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JK Rowling working with police after receiving threat following Rushdie tweet

The Harry Potter author shared screenshots of the potential threat to Twitter.

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2022

Salman Rushdie attack prompts muted reaction in India and Pakistan

Majority of public figures have chosen not to comment on attempt on Indian-born writer’s life

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2022

Writers and politicians condemn attack on Salman Rushdie

As author remains on a ventilator, messages of support champion free speech and talk of his ‘extraordinary resilience’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2022

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 · Aug 13, 2022

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 · Aug 13, 2022

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 · Aug 13, 2022

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 · Aug 13, 2022

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 · Aug 13, 2022

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 · Aug 13, 2022

‘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 · Aug 13, 2022