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The Latest Breaking News from Salman Rushdie

Sentencing of attacker who stabbed Salman Rushdie adjourned

Hadi Matar, found guilty of attempted murder in 2022 attack that partially blinded author, to be sentenced 16 May

The Guardian - US

Knife by Salman Rushdie audiobook review – 27 seconds that changed everything

The author recalls the attack that almost killed him in an honest, terrifying and life-affirming memoir

The Guardian - UK

Robert Caro, Salman Rushdie and Sandra Cisneros honored by Authors Guild

Robert Caro, Salman Rushdie and Sandra Cisneros were honored Monday night at an Authors Guild dinner gala that celebrated the written word and its vital role in the preservation of democracy

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The week in TV: This City Is Ours; Love and Loss: The Pandemic 5 Years On; The Studio; The Change – review

Sean Bean plays a scouse drug lord in a superior gangland drama. Elsewhere, a poignant portrait of Covid’s aftermath, Seth Rogen’s Hollywood satire, and the return of Bridget Christie’s out-there menopause comedy

The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie announces first fiction work since near-fatal stabbing

'The Eleventh Hour', which comprises a trio of novellas and two stories, marks the author's return to fiction after an onstage assassination attempt in 2022 blinded him in one eye.

Euronews

Salman Rushdie to publish new fiction book later this year

The Eleventh Hour will be the Booker Prize winner’s first book since 2023’s Victory City.

Evening Standard

Salman Rushdie to tackle mortality in first fiction book written since knife attack

Book will mark author’s first fiction work after being stabbed on stage in 2022 – and will ‘explore themes and places that have been much on my mind’

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Salman Rushdie to publish new collection of stories, The Eleventh Hour

The first fiction the author has written since he was attacked in 2022 comprises three novellas and two shorter works set across India, England and the US

The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie's first book of fiction since his stabbing will be published in November

Salman Rushdie has a collection of novellas and short stories coming out this fall

The Independent UK

TV tonight: Bridget Christie’s superb menopause comedy is back

The Change is funnier than ever, as Linda continues her journey of self-discovery. Plus: the gripping finale of Sky’s Mussolini drama. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

What Is Free Speech? The History of a Dangerous Idea by Fara Dabhoiwala review – a flawed polemic

In attempting to contextualise the murky evolution of freedom of expression, the British historian has instead given encouragement to authoritarians of all stripes

The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie out, Dan Brown in: why it’s time to detoxify our middle-class bookshelves

Drop the pretence: instead of parading a love of highbrow literature, just enjoy the books you want to read

The Guardian - UK

Man Found Guilty Of Trying To Kill Salman Rushdie

An American-Lebanese man was found guilty by a jury Friday of attempting to kill novelist Salman Rushdie when storming a stage and repeatedly plunging a knife into the "Satanic Verses" author.

International Business Times

Man found guilty of attempted murder of novelist Salman Rushdie

Rushdie was stabbed with a knife multiple times in the head and neck

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The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie trial: Guilty verdict reached in trial of man accused of trying to kill author

The British-American novelist was seriously wounded and blinded in one eye in the August 2022 attack. Hadi Matar pleaded not guilty to the charges

The Independent UK

How 27-second knife attack nearly cost Salman Rushdie his life after surviving decades of death threats

Satanic Verses writer told Hadi Matar’s trial in New York how he narrowly avoided death after attacker with ‘ferocious’ eyes left him in ‘lake’ of blood

The Guardian - US

Man found guilty of attempted murder in Salman Rushdie stabbing trial

Jury convicts Hadi Matar, 27, charged with trying to kill author at literary gathering in New York state in 2022

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Closing Arguments In Rushdie Attack Trial

The trial of Hadi Matar, accused of attempting to kill author Salman Rushdie, reaches its conclusion with closing arguments imminent.

The Independent UK

Lawyers to deliver closing arguments in the trial of man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie

Lawyers are set to deliver their closing arguments Friday in the trial of a New Jersey man charged with trying to kill Salman Rushdie on a western New York lecture stage

The Independent UK

The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to take the stand as the defense rests

The New Jersey man on trial in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie has declined to testify in his defense

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie says ‘dishonest’ Elon Musk should be fired into space: ‘If he likes it so much, let him go’

‘If he likes it so much, then let him go,’ says author

The Guardian - UK

When it’s illegal to cause distress to believers, call it for what it is: a secular version of blasphemy

Language can ‘open eyes’, Salman Rushdie wrote, yet still ideas of profanity are being used to silence dissenting voices

The Independent UK

Interviewer who tried to stop knife attack on novelist Salman Rushdie initially thought it was a prank

Henry Reese, 75, had just sat down to interview Rushdie when the author was stabbed in a frenzied knife attack

The Independent UK

Man injured alongside Salman Rushdie in 2022 stabbing attack says he thought it was a prank at first

A man injured alongside author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack on a New York lecture stage told jurors that he tried to stop the assault once he realized it wasn't a prank and was left with a gash above his eye

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