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May 2025

Meet Alexander McCall Smith in Edinburgh

Date Published: 13th May 2025

Alexander McCall Smith will be joining Dr Douglas Vernimmen at The Edinburgh Bookshop on 31 May. Together they will be celebrating the publication of a limited edition book of stunning photography by Dr Vernimmen, sprinkled with poems written for the collection by Alexander McCall Smith: Edinburgh Through the Lens. See below for details.

The Pope’s Australian Christmas

As the new Pope, Pope Leo XIV, take up his position, spare a thought for the first (fictional) Australian pope who longed for home… Written by Alexander McCall Smith in 2012. 1. The first Australian pope had generally been regarded as a great success. His election had been a surprise – the College of Cardinals […]

May 2025

A story for May – The Winds from Further West

The following is an extract from Alexander’s stand-alone novel, The Winds from Further West, which has just been published in paperback in the UK. The Winds from Further West A month or so after their first date – dinner at a seafood restaurant in Leith – Chrissie announced that she had been looking at a […]