Rewards of Authorship
""T-HE Position of the Author in New Zealand" was chosen as subject by W. W. Bridgman, M.A., LL.B., in his talk in the Winter Course series from 4YA. I couldn’t help wondering, before I heard the talk, just how many actual authors we have in New Zea-land-I mean. full-time authors who
have no other income than that from writing. Well, if any such exist, their position, according to Mr. Bridgman, is practically impossible, unless they are of that favoured species who are able
to turn out popular novels in sufficient quantity to live by the process, If, on the other hand, they specialise in poetry, essays, or criticism, they might as well give up any hope of making it pay. Financially, that is. What struck -me, when listening to Mr, Bridgman reading from the works of Samuel Butler, Katherine Mansfield, Frank Sargeson, and others, was the possibility of payment in other sorts of dividend. Immeasurable horizons are opened to the reader who, loving his country, sees it plain before him on the pages of the most beloved of our writers; and fervent thanks to such writers for just continuing to write in spite of obstacles is our only method of repayment for something which cannot be measured in money.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 384, 1 November 1946, Page 10
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212Rewards of Authorship New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 384, 1 November 1946, Page 10
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