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Robert Holdstock RIP

We here at the DGLA are deeply saddened to hear of the death of our friend, Robert Holdstock. Rob was a staunch supporter of the Awards & attended the ceremony in June (where this lovely picture was taken). He knew David very well and told me that they were born just one night and one mile apart on… Continue

Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on November 30, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Nominations so far... 17/11/09

The 2009 Nominations are coming in at a goodly pace! Just to re-cap for those of you who might not have checked the site in the last week or so: VOYAGER: Rides a Dread Legion - Raymond E Feist The Dragon Keeper - Robin Hobb The Silver Mage - Katharine Kerr The Rise of the Iron Moon - Stephen Hunt Tyrant’s Blood - Fiona McIntosh *All titles Nominated for both the LEGEND & RAVENHEART AWARDS PYR: Blood of Ambrose - James Enge Midwinter - Matthew Stur… Continue

Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on November 17, 2009 at 3:17pm — No Comments

Who is ediFanoB?

I'm 50 young/old happily married guy and father of a nearly 18 years old daughter. And we all three share our life with two crazy cats - a tomcat called Pablo and a she-cat called Lili. Please look at: Legolas Perlenuniversum. In case you want to know more about me please read Reviewer Time: Alec and Mic… Continue

Added by ediFanoB on November 9, 2009 at 11:09pm — No Comments

The Two Pearls of Wisdom - Alison Goodman

Ever since Alison Goodman is one of my favorite is an Australian author, who is well-known for her award-winning science fiction novel, “Singing the Dogstar Blues”. She has given lecture in creative writing programs at several Victorian universities. She is good at writing fictional stories. That's why, I would like you to look closely her book of "The Two Pearls of Wisdom " that is really worth of your cash advance loan… Continue

Added by JaylonL on November 6, 2009 at 5:12am — No Comments

TIMETABLE FOR 2009 AWARDS

We've had a few questions from new Members and interested browsers, as to how/when people can vote for this year's Awards. (It's great that everyone is so keen!) So, as last year, I've compiled a little timetable of how things should unfold. It's available as a PDF download in the right-hand column >>> At this moment, we have announced the Award to the industry and we're awaiting the Nominations from the publishers. Rest assured we will be sending out Bulletins to our Members as news c… Continue

Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on November 4, 2009 at 11:31am — No Comments

Exciting news! TWO NEW CATEGORIES FOR THE DGLA!

When we established The David Gemmell Legend Award For Fantasy it was with the intention of subsequently introducing further award categories to cover other aspects of the fantasy genre. We are now pleased to announce two new, additional awards, to be presented at next year’s ceremony. They are - ‘The Morningstar Award for Best Newcomer’ and ‘The Ravenheart Award for Best Fantasy Cover Art’ The Morningstar Award will give recognition to emerging talent in the field of fa… Continue

Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on November 2, 2009 at 3:05pm — 3 Comments

And the lucky winners are...

Suzi Holyoake - Wales James - from Legend Readers - USA David Fortier - USA Javan Cook - England M. Pierre Chalmel - France CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL! Your book will be coming out in the post in the next week - also, as a little bonus, I have added in a copy of the programme booklet from the Award Ceremony... Well done to everyone who sent in the answer - the 'codeword' was 'Destruction' by the way - and thanks for your comments about Dros' fiendish puzzle abilities - hmmm, perhaps the pen is mig… Continue

Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on October 14, 2009 at 5:17pm — 2 Comments

WIN the 25th Anniversary Edition of 'LEGEND'!

The 25th Anniversary Edition of 'LEGEND' will be released by Orbit on 15th October, but they have very kindly given the DGLA copies to give away in advance! As you can see, they are rather handsome, classy-looking paperbacks with a new Foreword written by Stella Gemmell and an interesting new imaginin… Continue

Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on October 1, 2009 at 12:44pm — 10 Comments

My Book Review Blog

I have a blog that reviews books that can be found here: http://stateofreview.blogspot.com Continue

Added by Tyson Mauermann on September 21, 2009 at 2:19am — No Comments

Final Fantasy: Spirits Within - Second Most Expensive Film

It is said that the Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was the first film to attempt photo-realistic computer generated human characters. The movie was promoted aggressively by its distributor, Sony Pictures. Despite the promotion, the film went on to become the second biggest flop in animated film history (Treasure Planet is #1), nearly bank… Continue

Added by JaylonL on September 12, 2009 at 7:19am — 1 Comment

Air Craft Fantasy

Even up to now, I still love fantasy movies, especially when it involves flying into the sky with so many aircrafts and jet planes. I don’t know why it fascinates me too much, maybe because even at my childhood days I love transforming my robot toys into aircrafts. Well did you here a show called Chicago Air and Water Show?… Continue

Added by JaylonL on August 13, 2009 at 9:13am — No Comments

Fundraiser Book Sale for the DGLA - grab yourself a Fantasy bargain!

