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Salman Rushdie warns people are 'too eager to prohibit speech they disapprove of' as acclaimed author cautions against 'slippery slope' of cancel culture
The Satanic Verses author, 77, warned of the 'very slippery slope' of cancel culture and urged to 'trust the audience to be ...
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Prosecutors open case against Salman Rushdie's accused attacker. Here are key takeaways
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Prosecutors opened their case Monday against the man accused of stabbing author Salman ... his knife into the renowned author. He recounted to jurors how Rushdie and ...
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Sir Salman Rushdie is "over" the knife attack which almost killed him because he's found "closure"
The 77-year-old author was left critically injured after he was stabbed repeatedly onstage just moments before he was due to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state in August ...
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‘Banned book’ drive at Rock Spring church collects 84 titles
A collection event for frequently banned books brought dozens of new titles to a Rock Spring church's library last month. The ...
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Will AI threaten authors? Salman Rushdie says not until it can make people laugh
At the 2025 Hay Festival, Salman Rushdie revealed that he prefers to ignore the existence of artificial intelligence and confessed he has “never experimented” with it. He thinks writers remain secure ...