Did The Magician's Guild win any awards?

The Magician's Guild was shortlisted for Best Fantasy Novel at the 2002 Aurealis Awards. It did not win.

The Magicians' Guild

Pages: 480
Published: 2001
Language: English

The Magician's Guild is the opening volume of Trudi Canavan's Black Magician trilogy, a high-fantasy tale set in the divided city of Imardin. Sonea, a young girl from the slums known as a "dwell," accidentally injures a member of the powerful and secretive Magicians' Guild after throwing a stone through their magical barrier. Her raw, uncontrolled power marks her as something rare — and dangerous to those who would exploit it.

Prose complexity: 5/10

Adventurous Tense

Coming of Age Chosen One Mentor Figure Fish Out of Water Academy Reluctant Hero

Trudi Canavan

Trudi Canavan is an Australian fantasy author, born in Melbourne and raised in the suburb of Ferntree Gully. She worked as a graphic designer and for the magazine Aurealis before writing full time. Her debut, The Magicians' Guild (2001), began the Black Magician trilogy, followed by the Age of the Five trilogy, the Traitor Spy trilogy and the Millennium's Rule series. She won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story in 1999 and for Best Fantasy Novel in 2009 with The Magician's Apprentice...

SoneaProtagonist

A young girl from the city's slums who discovers she has rare, powerful magical abilities after accidentally injuring a member of the Magicians' Guild.

Lord FergunAntagonist

A Guild magician injured by Sonea's stray stone whose rivalry with Rothen over her guardianship curdles into a scheme to frame and control her.

RothenSupporting

A senior magician of the Guild who takes an interest in Sonea after she is discovered, becoming her mentor and advocate against those who would exploit her power.

DannylSupporting

A young Guild magician and Rothen's former pupil who helps search for Sonea and comes to sympathise with her situation.

LorlenSupporting

The Guild's Administrator, who uses his mind-reading ability to examine Sonea's memories and intentions.

All characters in The Magicians' Guild