The 2013 Booker nominees!

http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/sep/12/man-booker-shortlist-2013-decade

It's interesting that The guardian has so many courses in creative writing!
http://www.theguardian.com/guardian-masterclasses/creative-writing-courses?guni=Article:in%20body%20link

• About Guardian Masterclasses

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  Grammar can be fun

  Become a grammar grandmaster with senior Guardian editor David Marsh
  • Date: Monday 25 November 2013
  • Location: The Guardian, King's Cross, London
  • Price: £39
  

• How to write for children

  How to write stories to fascinate and entertain the toughest audience in literature
  •Date:19 October or 16 November 2013
  •Location: The Guardian, 90 York Way, King's Cross, London N1 9GU
  •Price: £229
  

• Getting started on your novel with Andrew Miller

  Take your first steps in novel-writing with a Costa Award-winning author
  
  • Dates: 5-6 October 2013
  • Location: The Guardian, King's Cross, London
  • Price: £399
  

• Free your creativity and get started on your book

  • Dates: Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 October 2013
  • Location: The Guardian, King's Cross, London
  • Price: £399
  

• Truth and lies with Lavinia Greenlaw

  How to use fact to fuel your fiction
  • Dates: Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 November 2013
  • Location: The Guardian, King's Cross, London
  • Price: £349 early bird (limited), £399 standard
  

• Develop your writing: plot and character with Kate and Greg Mosse

  Through a series of practical exercises, workshops and discussions, students will develop stories with the potential to become fully-fledged novels
  • Dates: Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 November
  • Location: The Guardian, King's Cross, London
  • Price: £349 early bird (limited), £399 standard
  

• The essentials of writing crime fiction

  Solve the mystery of how to write gripping crime fiction with a two-day investigation into the genre led by top authors
  Dates: Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 October 2013
  Times: 10am-5.30pm
  Location: The Guardian, 90 York Way, King's Cross, London N1 9GU
  Price: £349 early bird, £399 standard
  

• Develop your writing: how to structure your novel with Gillian Slovo

  Working on a novel but losing your way? This weekend clinic will get your writing back on track
  • Dates: Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 October 2013
  • Location: The Guardian, King's Cross, London
  • Price: £349 early bird, £399 standard
  

• How to research and write historical crime fiction

  How to dig up dark secrets from the past and find the beating heart of the story
  
  • Dates: Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 September 2013
  • Location: The Guardian, King's Cross, London
  • Price: £400
  

• How to write fiction based on family history

  Date:Sunday 29 September 2013 or Sunday 3 November 2013
  Location: The Guardian, King's Cross, London
  • Price: £199 Early bird ticket (limited)
  £229 Standard ticket
  

• Adapting for the screen

  
  • Dates: Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September 2013
  • Location: The Guardian, King's Cross, London
  • Price: £349 Early bird (limited); £399 Standard
  

• From first ideas to first draft with Ed Docx

  All writers get 'inspiration' - it is what to do with it that is the problem. This course, led by novelist Ed Docx, aims to provide budding writers with a set of practical tools that will help them get the best from their native creativity
  
  • Location: The Guardian, King's Cross, London
  • Price: £400
  

• PR and marketing for writers

  • Date: Saturday 5 October 2013
  • Location: The Guardian, King's Cross, London
  • Price: £229
  

• How to write science fiction

  Take your writing to new frontiers - let Liesel Schwarz, Ben Aaronovitch and Oli Munson be your guides to creating scintillating sci-fi and fantastic fantasy
  • Date: Saturday 28 September 2013
  • Location: The Guardian, King's Cross, London
  • Price: £229
  

• How to write a play

  Lifting the curtain on the unique, and uniquely rewarding, process of writing for the stage.
  • Date: Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 October 2013
  • Location: The Guardian, King's Cross, London
  • Price: £400
  

• How to write a memoir

  • Dates: Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 October 2013
  • Location: The Guardian, King's Cross, London
  • Price: £399
  

• Secrets of successful self-publishing

  A one-day workshop aimed at anyone who wants to learn how to be successful at self-publishing
  • Date: Sunday 29 September June 2013
  • Location: The Guardian, King's Cross, London
  • Price: £150
  

• Writing historical fiction

  Learn to use the past to inspire new stories, with award-winning novelist Katharine McMahon.
  
  • Dates: Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 October 2013
  • Location: The Guardian, King's Cross, London
  • Price: £400
  

• How to write memoir with Damian Barr

  A dazzling memoir course led by the inimitable Damian Barr, author of Maggie & Me. Those who successfully complete the course will qualify for an award in creative writing from UEA, whose alumni include Booker winners Anne Enright, Ian McEwan and Kazuo Ishiguro
  

• Six reasons to consider a UEA-Guardian Masterclass

  One of the questions we are most frequently asked is 'why should I sign up for one of the UEA-Guardian Masterclasses?' Here are six good reasons
  

• How to write travel stories

  A wonderful 6-month course exploring the art of travel writing led by award-winning travel journalist and non-fiction writer, Anthony Sattin
  

• How to write short stories

  A superb 6-month course offering you the opportunity to explore the potential of the short story led by acclaimed novelist and short story writer, Peter Hobbs
  

• How to write the new biography

  Acclaimed non-fiction writer Frances Wilson leads a course for those with a true story to tell who want to find an original way of telling it. Writers who successfully complete the course will qualify for an award in creative writing from UEA
  

• How to tell a story

  Award-winning writers, Bernardine Evaristo and Ross Raisin, will take you on a six-month journey through the art of storytelling. Writers who successfully complete the course will qualify for an award in creative writing from UEA