"I'm so touched and grateful to receive this prize. I truly loved writing Intermezzo and it means the world to me to think that it has found some small place in the lives of its readers. Thank you. I wish that I could be with you this evening to accept the honour in person, but because of my support for non-violent anti-war protest, I'm advised that I can no longer safely enter the UK without potentially facing arrest."
"I have a few very simple words from her, which she asked me to share. In that context I want to thank you all the more warmly for honouring my work tonight and to reiterate my belief in the dignity and beauty of all human life, and my solidarity with the people of Palestine. Thank you."
Palestine Action was proscribed as a terror organisation in the UK in July after the group claimed responsibility for an action that damaged two Voyager planes at RAF Brize Norton on June 20. A 34-year-old Irish national said she would continue to support the group despite the ban and had a message read at the Sky Arts Award ceremony expressing gratitude, inability to safely enter the UK, and solidarity with the people of Palestine. Downing Street warned she risked committing a terrorist offence after she said she would donate earnings from books and BBC adaptations to the group. She supported a legal claim by Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, against the Home Office proscription decision. Nearly 900 demonstrators were arrested earlier at a central London rally protesting the ban.
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