Salman Rushdie
18 books we’re excited to read in November
Your Christmas shopping is done! The publishing year draws to a close with a cracking line-up of novels, major histories, memoirs and essay collections.
- Jason Steger
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‘An act of courage’: Salman Rushdie to return to Australia for first time since US attack
Three years after surviving an attempt on his life during a public lecture, the author will speak about “the price we pay for ideas” and the transformative power of literature.
- Nell Geraets
Man convicted of attempted murder in attack on Salman Rushdie
Hadi Matar, who stabbed and partially blinded the novelist onstage at a New York arts institute in 2022, faces up to 25 years in prison.
- Aleksandra Michalska and Jonathan Allen
‘Dangerously close to committing murder’: Court hears details of attack on Salman Rushdie
Such was the speed and shock of the frenzied stabbing attack that the author continued to sit in his chair in front of his audience.
- Benedict Smith and Susie Coen
Salman Rushdie’s memoir is the work of a supreme storyteller
The novelist’s account of the brutal attack on him and how he survived is moving, ghastly and full of self-scrutiny.
- Peter Craven
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- Culture wars
The best thing about the Lehrmann judgment? Its slowness in a time of dangerous speed
We have increasing difficulty in integrating disparate views, and having civil disagreements. The only antidotes are slowness, nuance, and a tolerance for complexity – all things that are increasingly rare.
- Jacqueline Maley
Did Salman Rushdie foresee the attack that nearly killed him?
Three nights earlier, the acclaimed author had a disturbing dream. It was not his first eerie premonition.
- JP O'Malley
April books: The attack on Salman Rushdie and rejigging Huck Finn
The book industry is in full swing anticipating cooler weather and more time to read.
- Jason Steger
Salman Rushdie calls revisions to Roald Dahl books ‘absurd censorship’
Recent changes in Dahl’s children’s books were a joint effort by the publisher and the Roald Dahl Story Company, which manages the works’ copyright and trademarks.
- Jennifer Hassan
Salman Rushdie’s new novel is a tale of power, exile and steely defiance
The story of a 247-year-old prophetess and poet, Victory City is the author’s 15th novel and the first since he was attacked and severely injured last year.
- Fiona Gruber