Australian author Craig Silvey has been charged with more child exploitation offences.

The 43-year-old was previously charged with possessing and distributing 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 possessing it.

The author of novels Jasper Jones and Rhubarb appeared in Fremantle magistrates court without entering pleas on any of the charges.

Silvey’s bail was extended with the same strict conditions but no surety now payable.

Silvey, who has been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin literary award and the International Dublin literary award, was allegedly caught communicating with child exploitation offenders online when police raided his Fremantle home before his arrest in January.

The author is best known for his 2009 coming-of-age novel Jasper Jones, which is considered a modern Australian classic and was aimed at adults and young readers.

The global hit won the Australian Book Industry’s 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 his books is Honeybee, which won the Australian indie book award in 2021.

Most of his works were purged from reading lists across the nation after he was charged.

Allen & Unwin and Fremantle Press, which published Rhubarb, have stopped promoting his books.

Police investigating Silvey have also charged a 68-year-old woman with two counts of producing child exploitation material and one count of distributing it after analysing 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 failing to comply with reporting obligations.

She has been remanded in custody to appear before the Joondalup magistrates court on 2 April.