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October 2017

Win a luxury hamper with My Italian Bulldozer

Date Published: 30th October 2017

To celebrate publication of My Italian Bulldozer in paperback, we’re offering one lucky reader the chance to win a luxury hamper of Italian food and wine. Set in and around Montalcino, My Italian Bulldozer takes hero Paul Stewart through a series of adventures that will make you laugh out loud. And what better accompaniment to […]

An Evening with Alexander McCall Smith in St Andrews, UK

Date: 28 November 2017
Venue: Hope Park and Martyrs Church , KY16 9UY
Time: 8.00pm

Toppings present prodigious novelist, Alexander McCall Smith who returns to St Andrews to mark the continuation of his much-loved 44 Scotland Street series. A Time of Love and Tartan is the twelfth instalment of what, after its many years in The Scotsman, is the longest serial novel ever written. Encompassing tennis-playing Rwandan forest people, levitating Celtic saints, and a primary school […]

Who Built Scotland? Alexander McCall Smith in Biggar, UK

Date: 2 November 2017
Venue: Corn Exchange, High Street, Biggar
Time: 7.30pm

Atkinson-Pryce Bookshop is hosting a celebration of the publication of  Who Built Scotland: A History of the Nation in Twenty-Five Buildings.  Three of the contributing authors, James Crawford, Alexander McCall Smith and James Robertson will gather on stage to talk about their choices in this remarkable new book. From Neolithic families, exiled hermits and ambitious royal dynasties to […]

Readers and writers across the UK look forward to Bookshop Day 2017

Date Published: 5th October 2017

It is almost here— Bookshop Day 2017. Booksellers across the UK are gearing up for a Saturday of fun and celebration on 7 October. Readers and writers across the country will be out supporting their local ‘brick and mortar’ bookshops and celebrating their place on our high streets. Join them if you can! Alexander McCall […]

An evening with Alexander McCall Smith in Wolfville, Nova Scotia (CAN)

Date: 9 November 2017
Venue: Denton Hall, Acadia University, 12 Horton Avenue, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Time: 7.00pm

Acadia University and The Box of Delight Bookshop present an evening with Alexander McCall Smith. For the first time, Alexander McCall Smith visits Acadia University in Wolfville, NS where he will discuss his new novel, THE HOUSE OF UNEXPECTED SISTERS, and much more. https://valleyevents.ca/54718

Halifax Public Library event with Alexander McCall Smith, Nova Scotia (CAN)

Date: 8 November 2017
Venue: Paul O'Regan Hall at the Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road in Halifax
Time: 6.30pm

Alexander McCall Smith returns after over 10 years to Halifax where he will discuss his new novel, THE HOUSE OF UNEXPECTED SISTERS, and much more. www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca and http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/programs.html?ids=71892&d=1

Alexander McCall Smith in Oakville, Ontario (CAN)

Date: 7 November 2017
Venue: Atrium, Oakville Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville
Time: 7.00pm

The Oakville Centre, Oakville Public Library and A Different Drummer Books present an evening with Alexander McCall Smith where he will discuss his new novel, THE HOUSE OF UNEXPECTED SISTERS, and much more. This is a ticketed event. http://www.oakvillecentre.ca/whats-on/alexander-mccall-smith.html

Toronto Public Library event with Alexander McCall Smith, Toronto (CAN)

Date: 6 November 2017
Venue: Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto
Time: 7.00pm

Alexander McCall Smith returns to the Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library where he will discuss his new novel, THE HOUSE OF UNEXPECTED SISTERS, and much more. This is a free yet ticketed event. www.torontopubliclibrary.ca and https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/star-talks-alexander-mccall-smith-tickets-36560190514