Sally Rooney's Books To Disappear From UK Shops As Palestine Action Support Sparks Legal Concerns (Picture Credit – Richard Saker/The Observer)
\n\nImagine writing a novel that sells more than a million copies in a country, only to be told that your publisher can no longer sell it there because paying you could have criminal consequences. That is the extraordinary predicament facing Sally Rooney, one of Ireland's most successful contemporary novelists, whose books will no longer be supplied in the United Kingdom. On 14 October 2026, Rooney and her publisher, Faber, confirmed that her support for Palestine Action, an organisation proscribed under British terrorism legislation, had made continuing their publishing arrangements in the UK legally problematic.
\n\nIn July 2025, the British government designated Palestine Action a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000. The following month, Rooney publicly declared her intention to continue supporting the group, including financially through proceeds from her literary and television work.
\n\nSally Rooney (Picture Credit – Faber)
\n\nPalestine Action is not a prohibited organisation in the Republic of Ireland, where Rooney lives. However, British law criminalises certain forms of financial support for proscribed organisations, creating potential legal consequences for payments connected to her stated intentions. Rooney…
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