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 from 24 May—3 June 2018.  The festival takes place in a tented village at Hay-on-Wye, on the edge of the beautiful Brecon Beacons National Park.

You can buy tickets online, or select the events you wish to attend and call the Box Office on 01497 822 629