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A little good news from Denmark: Rushdie wins Denmark's Hans Christian Andersen prize - Yahoo!7 au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/worl… via @Y7News

13 Jun

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

The brilliant Liao Yiwu is at the NY Public Library on June 13. Go if you can. Conversation with Paul Holdengraber. on.nypl.org/17mg3hb

4 Jun

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

Apologies. My twitter account was hacked. Have changed password so the spam should stop.

2 Jun

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

Greetings from the Other Side. It's raining here too. It's like a Will Self story.After dying you don't go to heaven, just to Muswell Hill.

24 May

The AAWW @aaww

RT @iliablinderman: How I came to be stuck in an elevator with @SalmanRushdie & @HIMANSHU soa.li/mnEa27Z @chen_ken @aaww

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9 May

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Thank you @aaww - looking forward to tonight! Honoring Salman Rushdie - Asian American Writers' Workshop: aaww.org/rushdie/?utm_s…

6 May

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To all who are asking:the point of mentioning Chomsky was that we should be able to recognize moral strength even in those we disagree with.

28 Apr

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As a sort of prologue to this week's @PENamerican #PENFest13, this by me in today's NYTimes. Whither Moral Courage? nyti.ms/1871J7P

28 Apr

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PEN worldvoicesfestival.org kicks off Monday 4/29! Opening night at Cooper Union, stellar lineup, 7pm, please come! @PENamerican #PENFest13

23 Apr

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Another brief tweet moment to thank @TheAesthete for this piece, & the great party after last night's screening. theaesthete.com/story/view.dT/…

10 Apr

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

Briefly in twittersphere to wish @CoyleNatalie good luck - singing National Anthem @wembleystadium for @JP_Trophy. @SkySports 1pm Sun. #JPT

5 Apr

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

I'm back at work, so I'm taking a break from Twitter. Thanks for the chat everyone but I need quiet & introspection to write again.

2 Feb

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

.@Nigella_Lawson Funny: I came out ENFP, then found myself listed as a "famous ENFP" anyway. Like @ebertchicago I ask: how did they know?

2 Feb

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

.@RangeelaDesi I was one of the first to defend Taslima N. years ago. It is her sad nature to turn upon those who helped her. Let her be.

2 Feb

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

My books, in chocolate. Big improvement. pic.twitter.com/zwvP58Gh

2 Feb

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

Many thanks to the Indian public & media in Delhi, Bangalore & Mumbai for greeting me so warmly & expressing such affection for my work.

1 Feb

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

The simple fact is that the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered the police to block my arrival.

1 Feb

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

Finally re Kolkata: the lit meet organizers are lying when they say I wasn't invited. I have emails and plane tkt sent by them to prove it.

1 Feb

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

Also re Kolkata... The police gave my full itinerary to the press and called Muslim leaders, clearly inciting protests.

1 Feb

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

Ridiculous, Saugata Roy. I did not get "friendly advice" to stay away from Kolkata. I was told the police would put me on next plane out.

1 Feb

Foyles Bookshop @Foyles

@Friedmanzone We wanted you to be the first to know: our @SalmanRushdie podcast is finally live! foyles.co.uk/podcasts

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31 Jan

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.@Aagan86 What an angry fellow! @IamDeepaMehta's absence was in solidarity with me.Boycott our movie, but I'm not sure Bengal will join you.

31 Jan

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.@SanSip yes I really did. Back in the early 1980s. Happy birthday, best wishes, The Pirates. Eid Mubarak, regards, The Pirates. And so on.

31 Jan

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

Ok ok I refuse to appoint a favourite reader without some sort of major knock-out competition. Thank you all, folks. And goodnight.

30 Jan

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

Hey, @subweiser, how did you know about the ham and cheese sandwiches?

30 Jan

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goodness, @taylorehill - that may be the best review ever. Good luck with those babies.

30 Jan

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

Thank you, @ytamar13. Perhaps I should declare you my favourite reader.

30 Jan

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.@SandipGhose that is not true. The #KLM organizers know that.

30 Jan

Deepa Mehta @IamDeepaMehta

@nilanjanaroy @SalmanRushdie @GhoshAmitav @SalmanRushdie was going to be a surprise guest ..Lit meet paid 4 his tkt .

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30 Jan

Hrishikesh Kannan @HrishiKay

@SalmanRushdie is here @943RadioOne to me he's the most important writer of our times pic.twitter.com/dXPGMU8D

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28 Jan

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The advice I gave @AddisAhmed2 was first given by the King of Hearts to the White Rabbit in "Alice in Wonderland." So, I waive the £30.

19 Jan

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Start at the beginning, @AddisAhmed2. Go on until you reach the end. Then stop. (Send £30 cheque to me c/o Random House. Thank you.)

19 Jan

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“@haelox: @mcnallyjackson So we rabbit on, ministers against the unknown, sucked back wetly into the maw of Jesus.” The Great Godsby?

19 Jan

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The books Patrick White preferred were The Tree of Man and The Solid Mandala. I still greatly admire Voss. @CraigLBeaumont

19 Jan

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

Yes, @CraigLBeaumont: "Voss is a novel I have come to hate," White replied, and offered to send me other books of his that he preferred...

19 Jan

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

Thank you, @mflores1986. Weird is one of the things I do. But there are other things, too.

16 Jan

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

Good news:Midnight's Children has eight noms in Canadian Screen Awards, incl Best Film. Congrats to all! @IamDeepaMehta www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/int…

15 Jan

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

Dear @revistaenie, the answer to all the questions is "yes." Yes, phone, desk, after, during, watching, boredom and wonder. @julietkmille

14 Jan

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Wake up,@JonathanCape ! Sharon Olds just won the T.S Eliot Prize. Umm... not the Booker. Because she's a poet, see. @susanhillwriter

14 Jan

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

Yes,the Shah of Blah was partly based on my father, @caseapeterson. And partly on India's oral storytellers. And maybe a little bit on me.

14 Jan

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

A better idea, @oogachagga, would be to stop reading Private Eye. Haven't seen the cartoon, no interest in doing so.

11 Jan

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

Lolita is a great novel, @julie_45x - it might have been better to leave The Enchanter unpublished.

11 Jan

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

“@judithkinghorn:Here's what my US editor had to say about The Memory of Lost Senses...twishort.com/4LLcc” good luck with US publication!

11 Jan

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

It doesn't really matter to me, @JDhalperin. I admire both those great artists immensely. Virginia Woolf didn't care for Joyce, either.

11 Jan

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

So sorry to hear about Andrew Marr's stroke. All the best to him and his family and here's to a full and speedy recovery.

9 Jan

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

Freedom of speech, @LeightonJHughes ? Me?

6 Jan

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I'm glad you like it, @ERKelemen - you and @rebeccajohns have that in common!

6 Jan

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

I love you too, @unnuna, even though everything else you say is in Polish and I don't understand a word of it. Or maybe because of that.

6 Jan

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Thank you, @DaniParadis. I will do my best.

6 Jan

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie

I see, @odettemike. 16 books, 1 screenplay, 2 anthologies, 2 stage plays in 37 yrs, this to you is slacking? Apologies. Will work harder.

6 Jan

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