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Salman Rushdie awake and still ‘feisty’, family says

Author Salman Rushdie's life is still under threat but he remains "feisty" and maintains his sense of humour, his family says.

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Acting Class by Nick Drnaso review – ah, look at all the lonely people

The author of Sabrina brings us a discomfiting picture of charlatanism in action

The Guardian - UK

Without Warning and Only Sometimes: Scenes from an Unpredictable Childhood by Kit de Waal – review

The My Name Is Leon author’s evocative memoir of growing up in 1960s Moseley perfectly captures the dreams and reality of migration to postwar Birmingham

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Laurinda review – a disappointingly uneven adaptation of a beloved book

Based on Alice Pung’s novel about an Asian student in an elite Australian school in the 1990s, this timely production feels scattershot and unconvincing

The Guardian - AU

Salman Rushdie on ‘road to recovery’

The announcement from his agent followed news the lauded writer was removed from a ventilator Saturday and able to talk and joke.

Chicago Sun-Times

Salman Rushdie ‘road to recovery has begun’ but ‘will be long,’ agent says

Author is off ventilator and able to talk after suffering stab wounds to his neck, stomach, eye, chest and thigh in New York attack

The Guardian - US

Salman Rushdie remains in critical condition, his son says

The author is recovering, but it will be a long process, those close to him say. His injuries include a damaged liver and severed nerves in an arm and an eye.

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Other lives: Author and journalist who operated in London, Glasgow and Amsterdam

The Guardian - UK

What it was like asking for Salman Rushdie’s work in a Pakistan bookshop

As an aspiring writer I loved many exiled authors, from Márquez to Kundera, but with Rushdie the stakes were raised

The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie off ventilator and his ‘feisty humour remains intact’ after stabbing, says family

Author’s agent says his “injuries are severe, but his condition is headed in the right direction”

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie’s condition heading in ‘right direction’ after stabbing

Sir Salman Rushdie’s injuries remain “severe” but his condition is heading “in the right direction” after his stabbing, the author’s agent has said.

Evening Standard

Salman Rushdie's agent gives update as author comes off ventilator after attack

Sir Salman Rushdie has been taken off his ventilator and is talking as he recovers from being stabbed in the US - the author's agent Andrew Wylie had earlier said he could lose an eye after the attack

Daily Mirror

My next book is an Indian novel: When Salman Rushdie revealed about his new book 'Victory City'

Roughly a year ago, in an exclusive interview with TOI’s Vinita Dawra Nangia at the Times Literature Festival 2021, former Booker Prize-winner Salman Rushdie revealed about his upcoming book. "After 10 years of which mostly I have written these western-based novels, which are mostly set in America, I think it…

The Times of India

Rushdie's stabbing highlights divisions in Iranian society

Many Iranians have turned to social media to show their anger and praise over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie at a lecture in New York state, with some conspiracy theories linking it to Tehran's nuclear talks in Vienna.

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The National (Scotland)

Salman Rushdie taken off ventilator and talking after stabbing in US

SALMAN Rushdie has been taken off his ventilator and is talking as he recovers from being stabbed in the US.

The Independent UK

Some Capitol rioters try to profit from their Jan. 6 crimes

Some of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are trying to profit from their participation in the deadly insurrection while they face the legal consequences for their crimes

The National (Scotland)

Long-distance love: Young, black, gay and exiled to Glasgow

Only On The Weekends by Dean Atta

Asharq Al-Awsat

Scotland’s Police Investigate Threat Made to J. K. Rowling after Rushdie Tweet

Scotland's police said on Sunday they are investigating a report of an "online threat" made to the author J. K. Rowling after she tweeted her condemnation of the stabbing of Salman Rushdie. The Harry Potter creator said she felt "very sick" after hearing the news and hoped the novelist would…

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The Guardian - US

Salman Rushdie teaches us an invaluable lesson

It is courageous and necessary to stand up against tyrants – even when those tyrants claim to have God on their side

The Independent UK

The Satanic Verses: What happened to the translators who have worked on the controversial book?

Translators from Italy, Japan and Norway have been targeted in the past

Daily Mirror

Police investigating JK Rowling threat as she's targeted for supporting Salman Rushdie

Harry Potter author JK Rowling was told 'you are next' in a tweet after she shared her support to author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed on stage at a literary event in New York this week

The Independent UK

Police investigating ‘online threat’ made to JK Rowling following Salman Rushdie tweet

‘Don’t worry you are next,’ a user tweeted the author

The National (Scotland)

Police investigating 'online threat' to JK Rowling after Salman Rushdie tweet

POLICE said they are investigating a report of an “online threat” made to JK Rowling after she tweeted her reaction to the stabbing of Salman…

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: A cowardly attack on Salman Rushdie and free speech

New York’s Chautauqua Institution describes itself as “a community of artists, educators, thinkers, faith leaders and friends dedicated to exploring the best in humanity.”

The Hindu

Salman Rushdie: ‘My book being put in jail’

“It seems to me that we now have a situation in India in which any two or three religious people can get their will just by saying so!”

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