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  1. Salman Rushdie on Whitbread award (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Carol Allen interviews author Salman Rushdie on his novel, The Satanic Verses, winning the Whitbread novel section prize. He says he hopes the award may help the ban on the book to be lifted in India.

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  2. Satanic Verses wins Whitbread novel award (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Salman Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses has been voted winner in the novel section of the Whitbread Literary awards but only made the shortlist of the Booker Prize. There have been rumours since the...

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  3. Salman Rushdie book pulled from shelves of W. H. Smith (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the arson threats that have forced W. H. Smith to withdraw The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie from its stores in Bradford. A copy was ceremonially burned by angry Muslims, forcing product manager...

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  4. Salman Rushdie on W. H. Smith’s withdrawal of his novel (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Author Salman Rushdie is interviewed on the decision of bookstore chain W. H. Smith to remove his new book, The Satanic Verses, from its shelves in Bradford due to protests by and threats from Muslim groups....

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  5. Psychiatric nurse wins Whitbread book prize (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Sue Jameson reports on the Whitbread Book of the Year award, won by Paul Sayer, a first-time novelist and psychiatric nurse, for The Comfort of Madness.The book expected to win was The Satanic Verses by...

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  6. Salman Rushdie death threat (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Oni Bhattacharya reports on reaction to the death sentence (fatwa) imposed on the author Salman Rushdie by Iran’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Khomeini (Ruhollah Khomeini), because his book, The Satanic...

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  7. Salman Rushdie on The Satanic Verses (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Sue Jameson interviews author Salman Rushdie about his controversial novel The Satanic Verses. The interview was recorded before the Whitbread book awards (which he did not win) and before the death threats...

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  8. Fatwa call on Salman Rushdie (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    George Matheson reports on Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini declaring a fatwa (death sentence) on Salman Rushdie and the publishers of his controversial book, The Satanic Verses. 5 people have...

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  9. Satanic Verses book burnt in Bradford (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Salman Rushdie speaks to arts correspondent Sue Jameson about his book The Satanic Verses being burnt in Bradford by the British Muslim community and letters of support he has received from the Muslim...

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  10. Howe stands firm against Rushdie fatwa (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech

    Foriegn Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe makes it clear at a Foreign Press Association lunch that Britain will not accept incitement to violence against Salman Rushdie and publishers of The Satanic Verses...

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