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January 2017

Emerging Composers and the Really Terrible Orchestra (UK)

Date: 1 April 2017
Venue: St Stephen's Church, Stockbridge, Edinburgh
Time: 16.00

The Really Terrible Orchestra presents The Emerging Composers Competition Concert. Five new composers – five original compositions under the distinguished baton of Sir Richard Neville-Towle. The concert will also feature an interval conversation between Alexander McCall Smith and James Naughtie. Tickets are now available. Email: theterriblechairman@thereallyterribleorchestra.com Alexander and his wife Elizabeth were the founding members of the Really […]

Gifting Cheer on Blue Monday

Date Published: 16th January 2017

Add a little cheer to Blue Monday with Alexander McCall Smith – sunshine guaranteed! As this is, apparently, the most miserable week of the year, publishers Little,Brown decided to give London commuters a reason to be cheerful – by handing out copies of the joyful, heart-warming, sunshine-filled The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine at various locations around […]

New Year Newsletter

Date Published: 15th January 2017

If you aren’t a part of the Alexander McCall Smith newsletter Fan Club yet, don’t forget to sign up before next Wednesday (18th January) as a New Year letter from Alexander himself will be going out to all subscribers the following weekend.  You won’t want to miss this, packed with news from his latest trip to […]

Explore Botswana with Alexander McCall Smith

Date Published: 10th January 2017

Alexander has written an article for the Belmond Travel magazine about his latest trip to Botswana, a county which he loves and home to Precious Ramotswe and The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. You can read the article here and you still have time to book onto his next safari with Belmond, later this year. The […]

What’s new from Alexander in 2017? A look ahead…

Date Published: 8th January 2017

Publishers across the world are gearing up for a new year of writing from Alexander. Here is a preview of what’s new from the pen of Alexander McCall Smith: February New episodes of the serial novel, 44 Scotland Street, will appear daily in The Scotsman newspaper from the end of February offering readers a chance […]