Salman Rushdie says he is tired of being ‘free speech Barbie’ after 2022 attack | Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie says he is tired of being ‘free speech Barbie’ after 2022 attack | Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie said he’s tired of being everyone’s “free speech Barbie” four years after the author survived an assassination attempt that left him blinded in his right eye. “It’s a subject I’m... Read more »
When a heart attack left me in a coma, my hallucinations inspired a novel – and a new life | Books

When a heart attack left me in a coma, my hallucinations inspired a novel – and a new life | Books

On the evening of Monday 1 February 2021, during the third Covid lockdown, my wife Alexa and I sat down on the sofa to have sausages and chips in front of the TV. The children... Read more »
‘Badass’ Salman Rushdie says he doesn’t have PTSD symptoms after 2022 attack | Salman Rushdie

‘Badass’ Salman Rushdie says he doesn’t have PTSD symptoms after 2022 attack | Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie says he has been free of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder despite almost dying from being stabbed during an attempted assassination in 2022, prompting his therapist to humorously conclude... Read more »
‘After the reading, the poets hold each other’: what happens when Ukraine’s largest literary festival comes under Russian attack | Books

‘After the reading, the poets hold each other’: what happens when Ukraine’s largest literary festival comes under Russian attack | Books

I had been working on Exeter University’s Ukrainian Wartime Poetry project for two years when the invitation came to travel to the country’s largest literary festival. I didn’t exactly relish the prospect... Read more »
‘100-year timeframe’: how Project 2025 is guiding Trump’s attack on government | Project 2025

‘100-year timeframe’: how Project 2025 is guiding Trump’s attack on government | Project 2025

David A Graham doesn’t say he read Project 2025 so you don’t have to, but it might be inferred. The Atlantic staff writer’s new book, The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping... Read more »
Salman Rushdie’s knife attack memoir longlisted for Baillie Gifford prize | Books

Salman Rushdie’s knife attack memoir longlisted for Baillie Gifford prize | Books

Salman Rushdie’s memoir about surviving being stabbed is among the books longlisted for the 2024 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction. Rushdie’s book, titled Knife, recounts the August 2022 attack, which happened on... Read more »
Salman Rushdie says he is tired of being ‘free speech Barbie’ after 2022 attack | Salman Rushdie

Attack on Ukrainian printing plant disrupts publishing industry

Attack on Ukrainian printing plant disrupts publishing industry Jul 08 2024 On May 23, Russian missiles targeted the Factor Druk printing plant, one of the largest such plants in Europe and a... Read more »
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