This month, March 2023, Alexander McCall Smith returns to Australia for a packed 10 days of events and interviews. Join him if you can. He is always delighted to meet readers. Events are taking place in Adelaide, Maleny, Brisbane, Sydney, Woolongong, Melbourne, Kyneton, and Castlemaine. Thursday 9 March, 5.00pm: Adelaide Writers’ Week event, Pioneer Women’s Memorial […]

Date: 10 October 2022 Venue: Westlands Main Hall, Yeovil, Westbourne Cl, Yeovil BA20 2DD Time: 2:00pm THIS IS A YEOVIL LITERARY FESTIVAL 2022 EVENT WESTLANDS ENTERTAINMENT VENUE | Ballroom Alexander McCall Smith (or Sandy as he is often known) is a true legend in the literary word. He has written and contributed to over a hundred […]

Blackwells Bookshop at Westgate is delighted to welcome Alexander McCall Smith to Oxford for an evening celebrating 20 years of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. This year, 2018, marks the 20th anniversary of first publication of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. The book has fans throughout the world and has never been out of print. Alexander […]

Join Alexander McCall Smith at Hay Festival. The prolific Edinburgh novelist discusses the joys and travails of writing fiction—plotting, voice, tone and humour—with his fellow crime-writer SJ Parris. His books, in numerous series including No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, Isabel Dalhousie and 44 Scotland Street, have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide, in 46 languages. Hay Festival: Imagine the World runs […]

One of the world’s most popular authors, Alexander McCall Smith, will visit Boswell book festival on 5 May 2018 to talk with broadcaster, Sheena McDonald, about his life and work including the 20th anniversary (this year) of publication of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. To book your tickets, contact the Box Office Hotline on 01563 554 900 (Palace Theatre Kilmarnock, […]

Join one of the world’s most prolific and best-loved authors as he discusses his latest books: the eagerly anticipated new Isabel Dalhousie novel, A Distant View of Everything; Who Built Scotland  – a new history of Scotland told through its places; and of course, no event would be complete without finding out what is new with Precious […]

Join Alexander McCall Smith at Bedford Modern School, organised by the Bedford Writing Competition. An evening of warmth and laughter is planned with the much-loved author and global bestseller Alexander McCall Smith, creator of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency and the 44 Scotland Street series of books. The evening will comprise: Prosecco and canapés reception at 6.30 p.m […]

AN EVENING WITH ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH Village Books in Dulwich Village and Alleyn’s School are incredibly excited to host Alexander McCall Smith for a talk on writing his wonderfully popular books and what makes him write. An evening with Alexander McCall Smith is an evening of sheer delight. Join the worldwide best-selling author as he […]