history of offense

The celebrated author is currently recovering from serious injuries after an attack on his life

Zenger

Second Chance: Chauncey Taylor Won’t Let His Past Derail His Future

NEW ORLEANS — Chauncey Taylor played a part in his life’s destruction. His foundation wasn’t the best, but he had a nurturing mother who tried to raise her son not to become a statistic.

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The Independent UK

Nicola Sturgeon and Louise Welsh send message to Rushdie from book festival

All guests at the event have been invited by organisers to begin their sessions with a sentence from one of Salman Rushdie’s works.

The Hindu

The power of words: On the assault on Salman Rushdie

The assault on Rushdie is an attack on those who speak out against all forms of extremism

Chicago Sun-Times

Nicholas Evans, author of ‘The Horse Whisperer,’ dies at 72

Born in 1950 in Worcestershire, England, Evans studied law at Oxford University and worked as a journalist in the 1970s.

Reuters

Explainer: Rushdie attack shows the enduring impact of fatwas

The 1989 fatwa imposed by Iran's late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on Salman Rushdie for his novel “the Satanic Verses” has haunted many liberal novelists and thinkers whose writings were also seen as insulting to Islam and the Prophet Mohammad.

Chronicle Live

Former Chronicle journalist and Horse Whisperer author Nicholas Evans dies after heart attack

Nick Evans worked as a journalist at the Chronicle and Journal in the 1970s

Newsroom.co.nz

Life of Gavin

New Zealand's greatest illustrator, Gavin Bishop.

The Guardian - UK

Reader, I followed them: TikTok expands its content to tap into the BookTok phenomenon

New retailer partnerships, live events and book clubs are all planned to capitalise on the platform’s vibrant community of literature lovers

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