An award-winning writer accused of child exploitation has had his strict bail conditions relaxed.
Craig Nicolas Silvey, 43, is charged with possessing and distributing child exploitation material between January 7 and 9.
He's yet to enter pleas to the allegations and was granted bail with strict conditions when he faced court last month.
Silvey, who wrote novels Jasper Jones and Rhubarb, reappeared in Fremantle Magistrates Court on Friday.
The father-of-three successfully applied to have his bail varied.
Silvey, who has been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the International Dublin Literary Award, managed to have conditions around his internet access rolled back so he can disable his social media profiles.
He also had a condition that he not be in possession of an electronic device capable of making encrypted communications, such as a mobile phone, partially lifted.
Silvey can now access a mobile phone, but not access encrypted communications applications.
He now only needs to report to Fremantle Police Station twice a week instead of three.
Police allege they caught Silvey communicating with child exploitation offenders online when they raided his Fremantle home before his arrest in January.
Silvey 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.
Silvey is scheduled to return to court on March 16.
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Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (for people aged 5 to 25)
