Australian schools ban Craig Silvey’s books after he pleads guilty to possessing child exploitation material

NewsWorldAustralasiaAustralian schools ban Craig Silvey’s books after he pleads guilty to possessing child exploitation materialOne of country’s most successful novelists pleads guilty to possessing images of child exploitationShahana Yasmin Wednesday 06 May 2026 06:27 BSTBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":false,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2971169","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/craig-silvey-australia-author-guilty-child-exploitation-b2971169.html","title":"Schools ban Craig Silvey books after he guilty plea over child exploitation material"}}open image in gallery{"id":"trigger-autogallery-613","index":0}Craig Silvey at the Sydney premiere of 'Runt' in 2024 (Getty)On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Australasia","r...