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News

Empathy in Education

Date Published: 6th March 2025

On the eve of World Book Day 2025 Sir Alexander McCall Smith spoke at a special event at Fettes School exploring empathy in education. Taking place in the Fettes theatre and live streamed to members of the school community, this fascinating, and very current, conversation was both uplifting and inspirational. In a conversation with Charlie […]

Date Published: 22nd January 2025

Earlier this month Alexander joined a very special group of readers for a one-of-a-kind afternoon tea at Bertie’s favourite deli, Valvona & Crolla. The group of readers had helped to crowdfund the relocation of The Edinburgh Bookshop, one of Alexander’s favourite independent Edinburgh book shops. Alexander, together with bookshop owner Marie Moser, thanked the readers […]

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!) […]

Events

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’ […]

Alexander McCall Smith at Daunt’s, Marylebone (UK)

Date: 2 October 2025

Venue: Daunt's Marylebone, London

Time: 7.00pm

It is a true pleasure to welcome the brilliant Alexander McCall Smith back to our store this Autumn for another evening of humour and storytelling – always a joy and balm for the soul! We will be celebrating some joyous new titles from his beloved series: Bertie’s Theory of Ice Cream continues the 44 Scotland Street novels, In the […]

Alexander McCall Smith at Falmouth Book Festival (UK)

Date: 22 October 2025

Venue: The Poly, 24 Church St, Falmouth

Time: 7.00pm

As the author of over one hundred books, including the award-winning The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie novels and the world’s longest-running serial novel, 44 Scotland Street Alexander McCall Smith is one of the most celebrated and bestselling authors of the last 30 years, having sold over 30 million books around the […]