Events

Daunt Books, London (UK)

Date: 2 October 2017
Venue: Daunt Books, Marylebone
Time: 7.00pm

AN EVENING WITH ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH- SOLD OUT An evening with Alexander McCall Smith is an evening of sheer delight. Join the worldwide bestselling author in association with Daunt Books in Marylebone High Street as he discusses his latest books. Daunt Books was founded in 1990 by James Daunt in the beautiful Edwardian premises at […]

Jersey Festival of Words, Jersey (UK)

Date: 30 September 2017
Venue: Jersey Opera House
Time: 8.00pm

THE LIFE AND WORKS OF ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH SPONSORED BY APPLEBY Join one of the world’s most prolific and best-loved authors Alexander McCall Smith as he talks about his life and work, at an event kindly sponsored by Appleby. McCall Smith worked as a professor of medical law before turning his hand to writing. Publication of his […]

Edinburgh International Book Festival (Event 4 of 4) (UK)

Date: 20 August 2017
Venue: Baillie Gifford Main Theatre
Time: 18.45

Join Alexander at one of four events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival (event 4 of 4), 2017. How best to tell the story of Scotland’s history? A good way would be to do what Historic Environment Scotland have done – assemble five of our finest authors to write about the 25 buildings that have shaped […]

Edinburgh International Book Festival (Event 3 of 4) (UK)

Date: 19 August 2017
Venue: Baillie Gifford Main Theatre
Time: 17.00

Join Alexander at the Edinburgh International Book Festival (event 3 of 4). Bliss on Colonsay, plastic surgery in Edinburgh, strange encounters in Botswana, and pirates in the Caribbean have all contributed to Alexander McCall Smith receiving the Medal of Honour for Achievements in Literature from the Arts Club of New York – encounter them all […]

Edinburgh International Book Festival (Event 2 of 4) (UK)

Date: 17 August 2017
Venue: Baillie Gifford Main Theatre
Time: 18.45

Join Alexander on home ground at the Edinburgh International Book Festival (event 2 of 4). An hour of mischief, music and laughter as the prolific Alexander McCall Smith discusses the latest happenings of all our favourite characters—Mma Ramotswe, Isabel Dalhousie, the inhabitants of Scotland Street and the delightful, intelligent and appealing characters from his standalone […]

Edinburgh International Book Festival (Event 1 of 4) (UK)

Date: 15 August 2017
Venue: Baillie Gifford Main Theatre
Time: 13.30

Join Alexander McCall Smith on home ground at the Edinburgh International Book Festival (event 1 of 4). As well as being one of world’s bestselling and best-loved writers (he just won Medal of Honour for Achievements in Literature from the Arts Club of New York), Alexander McCall Smith has one of the most infectious giggles […]

Alexander McCall Smith in Tetbury (UK)

Date: 27 July 2017
Venue: Tetbury Goods Shed, Gumstool Hill, Tetbury, GL8 8DG
Time: 7.00pm

An evening with Alexander McCall Smith is an evening of sheer delight. Join the worldwide bestselling author in association with the Yellow-Lighted Bookshop as he discusses his latest books. 

A Visit with Alexander McCall Smith in Austin, TX (US)

Date: 13 May 2017
Venue: Book People, 603 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703
Time: 6.00pm

Join Alexander McCall Smith on a visit to Austin, Texas. In a delightfully cheery evening event, he will discuss his new novel, My Italian Bulldozer and much more. http://www.bookpeople.com/ From the Book People website: ‘BookPeople has been the leading independent bookstore in Texas since 1970. Located in the heart of downtown, BookPeople has been voted best bookstore […]

Alexander McCall Smith Returns to Mobile, Alabama (US)

Date: 11 May 2017
Venue: Page and Palette, 32 S Section St, Fairhope, AL 36532
Time: 6.00pm

Join Alexander McCall Smith in a Page and Palette event in Mobile. Mobile is referred to in more than one Alexander McCall Smith novel and he returns this spring for a visit to his beloved Page & Palette to discuss his new book, MY ITALIAN BULLDOZER. Alexander has said of Alabama: “A very pretty part […]

Alexander McCall Smith at The Barn, Banchory (UK)

Date: 8 June 2017
Venue: The Barn, Banchory, AB31 5QA
Time: Doors open 6.45pm, talk starts 7.30pm

An evening with Alexander McCall Smith is an evening of sheer delight. Join the worldwide bestselling author in The Barn on the outskirts of Banchory as he discusses the eagerly anticipated new Isabel Dalhousie novel, A Distant View of Everything, and catch up with little Bertie and the cast of 44 Scotland Street in The […]

Alexander McCall Smith at Orkney Library (UK)

Date: 5 April 2017
Venue: Orkney Library & Archive, 44 Junction Road, KW15 1AG Kirkwall
Time: 7.00pm

Join the worldwide bestselling author as he discusses his latest books at Orkney Library.

A Visit with Alexander McCall Smith in Wellsville, NY (US)

Date: 20 October 2016
Venue: David A. Howe Public Library, 165 North Main Street, Wellsville, NY
Time: 7.00pm

Alexander McCall Smith makes his debut in Wellsville, NY with a visit to the David A. Howe Public Library. He will discuss his various series and focus on his new novel, Precious and Grace, #17 in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. From the website of the David A Howe Public Library: ‘The David […]