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Lauren Del Fabbro

Author Salman Rushdie joins Hay Festival line-up

Sir Salman Rushdie (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Archive)

Author Sir Salman Rushdie has joined the Hay Festival line-up to speak about his recent work and the “power of storytelling”.

The Indian-born British author will speak at the long-standing literary and arts festival in June – joining figures including actor and comedian Sir Stephen Fry, musician Billy Ocean and artist Sir Grayson Perry – to discuss his recent books, Knife and Victory City.

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