Listen to the new Alexander McCall Smith Podcast- click here

April 2026

Alexander McCall Smith at Borders Book Festival, Melrose

Date: 13 June 2026
Venue: Borders Book Festival, Harmony House, Melrose
Time: 3.45pm

One of the world’s most beloved storytellers, Alexander McCall Smith returns with trademark warmth and wit. Join Sandy for an uplifting conversation about his latest works. Tickets and information here.

Alexander McCall Smith at Books by the Beach, Scarborough

Date: 7 June 2026
Venue: Queen Street Methodist Church, Scarborough
Time: 3.00pm

Join worldwide best-selling author, Sir Alexander McCall Smith for an afternoon of sheer delight.  The master storyteller will entertain us with tales from his many series of books, including the 44 Scotland Street novels and the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. He will also be celebrating the publication of the latest Isabel Dalhousie Novel,The Subtle Pleasures of Indiscretion, and reading […]

Alexander McCall Smith at the Jaipur Literary Festival, British Library, London

Date: 6 June 2026
Venue: British Library, London
Time: 5.30pm

Across a remarkably varied body of work from the beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series to his philosophically interrogative Isabel Dalhousie, Alexander McCall Smith returns, time and again, to the small moral choices that shape lives and communities. In conversation with William Dalrymple, McCall Smith discusses his upcoming works and ever-expanding literary world, where humour and empathy […]

Alexander McCall Smith at Khushwant Singh Literary Festival, Sutton

Date: 6 June 2026
Venue: Sutton Central Library, Sutton, SM1 1EA
Time: 1.30pm

Join worldwide best-selling author, Sir Alexander McCall Smith for an afternoon of sheer delight. The master storyteller will entertain you with tales from his many series of books, including the 44 Scotland Street novels and the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. He will also be celebrating the publication of the latest Isabel Dalhousie Novel, […]

On road and rail for events

Date Published: 27th April 2026

Alexander McCall Smith travels by road and rail for the first UK events of Spring. Alexander has not been sitting with his feet up. Far from it. It is the last week in April and already this year he has been to the Emirates festival in Dubai and to Botswana. But this was the first […]

A Story for April: Moon Landing from The Kind Company of Others

This month’s poem feels particularly fitting with the news of NASA’s Artemis II expedition to fly around the moon. Marking a key step towards a long-term return to the moon, this expedition captured the imagination of many across the world. Read on to learn Alexander’s inspiration for writing the poem ‘Moon Landing’ from his brand […]