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Friends we Share – a birthday post

Date Published: 24th August 2024

Friends: This picture was taken by my daughter, Lucy, and she has now put it on a birthday card. It shows me with the antenna for the radio I have at our house in the Highlands of Scotland. I fire it up from time to time (I am a licensed radio operator, as it happens!) […]

Alexander McCall Smith celebrates Edinburgh’s 900th anniversary in verse

Date Published: 4th July 2024

The newly knighted creator of The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series marked the end of a joyous week of celebrations by presenting a poem to King Charles at a reception at Edinburgh Castle yesterday, celebrating the 900th anniversary of Scotland’s capital city. The poem appears in The Times online today and in paper. The […]

Knighted – Arise Sir Sandy

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 Alexander is formally Knighted in Edinburgh Sir Alexander McCall Smith has been Knighted by King Charles III in the Great Gallery at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. The investiture ceremony took place today, Tuesday 2 July 2024, and forms a central part of Royal Week, during which the Monarch spends some days visiting various […]

Events

Alexander McCall Smith in Concord, New Hampshire

Date: 14 October 2024
Venue: Capitol Centre for the Arts, Concord, New Hampshire
Time: 7.00pm

Alexander McCall Smith travels to New Hampshire for the US launch event and celebration of his latest novel and #25 in the new No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, The Great Hippopotamus Hotel.  Tickets and details here: https://www.ccanh.com/show/24000108 

Alexander McCall Smith at Rizzoli Bookstore, New York

Date: 15 October 2024
Venue: Rizzoli Bookstore, 1133 Broadway, New York, NY 10010
Time: 6.00pm

Alexander McCall Smith joins us in New York for a celebration of his latest offering: the new No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novel The Great Hippopotamus Hotel. And, of course, to talk about the small, important things in life. Tickets and information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-great-hippopotamus-hotel-by-alexander-mccall-smith-tickets-1024420347837?aff=oddtdtcreator   

Alexander at the Grolier Club, New York

Date: 16 October 2024
Venue: Grolier Club, 7 East 60th Street, New York, NY 10022
Time: 1.00pm

The American Patrons of the National Library and Galleries of Scotland are hosting Alexander McCall Smith for a free and open to the public event at the Grolier Club in Manhattan. He will discuss his new book, The Great Hippopotamus Hotel.   Tickets (free) and information: https://www.grolierclub.org/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=384845&ssid=322466&vnf=1