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Sally Rooney

Sally Rooney’s books are displayed for sale at a bookshop in London on October 15, 2026. (AP/Kin Cheung)
October 21, 2026, 6:26 pm
Authors urge UK to halt ‘draconian’ Palestine Action ban as Rooney sales end
Open letter signed by 150 actors, writers, public figures including Nobel laureates, says ban is ‘affront to basic principles of free speech,’ calls for government to change course
By AFP
Sarah Helm gives a virtual talk called "Toppling Balfour" in July 2020. (YouTube screenshot)
October 17, 2026, 11:33 pm
Pro-Palestine Action post by wife of aide to British PM doesn’t warrant probe — cops
UK police say tweet by Sarah Helm, whose husband is Burnham’s national security adviser, expressing support for Sally Rooney doesn’t meet ‘criminal threshold’ of backing for proscribed group
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Sarah Helm (YouTube screenshot)
October 17, 2026, 1:50 am
UK cops looking into post supporting Palestine Action by wife of Burnham’s top security aide
Metropolitan Police ‘assessing whether any further investigation required,’ after Sarah Helm fumes on X about withdrawal of Sally Rooney books due to novelist’s plan to give royalties to the proscribed terror group
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Sally Rooney’s books are displayed for sale at a bookshop in London on October 15, 2026. (AP/Kin Cheung)
October 16, 2026, 11:26 am
Rooney has UK bookstores scrambling to see if they’re breaking terrorism law by selling her books
Anti-Israel author says her books can no longer be sold in UK because she helps finance the banned terror group Palestine Action
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Sally Rooney takes part in a panel during the Winter 2020 Television Critics Association Press Tour on January 17, 2020, in Pasadena, California. (Richard Shotwell/ Invision/ AP)
October 15, 2026, 4:14 am
Sally Rooney’s publisher pulls books from UK over her support for outlawed anti-Israel group
Irish novelist’s publisher announces move to protest British law proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist group, preventing her from transferring book royalties to support it
By Reuters
Sally Rooney takes part in a panel during the Winter 2020 Television Critics Association Press Tour on January 17, 2020, in Pasadena, California. (Richard Shotwell/ Invision/ AP)
May 20, 2026, 8:49 am
Sally Rooney to publish novel in Hebrew with ‘BDS-compliant’ Israeli publisher
Anti-Israel Irish literary star says publishing ‘Intermezzo’ in Hebrew through November Books is compatible with the boycott campaign, after declining to translate her previous book
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Irish author Sally Rooney speaks during the Hulu segment of the 2020 Winter TCA Press Tour at The Langham Huntington in Pasadena, California, on January 17, 2020. (Amy Sussman / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
November 27, 2025, 9:52 pm
Irish novelist says UK ban on Palestine Action could force her books off shelves
After pledging royalties to anti-Israel group, author Sally Rooney says terror designation may criminalize her support and prevent publishers, producers from paying her
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Sally Rooney takes part in a panel during the Winter 2020 Television Critics Association Press Tour on January 17, 2020, in Pasadena, California. (Richard Shotwell/ Invision/ AP)
August 18, 2025, 10:54 pm
Irish literary star Sally Rooney pledges UK TV fees to banned anti-Israel group
Donation pledge to UK’s Palestine Action is latest in series of anti-Israel moves by writer of ‘Normal People’; UK spokesperson: Support for group is violation of Terrorism Act
By AFP and ToI Staff
Sally Rooney speaks onstage during the Hulu Panel at Winter TCA 2020 at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 17, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Erik Voake/Getty Images for Hulu via JTA)
October 29, 2024, 9:29 am
Sally Rooney among 1,000 authors urging boycott of Israeli cultural institutions
Letter vows signatories won’t work with entities complicit in ‘overwhelming oppression’ of Palestinians; Howard Jacobson pans ‘staggering’ attempt to silence writers
By ToI Staff
Sally Rooney speaks onstage during the Hulu Panel at Winter TCA 2020 at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 17, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Erik Voake/Getty Images for Hulu via JTA)
November 23, 2021, 8:26 am
70 writers back Sally Rooney’s ‘exemplary’ boycott of Israel publishers
US and British authors, including Rachel Kushner, Francisco Goldman and Eileen Myles, sign letter likening campaign for Palestinian rights to battle against apartheid
By JTA and ToI Staff
Sally Rooney speaks onstage during the Hulu Panel at Winter TCA 2020 at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 17, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Erik Voake/Getty Images for Hulu via JTA)
November 7, 2021, 5:06 pm
Sally Rooney’s Israeli publisher keeps selling her books even as chains shun her
Modan Publishing House says it won’t participate in a cultural boycott of any kind; East Jerusalem sellers report surging interest in Irish author after her criticism of Israel
By AFP and ToI Staff
Sally Rooney takes part in a panel during the Winter 2020 Television Critics Association Press Tour on January 17, 2020, in Pasadena, California. (Richard Shotwell/ Invision/ AP)
November 5, 2021, 5:14 pm
Sally Rooney novels pulled from major Israeli bookstores after her boycott
Steimatzky and Tzomet Sefarim, which have more than 200 shops nationwide, pull books from shelves, websites after writer refuses to have latest work translated by Israeli publisher
By ToI Staff
Sally Rooney takes part in a panel during the Winter 2020 Television Critics Association Press Tour on January 17, 2020, in Pasadena, California. (Richard Shotwell/ Invision/ AP)
October 12, 2021, 11:26 pm
Writer boycotting Israeli publisher still open to Hebrew translation of novel
Foreign Ministry calls decision by Sally Rooney regarding new book ‘extremely unfortunate’; Pulitzer winner Michael Chabon offers praise for move
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Sally Rooney speaks onstage during the Hulu Panel at Winter TCA 2020 at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 17, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Erik Voake/Getty Images for Hulu via JTA)
October 12, 2021, 6:24 am
Sally Rooney won’t let her new novel be published in Hebrew
Irish writer won’t allow translation of ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You?’ because she supports a cultural boycott of Israel
By Ben Sales
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