A former librarian named Caroline Wright spent months trying to borrow my book Devastated: How gender ideology is tearing Australian families apart from her local public library in WA.

Her requests disappeared without trace – twice. No cancellation notice, no ‘unable to supply’ record. The book ceased to exist in the system.

On a third attempt, the request was marked “Completed” – yet the book was never supplied. No copy appears in any WA library to this day.

This is not an obscure publication. 

Devastated has an ISBN, is sold by most major Australian retailers and has been the subject of public launches and media coverage. A search of the Trove national catalogue returned only a handful of holdings, mostly in regional Queensland.

When Wright finally accessed the ebook via the National Library of Australia, she was forced to click through two warnings – one flagging “sensitive material”, another advising “Viewer Discretion Advised”. 

For a non-fiction book about Australian families.

Meanwhile, the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) publishes a declaration titled “Protect the freedom to read”, stating there is “no place for censorship” in libraries. 

ALIA members campaign loudly against the removal of gender-activist books from children’s shelves. That same conscience disappears when the book gives voice to parents, detransitioners and medical sceptics.

Devastated contains first-hand accounts of real Australian families harmed by gender ideology. Those stories deserve a place on the shelves of every public library in this country. 

Publicly-funded institutions do not get to decide which Australians’ stories matter.

You can purchase Devastated directly here.