London — World-renowned Irish author Sally Rooney's books will no longer be supplied to booksellers in the U.K.due to her public support for Palestine Action, a group banned as a terrorist organization in Britain.Rooney, the bestselling novelist behind "Normal People" and "Conversations with Friends," both of which have been adapted into television shows, and her publisher Faber have agreed to halt the supply of her books to British retailers, according to a statement from Faber."Current legislation in the UK has led to circumstances where Faber cannot pass on UK earnings to Sally Rooney for her work.
To sell a writer's work and not be able to pass on earnings is an unconscionable situation for a publisher," Faber said. Rooney previously said she intended to use proceeds from her work to financially support Palestine Action, potentially exposing her and her publisher to prosecution under British anti-terrorism laws.In an article published in The Irish Times in August 2025, Rooney wrote: "I want to be clear that I intend to use these proceeds of my work, as well as my public platform generally, to go on supporting Palestine Action and direct action against genocide in whatever way I can."What is Palestine Action?Founded in 2020, Palestine Action is a British direct-action group that has targeted arms manufacturers and other companies it accuses of supplying weapons to Israel with protests and sabotage.The group describes itself as a "movement committed to ending global complicity with Israel's genocidal apartheid regime." The British government designated Palestine Action as a terrorist organization in July 2025, citing the group's history of criminal damage and escalating attacks on defense infrastructure, including a factory belonging to U.S.
defense company Teledyne Technologies in 2022.The 2025 decision came after the group claimed responsibility for breaking into a major air base, RAF Brize Norton, northwest of London, and damag...