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Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNNKeeping you in the know, Culture Queue is an ongoing series of recommendations for timely books to read, films to watch and podcasts and music to listen to.The story of Pampa Kampana, poet, prophet and mother…

Author Salman Rushdie released excerpts of a new novel on Monday, four months after he was severely injured in a stabbing attack in the state of New York.The New Yorker magazine published an excerpt online entitled “A Sackful of Seeds" from…

Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recently appeared in a BBC lecture on freedom of speech, and talked about the “epidemic of self-censorship". Best known for her novels, Half Of A Yellow Sun and Americanah, the author was speaking in the…

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khanon Saturday claimed that his remarks in a British newspaper regarding the attempted murder of Mumbai-born author Salman Rushdie were "taken out of context". Rushdie, 75, was stabbed by a…

Last Updated: August 20, 2022, 23:24 ISTFormer premier Imran Khan (Image: Reuters)Rushdie, 75, was stabbed by a 24-year-old New Jersey resident identified as Hadi Matar, the US national of Lebanese origin, on stage last week while he was…

The man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie on a lecture stage in western New York said in an interview that he was surprised to learn the accomplished author had survived the attack. Speaking to the New York Post from jail, Hadi…

Book sales for Sir Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses have surged after the author was stabbed at an event in the US last week.The contentious 1988 book, which was considered blasphemous by some of Muslims, rose to…

<!-- -->"I don't like him very much," Hadi Matar said of Salman Rushdie.The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie said he respected Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini but would not say if he was inspired by a fatwa issued by the former…

A man who allegedly stabbed Sir Salman Rushdie has reportedly said he didn't think the writer would survive.Hadi Matar, 24, denies charges of attempted murder and assault after the author was seriously injured as he was about…

British author Salman Rushdie poses behind some copies of his book "Joseph Anton" on October 1, 2012 in Berlin. Author Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" topped several Amazon's bestsellers lists on Tuesday, days after he sustained…