Sally Rooney Hates Novels
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"Sally Rooney Hates Novels" is generating significant coverage in the World category, with 8 articles from 8 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
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Coverage (8)
- Paul Mescal, Daisy Edgar-Jones Back Normal People Author Sally Rooney The Hollywood Reporter · 23d ago
- Actors, writers condemn UK anti-terror law targeting Sally Rooney Al Jazeera · 23d ago
- ‘It feels quite frightening’: readers rush to snap up Sally Rooney books as stocks dwindle amid Palestine Action ban The Guardian · 23d ago
- Paul Mescal, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Kneecap Sign Open Letter Against Sally Rooney Book Ban Rolling Stone · 23d ago
- Paul Mescal, Daisy Edgar-Jones Support Sally Rooney After UK Book Ban Variety · 24d ago
- Authors urge UK to halt ‘draconian’ Palestine Action ban as Rooney sales end The Times of Israel · 24d ago
- Sally Rooney is a writer, not a terrorist New Statesman · 24d ago
- Under threat of arrest Sally Rooney can no longer sell her books in the UK. Literary Hub · 24d ago
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