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Alexander McCall Smith with Exclusive Books Cavendish, South Africa

Date: 21 January 2025
Venue: Exclusive Books Cavendish
Time: 6.00pm

Join Alexander McCall Smith in conversation with Pippa Smith for the South African launch of the 25th novel in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, The Great Hippopotamus Hotel. Tickets and information here.

Alexander McCall Smith at Alnwick Story Fest, UK

Date: 1 March 2025
Venue: Alnwick Playhouse
Time: 7.00pm

Join Sir Alexander McCall Smith, one of the world’s most beloved authors, for a delightful session at Alnwick Story Fest. Best known for The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, which has sold over twenty million copies worldwide, McCall Smith’s work spans more than 100 books, from popular children’s stories to bestselling novels infused with wit, warmth, […]

Alexander McCall Smith at Oxford Literary Festival, UK

Date: 4 April 2025
Venue: Sheldonian Theatre
Time: 4.00pm

Join one of the world’s favourite storytellers, Alexander McCall Smith, to be transported to a small dating agency in Edinburgh’s New Town, the setting for the latest novel in his new Perfect Passion Company series, Looking for You, to Germany to meet the hilarious Professor Dr Moritz-Maria Von Igelfeld and finally to Botswana to catch up […]

Alexander McCall Smith at Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, UK

Date: 22 May 2025
Venue: Venue 3
Time: 7.00pm

Spend a lively evening in the company of Alexander McCall Smith as he introduces the latest instalment of his series The Perfect Passion Company. In Looking For You, Katie Donald is eager to continue helping the lovelorn find connection, and with news of her expertise spreading, she’s inundated with people seeking her advice. Alexander will […]