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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in March

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK

Five of the best books inspired by classic novels

It’s unsurprising that literary inspiration comes to writers – here are those who have taken homage to new heights

The Guardian - UK

Day by Michael Cunningham; The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez review – tales from the Covid era

Two New York novels – one a melodrama of familial tension, the other musings from an unlucky housesitter – investigate life during the pandemic

The Guardian - UK

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We’ve found the best books of 2024 to curl up with

Must-reads and page-turners chosen by a book-obsessed writer

Marie Claire

Day by Michael Cunningham review – living through the pandemic

The author of The Hours explores the inner lives of a Brooklyn family, before, during and after lockdown

The Guardian - UK

Michael Cunningham: ‘Some people have never forgiven me for not just writing The Hours again’

The acclaimed author was halfway through writing a novel when the pandemic hit – forcing him to start over. He discusses the new book, and how he’s continuing to honour his literary heroes

The Guardian - UK

The best fiction books to read in 2024, from David Nicholls to Kiley Reid

Spend your 2024 getting lost in very good novels – there are plenty to choose from. Jessie Thompson shares our guide to the year’s unmissable fiction

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Paisley man spared jail after police found £5,000 cannabis cultivation in flat

Police entered the property while the inhabitant was out.

Daily Record

Drunk thug caught with knife in Paisley narrowly avoids jail

Paisley Sheriff Court heard he was found with the blade in the waistband of his trousers.

Daily Record

Drugged-up Paisley thug jailed for violent attack on innocent dog walker

Brute, Jamie Michie had taken street Valium when he launched his unprovoked assault.

Daily Record

Man, 28, told cops he had knife in Paisley street to "protect" himself

Police had their attention drawn to what he was carrying in the middle of the day.

Daily Record

Renfrew man said he can't remember setting fire to door after Valium binge

Paisley Sheriff Court heard that a property in the town was targeted in early March.

Daily Record

Young thug caught with knife in Paisley street threatened to "cut open" Kibble workers

Ashawn Studholme, 18, was shopped by cops with the large blade in the waistband of his trousers in January last year.

Daily Record

Convicted Paisley sex offender caught with "extreme porn" during routine visit

Fiend Christopher Murphy was caught with sickening images of child sexual exploitation on his laptop alongside “extreme pornography” depicting bestiality.

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Renfrewshire man jailed for putting fake plates on pinched motor

Brian Mitchell was caught in the act when he stole a Seat Ibiza in August last year.

The Independent UK

New Michael Cunningham novel 'Day' scheduled for January

The next novel from Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cunningham, his first in a decade, is a family saga set in New York City before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Daily Record

Paisley creep caught with vile haul of child abuse images

Officers turned up at the accused's property with a search warrant in November 2021.

The Guardian - US

‘It feels like something different’: turning The Hours into an opera

The acclaimed book and Oscar-winning movie, about three women grappling with despair, is making an unusual leap to the stage in New York

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The Independent UK

After fine-tuning, 'The Hours' with Fleming opens at the Met

Kevin Puts’ “The Hours” has had more than a few hours of changes since it was first heard in a pair of concert performances in Philadelphia last March

Salon

Don't fear the flip phone

"Do you have it ironically?" a woman new to Brooklyn asked about my distinctly not-smart phone

Daily Mirror

Bully 'lost it' and slapped five-year-old's face so hard it bruised after she kicked him

Jonathan Engles, from Scotland, has been ordered not to have any unsupervised contact with children under the age of 16 after slapping the young girl in March 2020

Daily Record

Man who left face of girl, 5, bruised ordered not to have unsupervised contact with kids

Paisley Sheriff Court heard that Jonathan Engles launched the brutal assault on the youngster after he laughed at her when he hurt her wrist.

The Guardian - UK

Going in to bat for long-form cricket

Letter: Traditional forms of cricket are losing out to the Hundred competition, writes Michael Cunningham

The Conversation

Sophie Cunningham's pandemic novel admits literature can't save us – but treasures it for trying

“How good are novels!” So thinks protagonist Alice Fox in This Devastating Fever, the third novel from former publisher Sophie Cunningham. Alice is preparing to chair a panel at a writers’ festival, just as Covid-19 hits the headlines in March 2020.

Daily Record

Renfrew man bruised a five-year-old girl's face when he 'lost it' and slapped her

Jonathan Engles slapped the five-year-old girl's face so hard it left a mark and bruising.

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