Alexander McCall Smith at Braemar Literary Festival (UK)

Date: 27 September 2025
Venue: St Margaret's, Braemar
Time: 12.00pm

Sir Alexander McCall Smith is one of the world’s most prolific, uplifting and best-loved authors. He became a household name with the publication of the highly successful No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency and writes stand-alone novels, short stories, best-selling poetry, and children’s books as well as libretti, stage and screen scripts. His ‘44 Scotland Street’ novels, published as a serial novel in the Scotsman newspaper, has become the longest-running serial in the world.

Hosted by Vicki Perrin, CEO of The Queen’s Reading Room, join Sir Alexander McCall Smith to celebrate the return of favourite characters ‘Bertie’ in Bertie’s Theory of Ice Cream (a 44 Scotland Street novel) and ‘Precious Ramotswe’ within In The Time of Five Pumpkins (a No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novel). In this hour of good cheer, you can also expect to explore the delights of The Lost Language of Oysters, The Perfect Passion Company and much more!

A book signing with Sir Alexander McCall Smith will follow the talk.