Sally Rooney’s Israeli publisher will not boycott her
Al-Araby
The Israeli publisher of Irish writer Sally Rooney said Sunday it would not stop selling her titles even after two bookshop chains took them off their shelves in protest of her criticism of Israel. The 30-year-old-author of three novels said last month that she could not partner with a Hebrew publisher that did not “publicly distance itself from apartheid and support the UN-stipulated rights of the Palestinian people”. That prompted a furious reaction in Israel, including by the Steimatzky chain, which has 130 branches. The company removed Rooney’s works from its connection, including the title a… Read More “Sally Rooney’s Israeli publisher will not boycott her”