The unholy alliance that damns Rushdie
Nick Cohen: The award of a knighthood to the novelist yet again exposes the latent bigotry in this country.
Life, death … and cassis. Inside the village ‘hell’ that is gripping France
Jason Burke reports how a novel about life in the hamlet of Lussaud was badly received by some of its real-life citizens, who await sentencing for assaulting the writer.
Sir Salman is a godsend to literature and free speech
Andrew Anthony: Last Wednesday, I did a foolhardy thing. I tried to buy a book in a bookshop. I know, I know, but I was in an impulsive mood. So I went to the flagship Waterstone's in Piccadilly, the biggest bookshop in Britain, and asked for a copy of The Satanic Verses.
No ifs and no buts
Timothy Garton Ash: Anyone offended by Rushdie's work is entitled to be offensive back, but never with violent threats.
French writer savaged by his characters
· Trial begins for villagers accused of revenge attacks· Novelist writes of 'gods of alcohol, shit and solitude'.
Salman Rushdie should have realised that a knighthood would revitalise his enemies
Alexander Chancellor: Now the Queen cannot even perform such a quaint and parochial function as to give a knighthood to one of her more famous subjects without having her action described by a minister in the Pakistani government as justification for a suicide bombing.
Fatwas and literary freedoms
Letters: A gross injustice is being done to Salman Rushdie and his work in being regarded as an obstacle to interfaith understanding (Rushdie furore stuns honours committee, June 20).
Minister who sparked Rushdie row plans UK visit
Minister seeks to ease anger over his remarks, as Muslim clerics and Martin Amis enter the debate.
Rushdie furore stuns honours committee
· Muslim backlash after knighthood not foreseen · UK protests over Pakistani minister's remarks
Chronicle of US chaos in Iraq wins £30,000 non-fiction prize
· Imperial Life in the Emerald City takes award· Chair of judges praises 'cool and exact' writing