This year’s contenders for the main prizes also include Percival Everett, Hisham Matar and Kaveh AkbarSalman Rushdie, Miranda July and Percival Everett are among this year’s finalists for the National Book awards.Rushdie, who is receiving his first nomination, is competing in the non-fiction category with his bestselling memoir Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder. The book recounts the 2022 stabbing that cost him sight in one of his eyes and the use of a hand. The Observer’s Rachel Cooke called it an “extraordinary” book. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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The letter of gratitude Salman Rushdie wrote to independent bookstores has been made into a poster that will be hung in some stores. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Salman Rushdie's publicity schedule for his new memoir will be unaffected by the increase in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A planned videolink appearance by Salman Rushdie at the Jaipur Literature Festival today (24th... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Salman Rushdie has expressed his "outrage" following a report in The Hindu that... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 27/05/2011 - 10:18 Chiki Sarkar, former editor-in-chief of Random House India, has been appointed publisher of Penguin India. Chiki had worked at Random House India since 2006, working with authors including Anita Desai, Salman Rushdie and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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