Quote of the week

Tuesday, 19 August 2008 Books+Publishing

'This is censorship by fear and it sets a very bad precedent indeed.'--Salman Rushdie (or 'Scruffy' as he's known by some) as quoted in the Independent, on Random House's decision not to publish Sherry Jones' The Jewel of Medina and why his own attempt to prevent a book's publication is a different...