Monday Blogcrawl

Write my chapter. Write my chapter. Write my chapter....
But first, surf net:

• The King of Thailand is making a recovery.
• A Buddhist cultural centre is being built in Sri Lanka
• 52 Suburbs has launched her book and was quite a star at the Sydney Writers' Festival
• I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff. Kolorkube presents a really simple productivity system.
• I love libraries, and will defend them till my dying day. Keep books in libraries and keep them open! Another spirited defense from Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
• Some great advice on getting your email read by the people who matter
• Buffer lets us know about some wonderful-sounding new apps. I'm kind of into apps lately.
  
• Ever hear about the time I delivered an academic paper on Oprah at a conference in Nanjing? Edwidge Danticat writes a nice piece about Oprah's influence on her own literary career.
• The French have made a movie about the influence of Hong Kong cinema on Quentin Tarantino. From Hypebeast.
• Clownfish teach children about gender differences in America.
• Arkarthick gives us 7 ideas to make our blogs stand out.
• I used to invent my own languages as a child, so was fascinated by the Telegraph reporting on the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
• An obsession with novelist Michael Cunningham explained by my friend Angela over at Literary Minded.