{"id":7570,"date":"2026-10-15T14:54:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T14:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=7570"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:54:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T14:54:39","slug":"sally-rooney-is-pulling-her-books-from-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=7570","title":{"rendered":"Sally Rooney is Pulling Her Books From UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sally Rooney is pulling her books from the UK after the <em><a title=\"Buy from Bookshop.org\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=92005&amp;awinaffid=258769&amp;pref1=bookriot&amp;pref2=sally-rooney-pulling-books-from-uk&amp;ued=https%3A%2F%2Fbookshop.org%2Fbook%2F9780571347292\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"rnmg-book\" rel=\"noopener\">Normal People<\/a><\/em> and <em><a title=\"Buy from Bookshop.org\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=92005&amp;awinaffid=258769&amp;pref1=bookriot&amp;pref2=sally-rooney-pulling-books-from-uk&amp;ued=https%3A%2F%2Fbookshop.org%2Fbook%2F9781250397560\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"rnmg-book\" rel=\"noopener\">Intermezzo<\/a><\/em> author and her publisher agreed on the move.<strong> <\/strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faber.co.uk\/journal\/faber-statement-14-october-2026\/?srsltid=AU7gw4WedQb7xfvd5Pk655wZrMpWiVJSSPX_fNysrstfOgqJqlMnYQ_R\">statement from publisher Faber<\/a> reads:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\u2019s work and not be able to pass on earnings is an unconscionable situation for a publisher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/books\/2025\/08\/16\/sally-rooney-i-support-palestine-action-if-this-makes-me-a-supporter-of-terror-under-uk-law-so-be-it\/\">Rooney\u2019s support for Palestine Action<\/a> is behind the decision to stop supplying her works to UK booksellers in any format. The author is using her royalties to support the protest group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UK labeled Palestine Action a terrorist organization in 2025, a move that has been criticized for being the first use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/14\/world\/europe\/rooney-britain-palestine-book-sales.html?unlocked_article_code=1.I1E.W0-H.8f-7iQbNcOeD&amp;smid=url-share\">terrorism powers for damage to property<\/a> rather than the use or threat of violence against people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rooney said she is in full agreement with her publisher and added, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/uk-sally-rooney-palestine-action-books-ban-a40a9ae7fee636939eca068a67aa403f\">in a statement<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have made every effort to be honest with the public about my beliefs and intentions, and I am wholly prepared to accept the consequences.\u201d <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sally Rooney is pulling her books from the UK after the Normal People and Intermezzo author and her publisher agreed on the move. The statement from publisher Faber reads: 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\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7570"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}