Times of India (Free subscription) | yesterday
British author Salman Rushdie branded US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as a "joke" Sunday and said naming her as Republican John McCain's running mate was a "colossal misjudgement".
Indian Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
British author Salman Rushdie said naming Sarah Palinas as McCain's running mate was a 'colossal misjudgment'.
WTF Is It Now?? (Free subscription) | yesterday
Famous person puzzled at choice of brainless skank picked to run in superpower's presidental election. British author Salman Rushdie branded US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as a "joke" Sunday and said naming her as John McCain's running mate was a " colossal misjudgement ."
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
A joking Salman Rushdie rejoices in literary honour .
Book Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Best: x American: x Short: 14 Story: x From Crazyhorse, Karen Brown’s “Galatea” is a fluttering into the life of Margaret Mary Bell. A college student in upstate New York, she discovers a romantic allure for William after meeting at a park. It’s a relationship of need and William’s past is disclosed in segments throughout the [...]
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Sir Salman Rushdie has been bestowed with the James Joyce award at University College, Dublin.While accepting the award in the Irish capital, the Midnight's ...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Sir Salman Rushdie receives an award in memory of writer James Joyce from an Irish university.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Author Sir Salman Rushdie was tonight honoured by one of Ireland’s oldest universities with an award in memory of writer James Joyce, his greatest inspiration.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Asim Siddiqui: Unlike Salman Rushdie, the author of the controversial 'Prophet's wife' novel is trying to engage with Muslims, not to confront them
Book Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
“…America has become fearful of late, its doors have not been open to the world’s huddled masses in the old, generous way, but still the world’s stories somehow continue to make their journeys to America, and metamorphose, with remarkable ease, into new American tales.” Every year I think it would be a good idea to read [...]
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Literary giant Salman Rushdie will be among the writers headlining the Festival of the Arts Boca this spring.
Christian Hate? (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
A humbling confession: I spent a day or so last week in the grip of a conspiracy theory of my own creation. How it happened: on Wednesday I read a post on Christopher Howse's Telegraph blog, with the title 'Salman Rushdie taught liberals to hate Islam'. Mr Howse is a man whose writing I have on occasion admired. On this occasion I thought to myself 'this man has taken leave of his senses'. It was that...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Half a dozen celebrated authors of Indian origin, including Salman Rushdie, were scheduled to speak in support of Barack Obama at an event organized by the SAFO group.
Jihad Watch (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Rushdie didn't make them up Most people associate the Satanic verses with the notorious novel by Salman Rushdie. In 1989, Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie for writing this book and this death...
Telegraph Blogs : Guests (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
In his 1987 the-Booker-isn't-what-it-used-be article , Julian Barnes complains about the increasing accuracy of the odds on the winner; they had become "a great deal meaner since some of us cleaned up on Salman Rushdie at 14-1". Prowling the files for how we covered Midnight's Childre...
