LONDON: Irish novelist Sally Rooney has said she intends to use royalties from the BBC to fund Palestine Action, a group banned in the UK last month under terrorism legislation, it was reported on Sunday.
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The “Normal People” author made the remarks in a column for the Irish Times, where she argued that if her actions are considered terrorism under British law, “so be it.”
She wrote: “My books, at least for now, are still published in Britain, and are widely available in bookshops and even supermarkets, in recent years the UK’s state broadcaster has also televised two fine adaptations of my novels, and therefore regularly pays me residual fees.”
She continued: “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.
