Alexander’s short play for the Lyceum at Home project has received a tremendous response. Last week it played at the Eric Liddell Community centre for Day Care clients. The performance was covered on the MSN home page. The impact of the tour is already being felt. At the Eric Liddell Community, audiences included Day Care […]

It is has come round very quickly, but we are delighted to report that Alexander’s play for Lyceum at Home is being performed out in the community in Edinburgh this week (in people’s homes and places of work). And then, from 18-20 June, on stage at the Lyceum. In addition to Alexander’s work, monologues were […]

Edinburgh is an Exceptional City. Alexander celebrates the work of the Cockburn Association who, for the last 150 years, have raised their voices in protest and care whenever and wherever ill-thought-through building plans threatened the future of the city. He has written an introduction to a newly published book: Campaigning for Edinburgh: The Cockburn Association […]

Alexander McCall Smith returned to the Edinburgh International Book Festival yesterday for a sold-out event in their main theatre-space, in conversation with author and broadcaster and new Chair of the festival, Jamie Crawford. The event was a triumph with introductions to thee new books: The Perfect Passion Company, The Winds from Further West and the […]

 Alexander is formally Knighted in Edinburgh Sir Alexander McCall Smith has been Knighted by King Charles III in the Great Gallery at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. The investiture ceremony took place today, Tuesday 2 July 2024, and forms a central part of Royal Week, during which the Monarch spends some days visiting various […]

Coming soon: A new series from Alexander McCall Smith

A much anticipated interview with Alexander McCall Smith was aired on BBC’s The One Show this evening. You can watch it here  (towards the end of the programme, starting at 23mins in). It is short but a real treat! Alexander met with the quite wonderful and hugely respected broadcaster Angela Rippon in the autumn of […]

Songs of Edinburgh is a Song Cycle through Edinburgh in the company of Alexander McCall Smith A city of hills and buildings, Upon hills; a city of secret ways Poems by best-selling writer Alexander McCall Smith have been set to music and released as a Song Cycle: ‘Songs of Edinburgh’. Edinburgh-based composer Tom Cunningham has […]

THE TUMBLING LASSIE and DANDIE DINMONT: A double-bill of short operettas by Tom Cunningham and Alexander McCall Smith, set in Edinburgh and in the Borders. Now you can enjoy this double-bill live in The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. Come and join us for a wonderful evening of entertainment. A collaboration between the composer, Tom Cunningham, and […]

Over the last week, our beloved author Alexander McCall Smith received not one, not two but THREE major awards for his writing and wider work. Awards: Number one The first of the awards was the 2020/21 Edinburgh Award, presented last week by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh at an in-person reception at the City Chambers in […]

Last night, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Frank Ross, presented the Edinburgh Award to Alexander McCall Smith at a ceremony held at the City Chambers. The coveted annual award honours an outstanding individual who has made a positive impact on the city and gained national and international recognition for Edinburgh. Recipients are nominated and voted […]