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Sir Salman Rushdie’s feisty sense of humour remains intact, family says

Sir Salman’s son Zafar said the author had been taken off a ventilator.

The Independent 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

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Salman Rushdie 'on the road to recovery,' agent says

Salman Rushdie's agent says the author is “on the road to recovery” two days after suffering serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York

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

Edinburgh author JK Rowling receives terrifying death threat on social media

The author was horrified by the attack that saw Salman Rushdie stabbed multiple times in a vicious attack in New York and took to Twitter to offer her support for her fellow author.

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Salman Rushdie off ventilator and 'road to recovery has begun,' agent says

Salman Rushdie, the acclaimed author who was stabbed repeatedly at a public appearance in New York state on Friday, 33 years after Iran's then-supreme leader called for him to be killed, is off a ventilator and his health is improving, his agent and a son said on Sunday.

Reuters

Authors on the Salman Rushdie attack: ‘A society cannot survive without free speech’

Writers including Margaret Atwood, Ben Okri and Ian McEwan have spoken out after the attack in New York

The Guardian - UK

I could not believe how bravely Salman Rushdie faced the threats to his life. That’s true courage

In our conversations and emails, his determination to not let the fatwa define him has been evident, says Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman

The Guardian - UK

Police probe JK Rowling death threat after Salman Rushdie well wishes

The Harry Potter creator shared screenshots of a message from a Twitter user who had written "don't worry you are next" in response to her tweet about Sir Salman.

Daily Record

Police investigate threat to JK Rowling over Salman Rushdie tweet

Officers carrying out inquiries after message to author who voiced support for Rushdie following stabbing

The Guardian - UK

How Salman Rushdie has been a scapegoat for complex historical differences

The Chautauqua Institution, southwest of Buffalo in New York State, is known for its summer lectures – and as a place where people come seeking peace and serenity. Salman Rushdie, the great writer and influential public intellectual, had spoken at the centre before.

The Conversation

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…

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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.

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

Warner Bros Discovery ‘condemns’ JK Rowling death threat

Harry Potter author received a death threat on Twitter after posting in support of Salman Rushdie

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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Daily Mirror

Salman Rushdie had two police officers guarding him - but crowd tackled knifeman

Sir Salman Rushdie, whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution, 65 miles from Buffalo in New York state, when he was attacked

Reuters

Scotland's police investigate threat made to JK Rowling after Rushdie tweet

Scotland's police said on Sunday they are investigating a report of an "online threat" made to the author JK Rowling after she tweeted her condemnation of the stabbing of Salman Rushdie.

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…

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