‘Normal People’ to be removed from UK book shops over Sally Rooney’s pro-Palestine support

Sally Rooney has confirmed that her publisher will no longer be supplying Normal People and her other works to UK bookshops, due to her support of Palestine Action. In 2025, the UK government proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. The move was heavily criticised by many pro-Palestine supporters with Massive Attack and Primal Scream slamming the “ugly, unrecognisable” British government for allowing the arrest of “peaceful citizens” at a Palestine Action demonstration in London that same year. Earlier this year three senior judges ruled that the ban on the group under anti-terrorism laws was unlawful and disproportionate. The Met Police said that they would stop arresting people for showing support for Palestine Action but will continue to gather evidence in case prosecutions arise in the future. However Palestine Action, which works to “end global participation in Israel’s genocidal and apartheid regime”, is still classified as a terrorist organisation. Last August, Sally Rooney wrote an article for The Irish Times where she promised to keep supporting Palestine Action and “direct action against genocide” with the proceeds from her books. “If this makes me a suppo...