As the weather starts to change the road beckons and so Alexander McCall Smith travelled from his Edinburgh home to the south and south west of England for a short September tour to meet readers. Where did we go? Alexander – and his publicist Jan Rutherford – started out in the early hours of Thursday […]

Alexander has had a grand time having fun in the sun in Australia, meeting readers and fellow writers at sold out events across the country. Huge thanks to the teams at Hachette and NewSouthBooks and to all the festival directors and journalists he met along the way. But of course the biggest thanks go to […]

Alexander McCall Smith is heading ‘down under’  to Australia this month (March 2023), one of his favourite countries in the world. While there he is looking forward to meeting readers at a series of events, talking about all of our favourite characters. Take the opportunity to catch up with the great writer’s lastest books and […]

Alexander McCall Smith is back out on the road. He has been in America and Canada over the last ten days or so, meeting readers and promoting A Song of Comfortable Chairs. This was his first return to both countries since the start of the pandemic and he very much enjoyed being back doing what he […]