Alexander McCall Smith

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April 2018

The Tumbling Lassie

Tumbling Lassie fund-raising events a ‘great success’

Date Published: 17th April 2018

At least £20,000 raised for charity at Tumbling Lassie fund-raising events The Faculty of Advocates’ Tumbling Lassie Committee has announced that last weekend’s charity ball and seminar have raised at least £20,000 to help fight human trafficking and modern slavery. The figure was reported as an MP cited the work of the Committee in seeking […]

Alexander McCall Smith at Hay Festival

Alexander McCall Smith talks to SJ Parris at Hay Festival – UK event
Date: 1 June 2018
Venue: Tata Tent, Hay Festival, Hay on Wye
Time: 1pm

Join Alexander McCall Smith at Hay Festival. The prolific Edinburgh novelist discusses the joys and travails of writing fiction—plotting, voice, tone and humour—with his fellow crime-writer SJ Parris. His books, in numerous series including No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, Isabel Dalhousie and 44 Scotland Street, have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide, in 46 languages. Hay Festival: Imagine the World […]

20th Anniversary cover for The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Alexander McCall Smith at Blackwells, Oxford: 20 Years of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – UK Event
Date: 30 May 2018
Venue: Blackwell's Bookshop, Westgate, Oxford
Time: 7.00pm

Blackwells Bookshop at Westgate is delighted to welcome Alexander McCall Smith to Oxford for an evening celebrating 20 years of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. This year, 2018, marks the 20th anniversary of first publication of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. The book has fans throughout the world and has never been out of […]

A Times evening with Alexander McCall Smith – UK Event
Date: 29 May 2018
Venue: Royal Society of Arts (RSA), 8 John Adams Street, London, WC2N 6EZ
Time: 6.00pm for 7.00pm start

Times+ Event – PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE FOR THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CHANGED Join us on 29 May 2018 for an evening with author of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith. Hear him discuss his multi-award-winning career and his latest stand alone novel, The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse. Celebrate the 20th anniversary of publication […]

Alexander McCall Smith by Sam Jones

Alexander McCall Smith at the Boswell Book Festival – UK Event
Date: 5 May 2018
Venue: Dumfries House, Ayrshire, KA18 2NJ
Time: 12.00pm

One of the world’s most popular authors, Alexander McCall Smith, will visit Boswell book festival on 5 May 2018 to talk with broadcaster, Sheena McDonald, about his life and work including the 20th anniversary (this year) of publication of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. To book your tickets, contact the Box Office Hotline on 01563 554 900 (Palace Theatre […]