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British author Salman Rushdie will  publish his new novel Victory City. Photo: Supplied

Rushdie releases new novel six months after knife attack

Rushdie will not promote his 15th novel because of his physical condition, although his agent said his ‘recovery is progressing’

Demonstrators in Tehran call for the death of Indian-British writer Salman Rushdie after a fatwa was issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini condemning him to death for blasphemy after the publication of his novel ‘The Satanic Verses’, February 1989. (Photo by Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)

Iran ‘categorically’ denies link with Rushdie’s attacker

Rushdie, 75, was left on a ventilator with multiple stab wounds after he was attacked at a literary event Friday in western New York state

Salman Rushdie, 75, was propelled into the spotlight with his second novel “Midnight’s Children” in 1981, which won international praise and Britain’s prestigious Booker Prize for its portrayal of post-independence India. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

Salman Rushdie on ventilator, likely to lose an eye after stabbing

The British author of “The Satanic Verses” had to be airlifted to hospital for emergency surgery following the attack

Abdulrazak Gurnah distils the precarious experience of the exile, the refugee and the asylum seeker into his novels. (Simone Padovani/Awakening/Getty Images)

Abdulrazak Gurnah: Nobel prize honours a self-effacing and unassuming talent

Not many knew of the unheralded Zanzibari author who has steadily produced 10 novels

‘Throughout her life

The dance of memory

Coming to terms with the politics of nostalgia amid the myths of the Rainbow Nation is hard to do

Price on Salman Rushdie’s head continues to soar

Twenty eight years after The Satanic Verses was first published, Iran has renewed its efforts in the fatwa issued against author Salman Rushdie.

Outspoken author thanks writers for aiding her release

A first-time South African novelist’s admiration for Salman Rushdie saw her physically attacked and allegedly forced into a mental institution.

Attacked: Zainub Priya Dala.

Writers rally around the author who dared to admire Rushdie

"She would not have avoided a conversation. But debate, conversation and engagement are not possible in the face of violence."

Author Zainub Priya Dala.

Violent intimidation of writers must not be tolerated

The savage attack on Zainub Dala shows the terror of the freedom to use words, and the desire to obliterate them.

Admiration for the writing style of Salman Rushdie resulted in author Zainub Dala being violently attacked.

‘Dala attackers enhance stereotype that Muslims are violent’

The SA Muslim community condemns assaults on author Zainub Priya Dala in Durban after she expressed admiration for Salman Rushdie’s writing style.

Author Zainub Priya Dala.

Durban writer believes praise for Rushdie behind vicious attack

Durban writer Zainub Priya Dala believes she was assaulted for expressing admiration for controversial novelist Salman Rushdie, her publisher said.

DA leader Helen Zille.

Nkandla and The Satanic Verses

Helen Zille’s thwarted march to Nkandla and SA’s slide into mediocrity is like something out of a book. But it’s all too real, writes Verashni Pillay.

Rushdie: Twitter, Facebook would have raised fatwa danger

Salman Rushdie said that if a fatwa calling for his murder had been issued in the social networking era, it would have further endangered his life.

Author Salman Rushdie.

Salman Rushdie on his memoir ‘Joseph Anton’

In a South Africa exclusive, M&G books editor Darryl Accone speaks to award-winning writer Salman Rushdie about his new memoir ‘Joseph Anton’.

Admiration for the writing style of Salman Rushdie resulted in author Zainub Dala being violently attacked.

Salman Rushdie on his new memoir

Listen to the full podcast of our exclusive interview with best selling author Salman Rushdie about his latest book ‘Joseph Anton – A Memoir’.

No Indian distributor has bought the rights to the film adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.

Will ‘Midnight’s Children’ see the light of day in India?

A new film adaptation of ‘Midnight’s Children’, Salman Rushdie’s novel about India after independence, might not be shown in his native land.

No Indian distributor has bought the rights to the film adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.

Iranian gamers create chance to ‘kill’ Rushdie

Salman Rushdie is the subject of an Iranian computer game aimed at spreading the message about his "sin" against Islam to new generations.

No Indian distributor has bought the rights to the film adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.

Salman Rushdie targeted in Iranian video game

Salman Rushdie, author of ‘The Satanic Verses’, is the subject of an Iranian computer game aimed at spreading the message about his "sin".

Satanic versus free speech

Satanic versus free speech

Salman Rushdie has damned politicians for giving in to the "false" leaders of India’s Muslims after he was threatened with violence.

Rushdie in doubt for Jaipur Festival after threats

British author Salman Rushdie’s planned appearance at the literary festival has been thrown into doubt after protests from influential Muslim clerics.