Awesome Words From Eleanor Catton On “Worth” And “Value”

On October 17 I posted my congratulations to Eleanor Catton, who was my immediate predecessor as writer-in-residence at the University of Canterbry, on winning the Booker Prize for The Luminaries.

I also said that I loved what I heard of Eleanor’s acceptance speech, where she spoke of “worth” and “value” — so much so that I am posting the relevant excerpt from the speech here. I hope it resonates for you as much as it did for me — but I feel her words speak eloquently for themselves so shall o...