Ilka Tampke Ilka Tampke i(A137882 works by)
Gender: Female
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Ilka Tampke has 'worked in arts and festivals as a project manager, artistic director and community development worker'. She has studied Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT University and her short stories and articles have been published in several anthologies.

Source: Australian Society of Authors website, http://www.asauthors.org/

Sighted: 15/12/2010

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y separately published work icon Songwoman London : Hodder and Stoughton , 2018 12801286 2018 single work novel historical fiction fantasy

'Since the slaughter of her people, Ailia has been living, alone, in the forest. It is a time of deep healing and communing with the earth and its spirits - the Mothers. But now, Ailia has regained enough strength to return to the tribes, and rejoin the war.

'She goes to Llanmelin, a major tribal centre in southeast Wales, where the British war king, Caradog has been leading a bitter guerrilla campaign against the encroaching Roman army.

'Ailia and Caradog begin a passionate relationship - but as the Roman general Scapula becomes ever more determined to claim the rich roils of Wales, pressure mounts for a final battle that will determine the future of Britain.

'As the battle approaches, Ailia must use her powers to protect, forever, what is most sacred amongst her people. The future of Britain will depend upon her success.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2019 winner Most Underrated Book Award
y separately published work icon Skin Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2015 8139069 2015 single work novel fantasy historical fiction

'Southwest Britain, AD 43.

'For the people of Caer Cad, ‘skin’ is their belief, their greeting, their ancestors, their land.

'Ailia does not have skin. Abandoned at birth, she serves the Tribequeen of her township. Ailia is forbidden to marry, left out of tribal ceremonies and, most devastatingly, barred from attending lessons. But an encounter with a mysterious fish sets her on another path. The Mothers, the tribal ancestors, have chosen her to become their highest knowledge-bearer—the Kendra.

'Lured by the beautiful and enigmatic Taliesin, who appears to her as both man and fish, Ailia embarks on an unsanctioned journey to attain the knowledge that will protect her people from the most terrifying invaders they have ever faced.

'Set in Iron-Age Britain, on the cusp of Roman invasion, Skin is a thrilling, full-blooded, mesmerizing novel about the collision of two worlds, and a young woman torn between two men.' (Publication summary)

2016 longlisted Voss Literary Prize
2016 shortlisted Australian Publishers Association Awards APA Book Design Awards designed by Imogen Stubbs
2015 finalist Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Fantasy Division Novel
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