The Satanic Verses author, 77, warned of the 'very slippery slope' of cancel culture and urged to 'trust the audience to be ...

Booker Prize-winning novelist Salman Rushdie is reflecting on the stabbing that occurred during a lecture he was giving in ...

Sir Salman Rushdie says he has moved on from the knife attack which has seen his attacker jailed for attempted murder. Hadi ...

Two recent flare-ups over commencement speeches show how difficult—and necessary—truly defending free expression is.

Salman Rushdie has come to terms with the attempt on his life the only way he knows: by writing about it in a book. He ...

Salman Rushdie at the Hay Festival said AI won’t threaten writers until it can write something truly funny. He also reflected ...

Hadi Matar was found guilty of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault after a two-week trial in February in ...

Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie canceled his planned speech at a California college after students protested his appearance.

Before being sentenced, Hadi Matar stood and made a statement about freedom of speech in which he called Rushdie a hypocrite.

Novelist Salman Rushdie has decided not to deliver the graduation speech for Claremont McKenna College, pulling out days before the Saturday, May 17, commencement. The decision follows criticism from ...

Salman Rushdie has pinpointed the moment authors should start worrying about AI. Speaking at the 2025 Hay Festival, which has ...

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 ...