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Salman Rushdie memoir about stabbing could delay accused attacker’s trial

Judge says Hadi Matar, who pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charge after Rushdie was stabbed on stage in 2022, is entitled to see manuscript for trial preparation

The Guardian - UK

Trial of man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie may be delayed until author's memoir is published

Salman Rushdie’s plans to publish a book about a 2022 attempt on his life may delay the trial of his alleged attacker, which is scheduled to begin next week

The Independent UK

Nonfiction to look out for in 2024

From Salman Rushdie’s account of the attempt on his life to Sathnam Sanghera’s thoughts on imperialism via the story of the Tory party’s decline, here are the big hitters coming your way next year

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Hanif Kureishi says ‘world seems much darker’ on anniversary of Boxing Day accident

Kureishi, 69, lost the use of his hands and legs after a devastating accident in Rome last year

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The seven best books of 2023 reviewed by our experts

We have covered a lot of new releases this year but these seven really impressed our experts. There’s a feminist retelling of a classic, a twist on the murder mystery from the greatest voice in horror and a giggle-inducing ride through the Middle Ages – not mention one of the…

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Killing Eve ended with Villanelle’s death. This is why I’m bringing her back to life

When my transgressive heroine came to a sticky end on screen, many Killing Eve fans felt cheated. Now they can pick up her story again – this time for free

The Guardian - UK

2023 in books: Protests, bannings and the rise of AI helped shape the story of publishing

The publishing world made plenty of news in 2023, but not only because of the books themselves

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Salman Rushdie makes surprise public appearance for first-ever ‘Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award’

‘I don’t feel at all mysterious. But it made life a little simple,’ Rushdie says about his mystery appearance

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie receives first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award

The latest honor for Salman Rushdie was a prize kept secret until minutes before he rose from his seat to accept it

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie receives award in rare appearance at New York event

Author, who was stabbed at a literary event last year, gets lifetime disturbing the peace award and standing ovation

The Guardian - US

Salman Rushdie: 'Literature Is Powerful, Writers Are Fragile'

"If we can't trust ourselves as a culture to accommodate ideas we don't like," the novelist said at the Library of Congress, "then our ideas lose their value as well, because they become authoritarian."

Reason

Days of The Jackal: how Andrew Wylie turned serious literature into big business

The long read: Andrew Wylie is agent to an extraordinary number of the planet’s biggest authors. His knack for making highbrow writers very rich helped to define a literary era – but is his reign now coming to an end?

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Families flee past tanks as Israel begins to storm Gaza City

Civilians given four-hour window to leave encircled capital but fears many are still trapped. Plus, Salman Rushdie on peace, Barbie and what freedom cost him

The Guardian - UK

Christopher Eccleston defends playing Fagin in Oliver Twist series as non-Jewish actor

‘Doctor Who’ star plays Dickens’s villain in CBBC spin-off show

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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

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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 Independent 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

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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

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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 Guardian - 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’

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

Evening Standard

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…

The Conversation

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.

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