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Alex Bellos on how to cut a cake, the mathematical way!

Astronomer and Sky at Night TV presenter Chris Lintott tells Jim Al Khalili about his "Citizen Science" project of crowd-sourced astronomy, Galaxy Zoo, and of working with Brian May and the late Sir Patrick Moore on BBC Radio 4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b046kwpv

Follow this link for a delightful piece by Cameron McAllister on children's books containing vehicles, vessels and vavavoom for the Guardian. His children's book, The Tin Snail, was published by Jonathan Cape last month and tells the story of one brave little 2CV that helped win the war.

M.J. Arligde?s debut Eeny Meeny hit the number five spot on the Sunday Times Paperback Fiction Bestseller List for the week ending May 25th. Since publication earlier in the month the book has gone from strength to strength becoming a Richard & Judy Summer Book Club choice and receiving praise across the media. The Daily Mail says Arlidge has created ?a genuinely fresh heroine in DI Helen Grace? while The Sun calls it ?truly excellent?. Eeny Meeny, which introduces Detective Inspector Helen Grace, has sold to publishers around the world. The follow-up, Pop Goes The Weasel, is published by Penguin Books September 2014.

Alex Bellos has been short-listed for the Association of British Science Writers Royal Society Radio Prize for his Radio 4 documentary "Nirvana by Numbers". The prize - part of the ABSW 2014 Journalism Awards - will be awarded to the best scripted/edited radio programme or podcast, and chosen by the The Royal Society. Follow this link for more information.

Listen in to Xiaolu Guo, Chinese writer and filmmaker, talk about the contrasts between East and West in her latest tragic love story on Start the Week this morning(32.25 mins in).

?This debut novel is an electric no-holds-barred thriller? dark, creepy, vivid and enthralling? Eeny Meeny - published by Michael Joseph (Penguin) May 2014 - features in Richard & Judy?s Summer Book Club. M.J. Arlidge?s debut sits alongside eight other selected writers including Khaled Hosseini, Robert Harris and Helen Dunmore. This from Judy: ?Eeny Meeny has an assurance and confidence that many a seasoned writer might envy. This is a terrific read; it'll keep you up turning the pages until the early hours, biting your nails.? And praise from Richard: ?A compulsive read. Eeny Meeny's plot is subtle and complex. Arlidge weaves a story that at first seems impossible to solve? Eeny Meeny is the first in a series of thriller novels featuring Helen Grace. The next in the series, Pop Goes The Weasel, will be published September 2014. Find out more here: http://richardandjudy.whsmith.co.uk/20-14/summer2/mjarlidge-eenymeeny/

Elly Griffiths? Dying Fall (Quercus 2013) has been longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year Award 2014. Dying Fall is Elly?s second book to be selected for the T.O.P. Crime Novel of the Year Award. Her debut novel, The Crossing Places - winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Edgar Crime Novel of the Year Award 2011 - was shortlisted in 2010. 2014 is a special year for the T.O.P. Crime Novel which celebrates its tenth anniversary. The prize was created to celebrate the very best in crime writing and highlights ?the cream of the crop of crime novels.? The names of the six short listed titles will be announced on 1st July and readers can VOTE HERE: http://harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/crime/award/

Congratulations to Derek B. Miller, who has been short-listed for two, out of a possible three, awards at this year's Bristol Crimefest; the EDunnit Award and the Goldsboro Last Laugh Award. The awards dinner takes place during the festival, on the 17th May, when the winners will be announced.

Janklow & Nesbit agents, Jessie Botterill and Hellie Ogden, will be at The Big Green Bookshop in London, on Saturday May 24th, between 5-8pm, hearing pitches from aspiring authors. They?ll be offering advice and guidance and are looking for authors working on anything from historical fiction to fantasy. For more information please visit: http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/

Lewis Dartnell's The Knowledge has been receiving some fantastic coverage in the week leading up to publication: the Times, Guardian, Independent on Sunday, Telegraph, Nature and Times Higher Education, have all reviewed favourably. "Where The Knowledge really succeeds is in demonstrating the interconnectedness of knowledge, the importance of the scientific method in advancing society, and the ?symbiotic relationship? between scientific discovery and technological advance." - Times Higher Education "The Knowledge is a terrifically engrossing history of science and technology. How exactly did people develop farming machinery, clocks, steam engines, glass lenses, radios, explosives, and the like? Dartnell deftly sketches the contours of each problem, and sympathetically reconstructs the reasoning applied." - the Guardian "This is the most inspiring book I?ve read in a long time. It makes me want to assemble a radio receiver using aluminium foil and a rusty razor blade.? - the Independent "Dartnell is a confident writer, as befits a runner-up in The Daily Telegraph/BASF Young Science Writer Award, and the book never drags. And it probably is a good thing that someone has written this book. After all, when the fall comes, Wikipedia will probably be the first thing we miss." - the Telegraph

ITV will air the final part of "Undeniable" tonight at 9pm. Claire Goose stars as Jane Phillips, a woman who recognises her mother?s murderer, twenty-three years after the crime. Despite being just five years old when she witnessed the killing, she?s determined to bring the man she believes is responsible to justice. Starring alongside Claire is Peter Firth as Andrew Rawlins, a leading Oncologist who becomes the focus of Jane?s attention, and the prime suspect for a murder inquiry that has remained unsolved for almost three decades. The Sunday Times describes the show as "a masterclass in seamless plot and character exposition". M.J. Arlidge, author of EENY MEENY, is an Executive Producer on the project. Catch-up on ITV player: https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/undeniable

The Desmond Elliott Prize, the ?most prestigious award for first-time novelists? (Telegraph), has announced a diverse longlist of 10 ?astonishing? novels, which showcase the excellence of new British and Irish writing. Among the chosen ten is The Dynamite Room, an eerie, thrillingly exciting and piercingly sad d?but for actor and play-write, Jason Hewitt. Chair of judges and best-selling author, Chris Cleave said: ?British and Irish writing is in the best shape it?s been for many years. The strength of these ten astonishing novels proves that our home-grown talent is world class.? Please visit the site for more information.

Lewis Dartnell's survival guide for the end of the world, The Knowldege, has received some great coverage this weekend; The Times, The New York Times, Daily Mail and Esquire Magazine have all reviewed favourably. The Times said: "An extraordinary achievement. With lucidity and brevity, Dartnell explains the rudiments of a civilisation. It is a great read even if civilisation does not collapse. If it does, it will be the sacred text of the new world ? Dartnell that world?s first great prophet." You can also listen in to Alok Jha's interview with him for The Guardian, here.