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To mark the release of Advent by James Treadwell, Hodder is offering readers the chance to win a range of great titles in an online treasure hunt. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is find all five of these 'e-flyers' hidden on blogs across the web, each one featuring a quote from Advent. Once you've found them all, send a message containing the names of the blogs to facebook.com/hodderscape and claim your prize. The books up for grabs are Advent by James Treadwell, Daughter Of Smoke And Bone by Laini Taylor, The Straight Razor Cure by Daniel Polansky, The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde and The Gunslinger by Stephen King.

Click here to read the first in a series of regular blog posts from Jack Wolf, exploring the myths and legends behind his debut novel, The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones which is published by Chatto & Windus on 3rd January.

Art historian and critic Jonathan Jones details the fierce 16th century competition in Florence, Italy, between Leonardo da Vinci and his much younger rival, Michelangelo on The Diane Rehm Show. Follow this link to listen again.

Charles Cumming has won this year?s CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, awarded by the Crime Writers Association for the year?s best thriller in the vein of Ian Fleming. His A Foreign Country beat off competition from Megan Abbott, Robert Harris and Neal Stephenson. The judges said that this contemporary spy thriller had ?? a gripping premise, expertly sustained, lots of believable spycraft and memorable supporting characters.? Responding, he said ?For spy writers, the Steel Dagger is our Booker prize, so I?m thrilled to have won such a prestigious award. Some great writers have picked up the Steel Dagger, including Henry Porter, Dan Fesperman and Tom Rob Smith. I?m honoured to have joined their ranks.? He was presented with his cheque and a unique handcrafted ?steel dagger?, inspired by the weapon used by Special Forces during World War II, at the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards, which took place in a glittering ceremony at Grosvenor House, London, on Thursday. The result will be televised on ITV3 on Tuesday 23rd October.

Switch on to BBC 4 at 8.30 pm on Thursday night to watch Rob Penn explore the great Britsh love affair with trees in 'Tales from the Wild Wood'. A year ago, Rob took over the management of Strawberry Cottage Wood, 50 acres of abandoned broadleaf woodland at the entrance to Llanthony Valley, in the beautiful Black Mountains, south east Wales. In each episode of this six part series Rob, through the day to day management of the woods, explores the issues affecting British woodlands today: is man good for woods? Can woodlands pay? How do we value them in non-economic ways? Will our woods survive the future? He also examines our own historical relationship with woods using fascinating archives to recall the time when they employed thousands of people and provided the backbone for self-sustaining rural industries. Follow this link to watch on iplayer and find out more.

Charles Cumming's latest thriller, A FOREIGN COUNTRTY, was awarded Scottish Crime Book of the Year at the Bloody Scotland festival in Firth on the 16th. Charles?s sixth novel follows disgraced spy Thomas Kell's search for Amelia Levene, who goes missing shortly after learning she is to become the first female head of MI6. The book was praised by the chair of the judging panel, Sheena McDonald, as ?Exciting, imaginative and well-written... simply an outstanding novel.?

Adam Rutherford has teamed up with Tim Minchin for the Nature Video Channel?s ?The Story of You: ENCODE and the human genome?, a short animation about monks, genes and genomes. Follow this link to view http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwXXgEz9o4w&feature=plcp

A FOREIGN COUNTRY by Charles Cumming has been shortlisted for the 2012 CWA Ian Flemming Steel Dagger award having been described by judges as a contemporary spy thriller with ?a gripping premise, expertly sustained, lots of believable spycraft and memorable supporting characters.? The shortlist of four will feature on ITV3 in a six week season of crime and drama programming, which will include a specially commissioned documentary series called Crime Connections, starting on Friday 7th September. The winner will be announced on the 23rd October.

Gavin Knight, Jasper Fforde, Richard Sennett, Oliver Burkeman and Claudia Hammond will all be taking part in this year?s Edinburgh International Book Festival. Follow this link to find out when and where they will be taking to the stage.

With the 109 year wait for a British victory in the Tour De France finally over, and just two days to go until the start of the Olympic Games, Rob Penn?s latest article for the Independent proves, once again, that it really is ALL ABOUT THE BIKE.

Take a stroll up into the Radnorshire hills with Jasper Fforde and his dog Ozzy for a potted guide to local flora and fauna and an introduction to The Woman Who Died A Lot, the seventh book in the Thursday Next series.

Guardian columnist Oliver Burkeman discusses his latest book The Antidote in this video animation about happiness. During his research for the book Oliver spoke to people who believe that theories about positive thinking and visualising your goals may not be all they're cracked up to be. It seems there's a long tradition in philosophical and spiritual thought which embraces negativity and bathes in insecurity and failure. Watch the video below to find out more.

Every month, lovers of science are invited to join Tim Radford in reading and discussing a select title for the Guardian?s science book club series. In his most recent contribution Tim has reviewed Martin Ree?s JUST SIX NUMBERS: The Deep Forces that Shape the Universe, and highly praises its ability to address ?the single most profound mystery of the universe ? how is it that we are here to ask these questions? ? in a neat series of brief chapters.' Tim's own book, The Address Book, has just been longisted for The Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Writing. The panel of judges will be announcing the winner at a ceremony at the Royal Society on 26th November. Click here to read the full write up, or here to find out more about the Winton Prize.

Several Janklow&Nesbit clients will be amongst the expert gathering this week at The Times Cheltenham Science Festival. Chosen to discuss, challenge and entertain under this year?s theme, RE:generation, will be Kevin Fong, Adam Rutherford and Matt Parker, with one-off presentations from Lewis Dartnell, Evan Davis, Alex Bellos and Lucie Green. For the full festival line up and information on how to book tickets please click here.