Australian author Craig Silvey faces further child exploitation charges
Craig Silvey arrives at court on Monday. (ABC News: David Weber)
Popular Australian author Craig Silvey has been charged with two further child exploitation offences, including allegedly producing child exploitation material.
Mr Silvey, 43, was charged in January with distributing and possessing child exploitation material.
The award-winning author has now been charged with another count of possession, as well as a new charge of producing child exploitation material.
On Monday morning, he appeared in Fremantle Magistrates Court and his bail conditions were continued.
Mr Silvey remains on bail and is due to face court again in May. (ABC News: David Weber)
The details of the new allegations were not revealed in court, but the dates attached to the charge of producing child exploitation material span from February 2022 to June 2022.
The new charge of possessing child exploitation material is dated January 12, 2026 — the day detectives executed a search warrant at Mr Silvey's Fremantle home.
The court heard one of the four charges Mr Silvey is facing related to written material.
He is scheduled to appear in court again in May.
Woman charged
Meanwhile, police said in a statement that during their investigation of Mr Silvey, they had charged a woman in her 60s with producing and distributing child exploitation material.
The 68-year-old woman from the suburb of Marangaroo was arrested last month.
She is in custody and is scheduled to appear in Joondalup Magistrates Court next month.
Police said she was charged as a result of forensic analysis on electronic devices they had seized.
Mr Silvey is best known for his book Jasper Jones, an award-winning modern Australian classic that sold half a million copies worldwide and was adapted into a movie.