{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/aa0a2fd3-48ef-4888-91fa-5f91d8f4949d/66a85344b0c58fe7a2630fe6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Julia's Book Club - Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder","description":"<p>In this month’s Book Club episode, Julia and Kathy Lette explore Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by internationally-renowned author, Salman Rushdie.</p><p><br></p><p>In his memoir, the Booker Prize winner recounts the horrifying moment he was stabbed, almost to death, while on stage in upstate New York, preparing to deliver a lecture on keeping writers safe from harm.</p><p><br></p><p>Julia and Kathy examine his incredible literary career, his life under 24-hour surveillance and the fatwa which led to the frenzied attack, reigniting debate around freedom of speech.</p><p><br></p><p>Kathy - a close friend of Rushdie's - also shares her personal insights of helping to care for him while he was in hiding and details his remarkable road to recovery.</p><p><br></p><p>Show notes:</p><ul><li>Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie is published by Penguin and available at all good bookstores: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/knife-9781787334809</li></ul>","author_name":"A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard"}