Heading to the South and South West of England for the next stops on Alexander McCall Smith’s book tour Alexander is taking to the road (and rail!) next week to meet readers in the West and South West of England. This is one of his favourite areas of the world. He looks forward to catching […]
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 […]
We have been out on the road with Alexander McCall Smith, meeting readers in the north of England. We were celebrating publication of The Perfect Passion Company and offering a sneak preview of the forthcoming book in the Isabel Dalhousie series, The Conditions of Unconditional Love, as well (of course) as catching up with old […]
Last week, Alexander (or Sandy) enjoyed his first major October Tour in the UK since Covid restrictions lifted. He flew with his publicist, Jan Rutherford (that’s me) from Edinburgh down to Bristol and then a car over to Yeovil in Somerset for the first event of the week at the literary festival there. The trees […]
Venue: Westlands Main Hall, Yeovil, Westbourne Cl, Yeovil BA20 2DD
Time: 2:00pm
Date: 10 October 2022 Venue: Westlands Main Hall, Yeovil, Westbourne Cl, Yeovil BA20 2DD Time: 2:00pm THIS IS A YEOVIL LITERARY FESTIVAL 2022 EVENTWESTLANDS ENTERTAINMENT VENUE | Ballroom Alexander McCall Smith (or Sandy as he is often known) is a true legend in the literary word. He has written and contributed to over a hundred books […]
Alexander has completed a summer of live events at Scottish Festivals – it is good to be back! Sell out crowds at Borders Book Festival and Edinburgh International Book Festival and a very good crowd in an ENORMOUS big-top tent at the North Berwick festival – Fringe by the Sea – welcomed him back to […]
Alexander McCall Smith is a very popular author at festivals across the world. To invite Alexander to a literary festival, a bookshop event or a corporate event in the UK please contact his publicist at jan.ppw@janrutherford.co.uk. Please note however that due to high demand, he has limited availability. He is a huge supporter of festivals […]
Venue: Adam Lecture Theatre, University of Edinburgh
Time: 6.00pm
A Story of O: a reconstruction of East Asian ethnolinguistic population prehistory based on language and genes The hypothetical East Asian linguistic phylum consists of four recognised language families: Austroasiatic, Austro-Tai, Trans-Himalayan and Hmong-Mien. The geographical distribution and the centre of diversity of each language family together with the relative chronology of branching of […]
An Edinburgh International Book Festival report: Alexander McCall Smith took part in FIVE hugely successful events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival this year, 2018, as well as having a show running on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and a one off concert with the Really Terrible Orchestra. Every event was packed out. At the Edinburgh International […]
Join Alexander McCall Smith at Hay Festival. The prolific Edinburgh novelist discusses the joys and travails of writing fiction—plotting, voice, tone and humour—with his fellow crime-writer SJ Parris. His books, in numerous series including No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, Isabel Dalhousie and 44 Scotland Street, have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide, in 46 languages. Hay Festival: Imagine the World […]
Blackwells Bookshop at Westgate is delighted to welcome Alexander McCall Smith to Oxford for an evening celebrating 20 years of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. This year, 2018, marks the 20th anniversary of first publication of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. The book has fans throughout the world and has never been out of […]