*ETA: I've revised the Books List to account for those already snapped up. Quite a few bargains still available though! booksale tableV2.pdf Maintaining a spanking new genre Award is surprisingly expensive, and so, as we sit back and rest somewhat on our laurels from an amazing first year, it occurs to me that the very large wobbly stac… Continue

Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on July 31, 2009 at 2:09pm — No Comments

Nomination for next year

With the applause fading into the distance from this years award and with our inaugural presentation, its now coming to a time when people think that things may go a little quiet on the site. Well you would be wrong. Thoughts have already turned to next year’s nominations as well as the award presentation. Fan’s are secretly whispering about who they feel should be nominated, so in the spirit of Loki (as lets face it there isn’t a fantasy fan anywhere that isn’t a little bit mischievous, LOL) an… Continue

Added by drosdelnoch on July 20, 2009 at 4:41pm — No Comments

Deborah J Miller Interview

I love my life. :) I got to interview the fabulous Ms Miller (our gracious hostess) over at Un:Bound about the DGLA. It'\s always such a buzz to me that I get to talk to people whose work I admire and who are involved in some fabulous events. http://hagelrat.blogspot.com/2009/07/debbie-miller-interview-dgla.html Continue

Added by Hageltoast on July 17, 2009 at 12:55pm — No Comments

AstroBoy - The Movie

This is a computer-animated version of the popular anime with an all-star American voice cast. And I think this will be a good fantasy movie. AstroBoy was created by the "god of manga," Japan's Osamu Tezuka, in the early 1950s. The animated television series first aired in 1963 in Japan and found great acclaim and success around the world. In the U.S., it quickly became a top syndicated children's show. The iconic character's fame grew in the 1980s and 2003 with two new AstroBoy TV series attra… Continue

Added by JaylonL on July 15, 2009 at 9:41am — No Comments

The Top 20...

Now that the dust has begun to settle on this year's Awards, I thought people might be interested to know just who made it into the TOP 20 of the Longlist - who was narrowly pipped at the post for a Shortlist position... The following list IS in vote order... BLOOD OF ELVES - Andrzej Sapkowski THE HERO OF AGES – Brandon Sanderson THE WAY OF SHADOWS - Brent Weeks THE LAST ARGUMENT OF KINGS - Joe Abercrombie HEIR TO SEVENWATERS - Juliet Marillier THE TWO PEARLS OF WISDOM - Alison Goodman THE KIN… Continue

Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on July 2, 2009 at 4:44pm — 12 Comments

PHOTOS... and the Award debate has begun...

Our official Event Photographer - Peter Cloborn - has posted pictures of Friday's event on his Flickr 'stream' HERE It gives a lovely flavour of the evening. If you do recognise yourself but you haven't been 'labelled' do add a comment. Over at the GUARDIAN ONLINE a wide-ranging discussion of Fant… Continue

Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on June 23, 2009 at 11:06am — 4 Comments

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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on May 20, 2009 at 11:17pm — No Comments

Wristbands... again!

A few people have contacted me regarding 'Legend' wristbands after they have voted on the Shortlist. The offer of a free wristband was originally for the first 100 voters on the LONGLIST and they are all taken... HOWEVER... I have unearthed an extra 50! (In my office, which currently looks like a bombsite - so no surprise I couldn't find them!) So, if you would like a wristband OR you are one of the people who has already contacted me to ask - it's first come first served! As long as you have v… Continue

Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on May 14, 2009 at 11:48am — 2 Comments

Final release of Award Ceremony tickets!

The FINAL batch of 30 'Friend & Fan' tickets to the Award Ceremony on 19th June, are available NOW!!! This is a few more available than we anticipated as we've sadly had a couple of reluctant cancellations. If you would like to come along to what promises to be a WONDERFUL and glittering new genre event, tickets cost just £20 each. Simply send me a Message here on the website and I'll reserve them for you... Payment can be made via the Paypal button or, if necessary, by cheque. Con… Continue

Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on May 5, 2009 at 12:24pm — No Comments

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