The Scotsman newspaper is delighted to welcome the characters of Scotland Street back onto the pages of the paper for the next three months. Alexander McCall Smith is writing an episode a day of the serial to appear in the paper before being published in book format in the UK in August of this year […]

Good Dog Lion by Alexander McCall Smith has been chosen for the Reading Agency’s  Summer Reading Challenge 2016. From the Reading Agency website today: We’re delighted to announce this year’s book collection for The Big Friendly Read, Summer Reading Challenge 2016. There are two lists—one for younger children and one for older children—comprising 72 titles in […]

44 Scotland Street returns to the Scotsman newspaper on 29 February 2016. This new series will appear in daily episodes for 3 months and each episode will be available on their website for 48 hours from publication. The series will be available in book form as The Bertie Project from August 2016. The characters of […]

Hilary Clinton has revealed that she switches off from the stresses of the election trail by reading the latest instalment of Alexander McCall Smith’s No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency book.

In 2013, Alexander supported the opening of a tiny new theatre in Cape Town, South Africa – The Rosebank Theatre. Owned and run by renowned theatre director, actor and producer Nicholas Ellenbogen and his family, the Rosebank Theatre strives to bring quality entertainment to the Southern Suburbs. It offers a platform where upcoming artists can showcase […]