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St Andrew’s Book Festival, London: a welcome addition to the Book Festival calendar

Date Published: 6th December 2024

Sir Alexander enjoyed a busy weekend at the inaugural St Andrew’s Book Festival in London over the St Andrew’s Day weekend. He spoke at two events: the first a Black Tie dinner held at the Caledonian Club and the second, an in-coversation event with Georgina Godwin in the main sanctuary of St Columba’s Church. Both […]

Alexander McCall Smith returns to Edinburgh International Book Festival

Date: 18 August 2023

Venue: Edinburgh International Book Festival, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh

Time: 18.45 (UK TIME)

Alexander McCall Smith returns to the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Friday 18 August 2023. Book your tickets now – they will disappear fast! You can book online here. An hour with Alexander McCall Smith, Scotland’s most charming writer, is always a freewheeling antidote to the stresses of life. Today, he unveils a beautiful new […]

Hay-on-Wye Basking in Sunshine

Date Published: 31st May 2023

Alexander McCall Smith delighted more than 1500 readers at his event this week at Hay Festival on the Welsh / English border, in conversation with journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Lang (much missed from the BBC’s Front Row). The sun shone down, and as the crowds gathered, ripples of conversation, laughter and applause escaping from tented […]

Hexham Festival bathes in Spring Sunshine

Date Published: 26th April 2023

Alexander visited Hexham Literary festival yesterday for a hugely popular lunchtime event at the Abbey. The delightful drive down the A68 from Alexander’s Edinburgh home is more or less straight. Once you’re on that road you simply keep going… but the landscapes in the Spring sunshine are spectacular. Wide open green spaces, hills, woods and […]

Heading to Hexham

Date: 25 April 2023

Venue: Great Hall, Hexham abbey https://www.queenshall.co.uk/events/alexander-mccall-smith-%E2%80%93-enigma-garlic

Time: 12.30pm

Alexander is delighted to be heading to Hexham as part of their literary festival. He will appear in the Great Hall in the Abbey. Come and discover The Enigma of Garlic – the latest instalment of the much-loved 44 Scotland Street series along with all other new titles and favourite characters. Wise, witty, and full of warmth. […]

Reykjavík International Literary Festival

Date: 21 April 2023

Venue: Reykjavik

Time: 10.00am

The 16th Reykjavik International Literary Festival is just around the corner and promises to be one of the most exciting events of the year for literature lovers in Iceland. The biannual festival has been held since 1985 and is considered one of the most important in Europe.Alexander McCall Smith is taking part on Friday 21 […]

Hay Festival tickets on sale NOW

Date Published: 14th March 2023

Don’t miss out. Tickets are available right now for the Hay Book Festival. They will disappear fast so do visit their website and book your tickers now. Alexander will appear onFriday 26 May 2023, 5.30pmHay Festival Event 22 Alexander McCall Smith

A gift for 2023? Something for their stocking?

Date: 26 May 2023

Venue: Hay Festival

Time: 5.30pm

Alexander McCall Smith THE NO.1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY @ 25 Friday 26 May 2023, 5.30pm Venue 1 The perfect gift for 2023 – ready for Christmas stockings this year! Alexander McCall Smith’s much loved character Precious Ramotswe first came to life on the pages of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency 25 years ago. Join us as we […]

An October Tour with Alexander McCall Smith

Date Published: 17th October 2022

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 […]

Alexander McCall Smith at Yeovil Literary Festival, UK

Date: 10 October 2022

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 […]

Opening the Mesthriller Festival Venice – online

Date: 8 December 2020

Venue: http://mesthriller.it/

Time: 6.00pm Italian Time

Alexander McCall Smith is to open the Mesthriller Festival Venice. You can watch Alexander’s event on 8 December at 6pm (Italian Time) via the link below. Alexander will be speaking in English. For full details of this online festival, click here to visit the Mesthriller Festival, Venice website. We particularly like their invitation to readers: […]

Counting Down to the Big Book Weekend with Shoreham Wordfest

Date Published: 8th May 2020

Pop the kettle on, grab a slice of that homemade cake (it’s lockdown – what else do we have to do) and get set for the Big Book Weekend. Alexander is on at 11 this morning, one hour to go. Shoreham Wordfest is delighted to present Alexander McCall Smith reading at a special event during […]