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Breaking: Craig Silvey's books permanently pulled from public schools
Key takeaways
- Silvey's home in Fremantle was raided by detectives from WA Police's child abuse squad in January and he was charged with possessing and distributing child exploitation material.
- Author Craig Silvey, best known for his book Jasper Jones, pleads guilty to distributing and possessing child exploitation material.
- The news of his arrest made international headlines, and many bookstores across the country immediately pulled his work from shelves, including his most popular novel Jasper Jones.
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Link copied Share Share article. The best-selling books of disgraced Australian author Craig Silvey will be permanently pulled from public schools in his home state of Western Australia, after he pleaded guilty to child exploitation offences.
Silvey's home in Fremantle was raided by detectives from WA Police's child abuse squad in January and he was charged with possessing and distributing child exploitation material.
Author Craig Silvey, best known for his book Jasper Jones, pleads guilty to distributing and possessing child exploitation material.
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