Val McDermid and Jake Adelstein
At the Brisbane Writers Festival, Richard Fidler spoke to two authors who know a bit about writing about crooks - Scottish crime writer Val McDermid has published more than 20 novels, while journalist Jake Adelstein has written his first book, 'Tokyo Vice', about the Japanese Yakuza.
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Podcast: Inside Apple's latest announcements
Join Jason Snell, Chris Breen, Jon Seff, and Dan Frakes as they discuss the Apple Music Event for 2010, including new iPods and the all-new Apple TV.
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Elif Batuman
US writer and academic Elif Batuman fell in love with the great Russian writers after reading 'Anna Karenina' some years ago.
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Opinion: Dude, where's my Apple iCar?
If Apple really wants to make a splash at this week's press event, it should forget about updating the Apple TV and instead turn its attention to in-car entertainment, Computerworld's Mike Elgan argues.
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Sharon Guest and Stuart Neal
Sharon Guest and Stuart Neal adopted their daughter Jessie Mei Mei from a Chinese orphanage some three years after they began the process.
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