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December 2024

Australia on the horizon: Sir Alexander prepares for the Words on the Waves festival

Date Published: 6th December 2024

Sir Alexander is about to embark on a week long literary festival, Words on the Waves, with Cunard, setting out from Sydney in Australia and heading over to Tasmania. He has been in Sydney for the past few days, doing interviews for ABC Radio and preparing for the trip but he has also managed to […]

St Andrew’s Book Festival, London: a welcome addition to the Book Festival calendar

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Sir Alexander enjoyed a busy weekend at the inaugural St Andrew’s Book Festival in London over the St Andrew’s Day weekend. He spoke at two events: the first a Black Tie dinner held at the Caledonian Club and the second, an in-coversation event with Georgina Godwin in the main sanctuary of St Columba’s Church. Both […]

A poem for December: ‘Winter’ from In A Time of Distance

Winter is well and truly here with the arrival of December, and we have a particularly fitting poem to share this month. ‘Winter’ from Alexander McCall Smith’s debut poetry collection In A Time of Distance muses on the opportunities this season provides to re-evaluate the important things in life. Winter That there should be winter, […]