We all live in tremulous times, and for publishers home and away it is no exception, with staff cuts, pay freezes and scrapped projects. But it's not all a sorry state of affairs, writes Jason Steger.

BOOKMARKS the former Labor politician and cabinet minister not only wrote with panache and wit but served the Melbourne Writers' Festival tirelessly, writes Jason Steger.

IF you find webpages you absolutely want to save for fun, posterity or research, the ScrapBook extension for Firefox will snag those pages for you and organise them like bookmarks, right from the Firefox menu bar.

Many publishers shunned it but a hilarious illustrated book for children will hit the shelves this weekend, writes Jason Steger.

David Stonehouse tries some girlie pop, cleans up his bookmarks and celebrates Apple's 30th.