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I am based in Perth, Western Australia. You might enjoy my books - The Dagger of Dresnia, the first book of the Talismans Trilogy, is available at all good online book shops as is Book two, The Cloak of Challiver. Book three, The Seer of Syland, is in preparation. I trained in piano and singing at the NSW Conservatorium of Music. I also trained in dance (Scully-Borovansky, WAAPA) and drama (NIDA). Since 1987 I have been writing reviews of performances in all genres for a variety of publications, including Music Maker, ArtsWest, Dance Australia, The Australian and others. Now semi-retired, I still write occasionally for the ArtsHub website.
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The first two books of my trilogy, The Talismans, (The Dagger of Dresnia, and book two, The Cloak of Challiver) are available in e-book format from Smashwords, Amazon and other online sellers. Book three of the trilogy, The Seer of Syland, is in preparation.I also have a short story, 'La Belle Dame', in print - see Mythic Resonance below - as well as well as a few poems in various places. The best way to contact me is via Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/satimaflavell
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The first two books of The Talismans trilogy were published by Satalyte Publications, which, sadly, has gone out of business. However, The Dagger of Dresnia and The Cloak of Challiver are available as ebooks on the usual book-selling websites, and book three, The Seer of Syland, is in preparation. The easiest way to contact me is via Facebook.
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The Dagger of Dresnia
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The Cloak of Challiver, Book two of The Talismans
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Mythic Resonance
Mythic Resonance
Mythic Resonance is an excellent anthology that includes my short story 'La Belle Dame', together with great stories from Alan Baxter, Donna Maree Hanson, Sue Burstynski, Nike Sulway and nine more fantastic authors! Just $US3.99 from Amazon. Got a Kindle? Check out Mythic Resonance.
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Sunday, 27 January 2008

Aurealis Awards, 2007

Sunday, January 27, 2008 | Posted by Satima Flavell
These were filched from the ABC website , where they were reported by SpecFic’s “inside man”, Gary Kemble.

Best Science Fiction Novel
David Kowalski: The Company of the Dead, published by Pan Macmillan

Best Science Fiction Short Story
Cat Sparks: Hollywood Roadkill, published in On Spec #69

Best Fantasy Novel
Lian Hearn: Heavens Net is Wide: Tales of the Otori, The First Book, published by Hachette Livre Australia

Best Fantasy Short Story
Garth Nix: Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz go to War Again, published in Jim Baen's Universe April 2007

Best Horror Novel
Susan Parisi: Blood of Dreams, published by Penguin Group (Australia)

Best Horror Short Story
Anna Tambour: The Jeweller of Second-Hand Roe, published in Subterranean #7

Best Young Adult Novel
Anthony Eaton: Skyfall, published by UQP

Best Young Adult Short Story
Deborah Biancotti: A Scar for Leida, published in Fantastic Wonder Stories (Ticonderoga Publications)

Best Childrens (8-12 years) Long Fiction
Kate Forsyth: The Silver Horse, The Herb of Grace, The Cats Eye Shell, The Lightning Bolt, The Butterfly in Amber. (These comprise The Chain of Charms, Books 2-6) published by Pan Macmillan

Best Childrens (8-12 years) Short Fiction - Co-Winners
Marc McBride, World of Monsters, published by Scholastic Australia, and Briony Stewart, Kumiko and the Dragon, published by UQP

Peter McNamara Convenors Award for Excellence
Terry Dowling, Rynemonn, published by Coeur de Lion

Golden Aurealis Award - Best Short Story
Cat Sparks, Hollywood Roadkill, published in On Spec #69

Golden Aurealis Award - Best Novel
David Kowalski, The Company of the Dead, published by Pan Macmillan

An excellent field this year: one that must have made hard work for the judges. While it’s good to see a novice writer take the Big Prize, it’s also pleasing to see some stalwarts of the SpecFic scene, especially Terry Dowling and Cat Sparks receiving well-deserved recognition.

I’m also pleased to see that David Kowalski spent ten years writing his debut novel. Maybe there’s hope for me yet!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

In honor of Garth Nix’s award for best fantasy short story, Jim Baen’s Universe has made his story public. You don’t need to subscribe to read it. Here’s the link:

http://www.baens-universe.com/articles/Sir_Hereward_and_Mister_Fitz_Go_to_War_Again

We are delighted Garth won, and we hope all of his fans will enjoy reading the story.

Best,
Walt Boyes
Associate Editor/Marketing Director
Jim Baen’s Universe magazine

Monday, January 28, 2008
Satima Flavell said...

Note, other visitors who would like to read the story, that the link failed to wrap. It contains the full title of the story so it ends in
Go_to_War_Again

And a very good tale it is, too:-)

Monday, January 28, 2008
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