Come to “The Second Worst Restaurant in France” Dinner in the company of Alexander McCall Smith, with music from David Vernon. Questions and book signing to follow. Tickets: £45 for three course dinner, live entertainment and talk from Alexander McCall Smith and copy of book £35 for three course dinner, live entertainment and talk from Alexander McCall Smith without book Tickets […]
We welcome Alexander McCall Smith – one of the world’s most prolific and best-loved authors – to the Fringe by the Sea festival in North Berwick. For many years he was a professor of Medical Law and worked in universities in the UK and abroad before turning his hand to writing fiction. He has written and […]
Venue: Douglas Home Festival Marquee, Borders Book Festival
Time: 2.00pm
At last year’s festival, the main marquee rocked with laughter as Sandy riffed on everything from Edinburgh’s social strata (for some reason the location of the Association of Scottish Nudists in Moray Place seemed to sum up it all up) to life in Botswana. This year he will talk of South Edinburgh and the latest […]
Alexander McCall Smith will take part in an ambitious new season to mark the 300th anniversary of the English Language novel. BBC Arts’ Novels That Shaped Our World Festival, an innovative multi-platform collaboration between the BBC, libraries and reading groups will reveal and explore 100 novels which have had an impact over the last three […]
To celebrate publication of The Second Worst Restaurant in France, book publisher Polygon are offering one lucky reader the chance to win a luxury hamper of French food and wine. This second book featuring food writer Paul Stewart from My Italian Bulldozer, tells of Paul’s travels to France in an attempt to finish his upcoming book, The Philosophy of Food in Six Easy Chapters…of […]
These Are The Hands, a new album with words by Alexander McCall Smith and music composed by James Ross is now available. The music and the songs celebrate the presence of the sea in Scottish life, past and present. The sea defines Scotland’s character: it gives us our weather, our skies, and, even today, an important part of […]
