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Killer crabs and bad leprechauns: how the best book blurbs excite our brains

Book jackets have been enticing potential readers for nearly 200 years with copy that amuses and intrigues. Here, a veteran blurb writer reveals their secrets

The Guardian - UK

Iran's hardline newspapers praise Salman Rushdie's attacker

Several hardline Iranian newspapers poured praise on Saturday on the person who attacked and seriously wounded author Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” had drawn death threats from Iran since 1989.

Reuters

Iran CELEBRATES Salman Rushdie's stabbing attack as he fights for his life in hospital

Indian-born British author Sir Salman Rushdie's 1980s novel The Satanic Verses led to a fatwa in Iran calling for his death sanctioned by the government in the country

Daily Mirror

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Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing

Salman Rushdie's agent says the writer is on a ventilator after being stabbed in the neck and abdomen on a western New York stage where he was about to give a lecture

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie attack: What we know so far

Author Rushdie is on ventilator and could lose an eye following a stabbing attack at a literary event in New York state.

Al Jazeera

Novelist Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing

Salman Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after an Iranian fatwa ordered his killing, was on a ventilator and could lose an eye following a stabbing attack at a literary event in New York state Friday.

Radio France Internationale

‘Books bring us into being’: how writing about reading became an inspiring literary genre of its own

Bibliomemoirs are an increasingly popular way for writers to celebrate reading and its power to shape lives

The Guardian - UK

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Maror by Lavie Tidhar review – violence and corruption in Israel’s underbelly

The pragmatism of power is explored in a detective novel that takes in drugs, guns, politics and religion

The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie, the Booker Prize-winning author and fierce critic of religion with a bounty on his head

Salman Rushdie has lived under threat of death for decades after a fatwa was issued in response to the content of his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses.

ABC News

In defence of the beach read: what we get wrong about holiday books

Forget that classic novel you’ve meant to read for years. Leave the hot new release about millennial ennui. Your beach read should be a book you long to get lost in, writes Amanda Whiting

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie on ventilator; may lose an eye, says his agent after stabbing in New York

Rushdie, who received death threats from Iran due to his book 'The Satanic Verses', was "stabbed" at least once in the neck and once in the abdomen onstage at a lecture in western New York state on Friday morning. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Who is Salman Rushdie? Author whose book The Satanic Verses made him a target

The Indian-born writer has been stabbed in New York, and it’s not his first brush with violence

The Guardian - UK

What is a fatwa? Salman Rushdie’s backstory moves center stage after attack

After Salman Rushdie was attacked as he began a lecture Friday in western New York, it was a potent reminder that an Islamic leader had issued a high-profile edict calling for the writer’s death in reaction to his 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses.”

Los Angeles Times

Salman Rushdie: Stephen King, Nigella Lawson and more react as author stabbed onstage in New York

‘The Satanic Verses’ author was stabbed in the neck while at a literary event

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R Kelly’s ‘fiancée’ Joycelyn Savage claims she is pregnant

Alleged victim of Kelly has published a short e-book about her relationship with the rapper

Daily Mirror

Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect ID'd as author still in surgery after brutal attack

The Satanic Verses novelist Sir Salman Rushdie's alleged attacker has reportedly been identified as 24-year-old Hadi Matar, from Fairview, New Jersey, by three law enforcement sources

Salon

Book-banning moms cry censorship

"Mama Bears" group files lawsuit alleging their First Amendment rights are being violated

Salon

Where can "Sandman" go from here?

There so much that Neil Gaiman wants to adapt from the graphic novels, and David S. Goyer is already looking ahead

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The Guardian - US

Blood and terror: witnesses tell of attack on Salman Rushdie at literary festival

Arts event interrupted by screams as people rushed to render aid to the novelist and subdue his assailant

The Independent UK

The reaction to The Satanic Verses forced Salman Rushdie into hiding – but he would re-emerge

The response to the author’s fourth novel became front-page news around the world and would leave a lasting impression, writes David Lister

Reuters

Events following Iran's fatwa against author Salman Rushdie

Indian-born novelist Salman Rushdie, who was attacked on a New York state lecture stage on Friday, spent years in hiding after he was ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing.

The Canberra Times

'It's exhilarating': All eyes on Canberra Writers Festival

Big names descend on the national capital for the return of the event

Al Jazeera

Key dates in the life of author Salman Rushdie

The controversial author spent years in hiding after 1989 decree by the Iranian leader led to threats against his life.

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie in surgery after stabbing, literary agent says

The author was airlifted to the hospital after being stabbed in the neck several times

The Guardian - UK

A tsunami of outrage: Salman Rushdie and The Satanic Verses

The writer had no idea his novel would unleash such anger and become a litmus test of freedom of expression

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