Internationally-admired Edinburgh-based author Alexander McCall Smith CBE has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Edinburgh Award. In recognition of his writing success, legal career and work within academia, Mr McCall Smith will be presented with an engraved Loving Cup from the Lord Provost and have his handprints set in stone at the City […]
Alexander McCall Smith is to open the Mesthriller Festival Venice. You can watch Alexander’s event on 8 December at 6pm (Italian Time) via the link below. Alexander will be speaking in English. For full details of this online festival, click here to visit the Mesthriller Festival, Venice website. We particularly like their invitation to readers: […]
Three months ago, the features editor at prestigious monthly magazine Harper’s Bazaar invited four of their favourite writers to contribute a short, uplifting story for their January edition (out now). The writers were Marina Lewycka, Tahmima Anam, Hannah Rothschild and our own, Alexander McCall Smith. The four stories are published under the umbrella title ‘Slices […]
Spend an Evening with One of the World’s Best-Loved Authors. Join the Arthur Conan Doyle Centre on the 17th of December for a very special evening indeed. Our new Chair, Lance Butler is to have a festive conversation with Alexander McCall Smith, author of the hugely popular, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. We […]
