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March 2025

Alexander McCall Smith with Yellow Lighted Books, Tetbury

Date: 23 May 2025

Venue: Tetbury Goods Shed, Old Station yard, Cirencester Rd, Tetbury GL8 8EY

Time: 7.30pm

We are delighted to welcome Alexander (Sandy) McCall Smith back to Tetbury for a very special event celebrating not one, but two new titles! Join Sandy for an evening of great fun, stories and erudition. He will be taking us to the offices of The Perfect Passion Company, a dating agency in Edinburgh’s New Town, the setting for […]

An evening with Alexander McCall Smith and the Nantwich Bookshop (UK)

Date: 21 May 2025

Venue: Malbank School

Time: 6.30pm

Join Alexander McCall Smith for an evening of sheer delight. Allow him to transport you to the offices of The Perfect Passion Company, a dating agency in Edinburgh’s New Town, the setting for his new novel, Looking for You. Or perhaps you would prefer to be whisked off to Germany where you will find the […]

An afternoon with Alexander McCall Smith and Griffin Books (Penarth, UK)

Date: 23 May 2025

Venue: ALL SAINTS CHURCH, Penarth, CF64 3EL

Time: 2.00pm

Join Alexander McCall Smith for an afternoon of sheer delight. Allow him to transport you to the offices of The Perfect Passion Company, a dating agency in Edinburgh’s New Town, the setting for his new novel, Looking for You. Or perhaps you would prefer to be whisked off to Germany where you will find the hilarious […]

Alexander McCall Smith at Hay Literary Festival (Hay-on-Wye, UK)

Date: 22 May 2025

Venue: Wye Stage

Time: 7.00pm

Spend a lively evening in the company of Alexander McCall Smith as he introduces the latest instalment of his series The Perfect Passion Company. In Looking For You, Katie Donald is eager to continue helping the lovelorn find connection, and with news of her expertise spreading, she’s inundated with people seeking her advice. McCall Smith is author […]

Empathy in Education

Date Published: 6th March 2025

On the eve of World Book Day 2025 Sir Alexander McCall Smith spoke at a special event at Fettes School exploring empathy in education. Taking place in the Fettes theatre and live streamed to members of the school community, this fascinating, and very current, conversation was both uplifting and inspirational. In a conversation with Charlie […]

SCREEN DEVELOPMENT for ISABEL DALHOUSIE SERIES WITH SYNCHRONICITY FILMS

Date Published: 3rd March 2025

Award-winning production company Synchronicity Films (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Mayflies, The Tattooist’s Son: Journey to Auschwitz, The Cry) have optioned the rights for screen development to the internationally popular Isabel Dalhousie novels from best-selling author Sir Alexander McCall Smith. The 15 novels in the series are published in the UK on the Abacus imprint of […]

March 2025

A story for March: Looking for You

Just published last month is Alexander’s latest book in the Perfect Passion Company series set in Edinburgh’s charming New Town. Looking for You follows on from the first book in which our protagonist Katie takes over the running of this matchmaking bureau with the help of her stylish neighbour William. Looking for You The lecture […]