Australian author Craig Silvey has been charged with further child exploitation offences.
The 43-year-old was previously charged with possession and distribution of child exploitation material in early January.
On Monday, Silvey was also charged with producing child exploitation material from January to June 2022 and an additional count of possession thereof.
The author of the novels Jasper Jones and Rhubarb appeared at Fremantle Magistrates Court without pleading guilty to any of the charges.
Silvey’s bail was extended with the same strict conditions, but now no surety is due.
Silvey, who has been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Prize and the Dublin International Literary Prize, was allegedly caught communicating online with child exploitation offenders when police raided his home in Fremantle before his arrest in January.
The author is best known for his 2009 coming-of-age novel, Jasper Jones, considered a modern Australian classic and aimed at young and adult readers.
The global hit won the Australian Book Industry Book of the Year Award and has been adapted for film and various stage productions.
His most recent novel, Runt and the Diabolical Dognapping, was published by Allen & Unwin in September.
Another of her books is Honeybee, which won the 2021 Australian Independent Book Award.
Most of his works were removed from reading lists across the country after he was indicted.
Allen & Unwin and Fremantle Press, which published Rhubarb, stopped promoting his books.
Police investigating Silvey also charged a 68-year-old woman with two counts of producing child exploitation material and one count of distributing it after analyzing the writer’s electronic devices.
She allegedly created and distributed the material with Silvey, police said.
The woman is also charged with three counts of failure to report.
He is remanded in custody and is due to appear at the Joondalup Magistrates Court on April 2.
