"Sally Rooney is a writer, not a terrorist," said an open letter signed by the Hollywood stars, alongside Jessie Buckley, Susan Sarandon, Tilda Swinton, Alison Oliver, Jonathan Glazer and Armando Iannucci.

Open letter signed by 150 actors, writers, public figures including Nobel laureates, says ban is 'affront to basic principles of free speech,' calls for government to change course

The bestselling author says her books will no longer be supplied to UK bookshops over fears of prosecution. Zoe Williams and Haroon Siddique report

For now there might be a copy or two of Intermezzo left kicking around in your local bookshop – snap it up if you haven’t already, because soon that will be it.

Last year, Sally Rooney said she would be using her royalties to support Palestine Action, a group that is proscribed as a terrorist organisation under UK law. Since then, thousands of people have been arrested for supporting the group. Now, faced with the risk of prosecution under terrorism legislation, Rooney and her publishers have decided to stop supplying her books to retailers in the UK.

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© Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP

© Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP

© Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP

The award-winning Irish novelist faces possible arrest if she enters the UK. Yet, Britain has welcomed the ex-commander of Syria’s al-Qaeda offshoot with open arms, writes Fatima Bhutto.

UK police say tweet by Sarah Helm, whose husband is Burnham's national security adviser, expressing support for Sally Rooney doesn't meet 'criminal threshold' of backing for proscribed group

Tweet by Sarah Helm, wife of national security adviser Jonathan Powell, ‘does not meet criminal threshold’

No further action will be taken against Sarah Helm, the wife of the prime minister’s national security adviser, after she was accused of supporting the banned protest group Palestine Action.

Helm, a journalist and author who is married to Jonathan Powell, posted on X on Thursday: “God help us authors who support Palestine and Palestine Action.”

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© Photograph: Martin Argles/The Guardian

© Photograph: Martin Argles/The Guardian

© Photograph: Martin Argles/The Guardian

Metropolitan Police 'assessing whether any further investigation required,' after Sarah Helm fumes on X about withdrawal of Sally Rooney books due to novelist's plan to give royalties to the proscribed terror group

Anti-Israel author says her books can no longer be sold in UK because she helps finance the banned terror group Palestine Action

Sally Rooney’s books have been pulled from sale in Britain because of her support for Palestine Action after she pledged to use royalties from her work to fund the proscribed terror group.

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Irish novelist's publisher announces move to protest British law proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist group, preventing her from transferring book royalties to support it