Sally Rooney‘s publisher has pulled her books from UK shelves amid the country’s banning of a pro-Palestinian group.
The Normal People and Conversations with Friends author recently explained that she and publisher Faber & Faber agreed they “can no longer supply” her work in the United Kingdom, as it could “constitute a serious criminal offence” over her support of the British movement Palestine Action, which a UK court classified as a tourist organization last year.
“In July 2025, the direct-action protest group Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the UK,” she prefaced in a statement to The Guardian. “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.”
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. I have made every effort to be honest with the public about my beliefs and intentions, and I am wholly prepared to accept the consequences.”
Formed in 2020, Palestine Action is described on its website as “a direct action movement committed to ending global participation in Israel’s genocidal and apartheid regime. Using disruptive tactics, Palestine Action targets corporate enablers of the Israeli military-industrial complex and seeks to make it impossible for these companies to profit from the oppression of Palestinians.”
Last year, UK’s Parliament proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist organization after a group of its activists allegedly entered a royal air force base and damaged two military aircrafts.
Recently, the US has also designated Palestine Action a terrorist organization, to which co-founder Huda Ammori responded in a statement, “As a Palestinian and Iraqi, the fact the country which destroyed both my homelands is calling me a terrorist, is beyond hypocritical.”