Author says he doesn’t ‘feel symbolic’ and hopes to steer narrative to his books after surviving assassination attempt
Salman Rushdie said he’s tired of being everyone’s “free speech Barbie” four year…
You are not logged in so some information on this page has been withheld. To see more, please log in or sign up.
Salman Rushdie
since
auto-detected in 38 stories
30 days ago
34 days ago
‘Life is such a pain in the ass’: what Talk Easy host Sam Fragoso has learned in a decade of grilling celebs ⊕
The presenter of hit series Talk Easy has pioneered a style of candid chat that has seen the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow and Salman Rushdie squirming in their seats – so far only one guest has stormed o…
70 days ago
Tariq Ali claims BFI has frozen him out of multicultural TV season ⊕
Editor of groundbreaking Channel 4 show says he was shocked not to be invited to participate in new season
The editor of a groundbreaking Channel 4 show claims the BFI has frozen him out of an upcomin…
79 days ago
‘For the authoritarian, culture is the enemy’: Salman Rushdie talks recovery and resilience at Sundance ⊖
Sundance film festival: a new documentary explores the author’s physical and spiritual healing from the 2022 knife attack that almost killed him
On 12 August 2022, as Salman Rushdie was about to launc…
2 months ago
The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza Griffiths review – a powerful portrait of loss and violence ○
The death of a friend and the attempted murder of her husband Salman Rushdie loom large in the poet’s moving memoir
The night before her wedding to Salman Rushdie in 2021, the American poet and noveli…
4 months ago
Charli xcx, Natalie Portman and Salman Rushdie lead 2026 Sundance lineup ⊕
The festival says goodbye to both founder Robert Redford and its longtime home of Park City, Utah, with a selection of provocative documentaries and starry new films
New films starring Charli xcx, Nat…
The best fiction of 2025 ⊕⊕
New novels from Ian McEwan and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a high-concept debut and remarkable short stories are just some of the best new titles of the year
There aren’t many giants of 20th-century lit…
Memoirs, myths and Midnight’s Children: Salman Rushdie’s 10 best books – ranked! ⊕⊕
found
a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
As the author publishes a new story collection, we rate the work that made his name – from his dazzling Booker winner to an account of the 2022 attack that nearly killed him
“It makes me want to hide…
5 months ago
‘Badass’ Salman Rushdie says he doesn’t have PTSD symptoms after 2022 attack ⊖⊖
found
a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Author was injured in multiple places and lost use of his right eye after assassination attempt during a lecture
Salman Rushdie says he has been free of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder …
The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie – a haunting coda to a groundbreaking career ⊖⊖
found
a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
From an afterlife fantasy to a tale of loss in Mumbai, death is a recurring theme in this story collection – an echo of the novelist at his peak
Towards the end of Knife, his 2024 book about the assau…