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Renowned writers pledge royalties to support Sally Rooney’s Palestine Action stance

LONDON: Two renowned children’s writers have said they will donate royalties to Irish author Sally Rooney in solidarity over her support for banned group Palestine Action. Chris Haughton, the Irish children’s literature laureate, and his Welsh counterpart Nicola Davies, made the move after Rooney’s books were withdrawn from circulation in the UK by her publisher after she said she would use proceeds from sales to support Palestine Action. As a proscribed group under the terrorism act, providing