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Salman Rushdie taken off ventilator and talking, a day after being stabbed at New York event

In now-deleted tweet, fellow author Aatish Taseer says Rushdie was able to talk, which later the celebrated author’s agent Andrew Wylie confirms to the Associated Press

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2022

You are next: 'Harry Potter' author JK Rowling gets death threat, after attack on Salman Rushdie

The attack on former Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie on August 12, 2022 left his fans and friends from the literary world in a state of shock. Reacting to the news when 'Harry Potter' author JK Rowling expressed her support to Rushdie on Twitter, she was given a public death…

The Times of India · Aug 14, 2022

J.K. Rowling gets death threat after calling attack on Salman Rushdie "horrifying"

Other popular authors have weighed in on the attack on Rushdie.

Axios · Aug 13, 2022

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 said he had ‘normal’ life just weeks before stabbing attack on stage

Sir Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times as he was about to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state - he is expected to lose his eye after the attack

Daily Mirror · Aug 13, 2022

Salman Rushdie: Boris Johnson and JK Rowling among those who reacted to author’s stabbing

The author was stabbed in the neck while on stage at a literary event, according to New York Police

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2022

Novelist Salman Rushdie stabbed in New York: Reactions

Rushdie was stabbed on stage just before he was about to give a lecture at a literary festival in New York state.

Al Jazeera · Aug 12, 2022

JK Rowling ‘feeling sick’ along with other notable faces after Rushdie stabbed

The Indian-born British author, 75, was left with an apparent stab wound to the neck.

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2022

Scots businessman who fired shots at a mum and kids also targeted JK Rowling

Paul Ritchie who awaiting sentence after terrifying Emma Davis and four youngsters had previously made threats of violence against author JK Rowling

Daily Record · Jul 31, 2022

‘Harry Potter’ cafe owner in ‘limbo’ following fire damage last year

Renovation work at The Elephant House in Edinburgh cannot get under way until landlords make the building structurally sound, the owner says.

The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2022