some praise for alice munro and eleanor catton

I don't know why, but this feels like a good time to be writing - and a lot of it has to do with two writers in the headlines right now: Alice Munro and Eleanor Catton. I'm immensely cheered and energised by who has won the prizes this week, in a way I don't think I have been for a long time. These two very different authors have been recognised for their individual gifts, but their successes inevitably have an effect on everyone else working in the great continent of...