A discussion about Christopher Hitchens

A discussion about the life and work of author Christopher Hitchens with his friends and fellow authors: Salman Rushdie, Martin Amis, James Fenton & Ian McEwan.

Watch it here (charlierose.com)

Christopher Hitchens (Vanity Fair, Feb 2012)

By Salman Rushdie

On June 8th, 2010, I was “in conversation” with Christopher Hitchens at the 92nd Street Y in New York in front of his customary sellout audience, to launch his memoir, Hitch-22. Christopher turned in a bravura performance that night, never sharper, never funnier, and afterwards at a small, celebratory dinner the brilliance continued. A few days later he told me that it was on the morning of the Y event that he had been given the news about his cancer.

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Stephen Fry and Friends on Hitch

Edited (45 minutes) version of the event.

Stephen Fry and Friends on Hitch, reviews

An evening for Christopher Hitchens
http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/blog/7380393/an-evening-for-christopher-hitchens.thtml

Stephen Fry and Co. on the Life, Loves and Hates of Christopher Hitchens http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/harry-cockburn/stephen-fry-christopher-hitchens_b_1085689.html 

Christopher Hitchens night: a review
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/11/christopher-hitchens-fry-penn

HitchFry Clips

Clips from the HitchFry event at Royal Festival Hall, Nov 9.

Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie, Richard Dawkins
http://www.newslook.com/channels/fora-tv1

Hitchens in Conversation with Salman Rushdie at the 92nd Street Y

Only a short clip from the conversation. This is embedded from the 92nd Street Y Channel. Why not right-click, watch it on YouTube and post a comment to ask them to upload the rest of the event. I did it already.

The Satanic Verses Affair. (1989)

One week after the fatwa on Salman Rushdie was issued in 1989, Hitchens appeared on C-SPAN to discuss The Satanic Verses and freedom of speech. Unfortunately very poor audio. Part 1 of 4 Related video: "Christopher Hitchens on Salman Rushdie's fatwa, BBC, Feb 12" in which he mentions the pipe bomb that didn't go off in Cody's bookstore while he (instead of Salman) was reading from The Satanic Verses.

PEN World Voices Festival: Christopher Hitchens and Salman Rushdie.

The Fifth Annual Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture. May 2, 2010. Christopher Hitchens speaks on Crucibles: Past and Present followed by a conversation with PEN World Voices Festival Chair, Salman Rushdie. Play All 8 Videos.

Salman Rushdie and Friends in Conversation: The Only Subject is Love

Emory University on February 26, 2010. Novelist Sir Salman Rushdie, Emory professor Dr. Deepika Bahri, filmmaker Deepa Mehta and Christopher Hitchens discuss love, sex, writing, stories and friendship.

Hitchens on Salman Rushdie's fatwa, BBC, Feb 12.

21 years ago the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling on Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, because of his novel Satanic Verses. He immediately went into hiding, but his friends, like Christopher Hitchens, were able to stay in touch.