Sally Rooney books withdrawn in UK over Palestine Action support

In her statement on Wednesday, Rooney said: "In July 2025, the direct-action protest group Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the UK. "The following month, I wrote an opinion piece expressing my intention to go on supporting Palestine Action, which is not a proscribed or otherwise prohibited group here in the Republic of Ireland."In her article last August in the Irish Times, Rooney said she would continue using proceeds from her work to support the group despite that being an offence in the UK, and cancelled a UK trip to pick up an award over fears she would be arrested.On Wednesday, Rooney continued: "As a result, the fulfilment of contracts to publish my work in the UK could now constitute a serious criminal offence."After a process of consultation and deliberation, and with my full agreement, my publisher Faber has therefore determined that it can no longer supply my work within the UK."Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori said Rooney had taken "a brave and principled stand from the moment plans to ban Palestine Action were announced".Ammori said the author's work being withdrawn marked "a new low in the escalating assault on free speech caused by the proscription of Palestine Action".More than 3,700 people are believed to have been arrested in the UK over alleged support of Palestine Action.