Join the Arthur Conan Doyle Centre for a very special Tuesday Talk – A conversation with Alexander McCall Smith. Centre Chair, Professor Lance Butler will discuss matters of the human Spirit with the author of the hugely popular, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. The conversation will be an open-minded exploration of philosophically challenging […]
Over the last week, our beloved author Alexander McCall Smith received not one, not two but THREE major awards for his writing and wider work. Awards: Number one The first of the awards was the 2020/21 Edinburgh Award, presented last week by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh at an in-person reception at the City Chambers in […]
Take a walk down the High Street on Bookshop Day and visit your Local Bookshop Launched in 2016, Bookshop Day 2021 takes place on Saturday 9 October. Booksellers, publishers, authors, illustrators and poets work collaboratively on the campaign to encourage readers to shop in their local bookshop, support those who work there and ensure their high street […]
Venue: Greenside Church, 1b Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5AB
Time: 8.00pm
We are delighted that Alexander McCall Smith joins us later this year for an evening celebrating his writing. This autumn brings three new books from Alexander, one of Edinburgh’s best loved writers and a great friend of the bookshop. They are: standalone novel The Pavilion in the Clouds, the latest No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency story The […]
Storm Barra brought high winds and driving snow to parts of Scotland on the original date, 7 December, and so this event has been postponed by one week. THIS EVENT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON 14 DECEMBER 2021. Apologies for any disappointment but best to be safe. Join Alexander in St Andrews for an evening […]
Venue: Baillie Gifford Auditorium, Stratford Play House
Time: 2.30pm
Mma Ramotswe knows she is very lucky indeed. She has a loving family, good friends and a thriving business doing what she enjoys most: helping people. But the latest mystery she is called upon to solve is distinctly trickier than it initially appears, and, of course, there’s plenty to handle in her personal life… We […]
Join master storyteller Alexander McCall Smith, appearing virtually from his home in Edinburgh. The delightful raconteur will bring you up to date on the latest news from Mma Ramotswe and her No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency in Botswana, the new goings on at 44 Scotland Street, and he will be discussing his new stand-alone novel, The Pavilion […]
This is an extract from the upcoming novel, Love in the Time of Bertie, the fifteenth book in the 44 Scotland Street series. Available in the UK from 4th November.
