Salman Rushdie

• Salman Rushdie and Helen Garner to headline Melbourne writers' festival

  17 Jul 2014: Dave Eggers and astronaut Chris Hadfield to also talk at festival which aims to ‘democratise’ literature with non-traditional events

• Playing six degrees of Kevin Bacon with HBO's The Leftovers

  7 Jul 2014: The Leftovers name drops famous people who mysteriously disappeared. What connects them? Kevin Bacon, of course

• 14 quotes from writers inspired by football

  24 Jun 2014: Oscar Wilde, George Orwell and Nabokov all had views on the beautiful game. As England head for the exit from the World Cup, console yourself with the wisdom of literature's parlour pundits
  

• Salman Rushdie wins PEN Pinter prize

  20 Jun 2014:

  'It's very moving to receive an award named after my friend,' says writer ahead of presentation at British Library in October

• Concerns in China over alleged secret trial of Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti

  16 Jun 2014: Lawyer representing academic cites unconfirmed reports of 'heavy' sentencing after arrest and charges related to separatism

• We still don't know who'll win the global battle for free speech

  8 May 2014:

  Timothy Garton Ash: Threats such as the fatwa on Salman Rushdie may have eased, but elsewhere fanatics and oppressive states are still trying to exert control

• Salman Rushdie joins writers' protest at China's jailing of Ilham Tohti

  28 Apr 2014:

  Letter to Guardian by authors including Paul Auster, Jennifer Egan and Siri Hustvedt urges president to release writer and scholar

• García Márquez was revered like a rock star

  20 Apr 2014: Letters: Rock stars came nowhere near his stature. Their faces beamed when they talked of him. They will mourn him sadly now

• The bad review meets its match – welcome to the age of counter-criticism

  18 Apr 2014: Emma Brockes: From James Franco to Salman Rushdie, the internet is breathing new life into the battle of wits between celebrities and critics

• Martin Amis describes arguing with Prince Charles over Rushdie fatwa

  15 Apr 2014: Author recalls dinner party contretemps with Charles over death threats to Satanic Verses author

• The poetry that moves men to tears

  6 Apr 2014: Anthony Holden's new anthology celebrates the poems that move men – with revealing contributions from the likes of Ian McEwan, Jonathan Franzen and Salman Rushdie

• Turkey and Twitter: major authors join PEN International appeal end to ban

  28 Mar 2014:

  Letter from Zadie Smith, Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushdie and other writers says Turkey's social media ban is an 'unacceptable violation of the right to freedom of speech'

• Prison book ban plot is full of holes, writers tell Chris Grayling

  26 Mar 2014:

  More major names join fight against restrictions, while justice secretary claims move is what public wants

• Letter from authors to Chris Grayling over ban on sending books to prisoners

  Interactive, 26 Mar 2014:

  Writers including Alan Bennett, Carol Ann Duffy and Jeffrey Archer declare support for campaign by Howard League for Penal Reform

• US authors take the literary prizes but British writers still pushing boundaries

  14 Mar 2014:

  As US writer George Saunders wins first Folio fiction prize, the message to young UK talent waiting in the wings is don't despair

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