Avatar5th6 hours agoJK Rowling in 'betrayal' row with authors' society chair Joanne Harrisbbc.co.uk - BBC NewsJK Rowling has criticised fellow writer Joanne Harris, who chairs the Society of Authors, saying the Chocolat writer failed to defend novelists who disagree with her about gender identity issues. The Harry Potter creator, who recently shared a threat she received, said she and two other women had …
Avatar5th2 days ago'China threat' emerges in elections from UK to AustraliaAssociated PressLONDON (AP) — It's not just the economy. While inflation and recession fears weigh heavily on the minds of voters, another issue is popping up in political campaigns from the U.K. and Australia to the U.S. and beyond: the “China threat." The two finalists vying to become Britain's next prime …
Avatar5th2 days agoPolice probe threat to JK Rowling over Salman Rushdie supportbbc.co.uk - BBC NewsPolice are investigating an online threat to JK Rowling, after she tweeted support for Salman Rushdie following his attack in the US. The Harry Potter author, 57, shared screenshots of a message stating: "Don't worry, you are next". The same Twitter account also posted messages praising the man who …
Avatar5th2 days agoSalman Rushdie's 'defiant sense of humour' remains, son saysbbc.co.uk - By George WrightAuthor Salman Rushdie is still in a critical condition but "his usual feisty and defiant sense of humour remains intact", his son says. Zafar Rushdie said his father had sustained life-changing injuries, but was able to speak to his family. Mr Rushdie, 75, was left severely injured after being …
Avatar5th4 days agoWho is Salman Rushdie? The writer who emerged from hidingbbc.co.uk - BBC NewsIndian-born novelist Sir Salman Rushdie, who has been stabbed while on stage in New York, has received death threats due to his work over a five-decade literary career. Many of the 75-year-old's books have been hugely successful, with his second novel, Midnight's Children, winning the Booker Prize …
Avatar5th3 days agoSalman Rushdie: Author on ventilator and unable to speak, agent saysbbc.co.uk - By Sam Cabral in Washington & Matt Murphy in LondonSalman Rushdie is on a ventilator and unable to speak after being stabbed on stage in the US, his agent says. Andrew Wylie said that the author, 75, may lose one eye after the attack at an event in New York state. Mr Rushdie went into hiding with police protection in the UK in 1988 after Iran's top …
