Over the last week, Alexander has been out travelling on a very special Readers’ Safari in glorious Botswana, home to Precious Ramotswe and The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. His friend Mats Ögren Wanger has sent some outstanding photographs from the Okavango for us to share (copyright Mats Ögren Wanger). The readers’ safari and the pre-safari […]
A return to Elephant Havens Alexander is back in his happy place, Botswana! He is joining readers from around the world for a very special safari experience in the country. ‘Sandy’ is travelling with his good friend Mats Ögren Wanger. And we are grateful to Mats for the photographs above and below. On Sunday they […]
A new play by Sir Alexander McCall Smith In January of this year (2025), Alexander travelled to South Africa to work with his good friend, Nicholas Ellenbogen on a play, Darwin: A Curious Mind. It is now playing there to rave reviews: ‘Owing to McCall Smith’s skill as a storyteller one does not feel pressurised […]
Congratulations to Dr Andrew Crummy MBE on his first TEDx TALK, delivered in Mexico Alexander’s great friend and one of the trio behind The Great Tapestry of Scotland, artist Dr Andrew Crummy, has delivered his first TEDx Talk, in Mexico. The talk was smooth in delivery, rich and moving in content – outstanding, inspirational and […]
Allow Alexander 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. And while you’re there catch up with Isabel Dalhousie in The Conditions of Unconditional Love. Or perhaps you would prefer to be whisked off to Germany where you will […]
“There’s almost a 19th-century scope to the achievements and range of modern Renaissance man, Alexander McCall Smith.” Irish Independent An evening of wit and warmth with one of the world’s best-loved authors! Renowned for his gentle humanity and sense-of-humour, Alexander McCall Smith’s writing has won the hearts of millions. Sir Alexander McCall Smith was a […]
This is the remarkable story of a recording, a story that reaches from Edinburgh to Bali to New Zealand and back. Recording the audiobook for Looking for You, Alexander’s latest book in the new Perfect Passion series, stretched everyone involved – in more ways than one! Take a look at the blog (see link below) […]
Manners do count – Conversations in taxis, and the things that are witnessed from taxis, are a fertile source of information for the novelist – or for the amateur student of social trends. A few weeks ago, while travelling in a taxi between the east end of Edinburgh’s Princes Street and the top of Leith […]
