True Grit author to get award for southern writing
Charles Portis, the author of True Grit and Norwood, will be honoured with a lifetime achievement award in southern literature by Oxford American magazine, a literary quarterly that features writing from and about the American South.
China bars HIV-positive Aussie author
China has refused a visa to Australian writer Robert Dessaix on the grounds he is HIV-positive.
Doug Wright Awards finalists named
Cover artist Seth and web-comic creator Kate Beaton are among the finalists for the 2010 Doug Wright Awards for Canadian comics that were announced Friday.
