News & Events - Alexander McCall Smith

News

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 at Toppings, Edinburgh, UK

Date: 25 September 2024

Venue: Greenside Church, 1b Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5AB

Time: 7.30pm

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over one hundred books on a wide array of subjects, including the world’s longest-running serial novel, 44 Scotland Street. He joins us in Edinburgh this autumn for a celebration of his two latest offerings: the new No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novel The Great Hippopotamus Hotel and the new standalone […]

Alexander McCall Smith at Bookmark Book Festival, Perth, UK

Date: 26 September 2024

Venue: Perth Theatre and Concert Hall

Time: 7.00pm

BOOKMARK Book Festival brings Sir Alexander (Sandy) McCall Smith to Perth. This much loved writer will be joined by his friend and acclaimed journalist Magnus Linklater: their wide-ranging and captivating conversation will travel from Botswana to Edinburgh, alongside his rich and hugely engaging cast of characters including Mrs Ramotswe and Isabel Dalhousie. Sandy McCall Smith’s […]

Alexander McCall Smith at Guildford Book Festival (UK)

Date: 1 October 2024

Venue: Guildford Book Festival

Time: 6.30pm

Join worldwide best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith for an evening of sheer delight. Travel with the master storyteller to catch up with Mma Ramotswe in Botswana as he discusses his latest No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novel, The Great Hippopotamus Hotel. Then allow Alexander to transport you to the west coast of Scotland, the setting for his new stand alone novel, The Winds […]