Big news! Alexander is to guest on BBC Radio 4’s Take Four Books this weekend, talking about his latest (and already much loved) stand-alone novel The Private Side of Friendship and with reference of course to No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Previous guests on the programme include Karl Ove Knausgaard, Katherine Rundell, Chris Kraus, Philippa Gregory, […]

In-Common Southampton catches up with Alexander McCall Smith Another treat! Alexander is interviewed by Laura McCarthy in the Artful Scribe section of In-Common this month in the run up to an event at Mayflower Studios. You can read the full interview at the link below. It is a delightful conversation between the two. Pop on […]

Oldie Radio have a treat in store for all Alexander McCall Smith fans. Are you missing the sound of Alexander’s voice? You can hear a delightful interview with him on Oldie Radio. Listen right here. Alexander covers most of the books published this year, his life in Africa, the joy of the islands off the […]

Look what we just stumbled across! A favourite and DELIGHTFUL interview on the ‘Good Journeys – Purposeful Conversations’ with Ben Veal podcast. You can watch the interview here. A lovely long wander through Alexander’s journey with Mma Ramotswe, Acts of Kindness and Steadfastness. ‘An observer of human life and human behaviour – wonderful’ You can also […]

‘His greeting is as warm and welcoming as the morning Kalahari sun’ Sally McDonald, Sunday Post A few weeks ago, super-fan Sally McDonald sat down with Alexander McCall Smith to talk about the longevity of his much loved series, The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, and his annual love letter to Botswana. The resulting interview was […]

A Daily Telegraph interview. ‘Tall, twinkling and wearing a striped blazer so bright it could be seen in Dundee, McCall Smith is as much of a tonic as his books, endlessly jolly and much given to giggles’ Jake Kerridge, Daily Telegraph To celebrate publication of his latest novel, The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad […]

Saturday morning brought with it a lovely treat in the form of an interview for Alexander McCall Smith on Hugo Rifkind’s programme for Times Radio. What a delight! And you can listen-in right now on Catch Up. The two talk at length about The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, ‘a powerful, universal success’, Alexander’s long-literary conversation […]

At this time of social isolation, there can be few more welcome treats than the discovery of a brand new Podcast. Pop in your ear-buds then and listen-in to the new regular podcast, Books for Your Library, from Books Up North. We heartily recommend it to you. It is a perfectly balanced conversation from a professional broadcaster who sprinkles her questions with […]

Read a new interview with Alexander in The Week magazine from India. We particularly liked the following quotes: ‘At 70, Alexander McCall Smith has the energy of a toddler and the discipline of a Zen master. He writes six novels a year. “It has got out of control,” he says with a booming fill-the-room kind of laugh.’ […]

Iain McIntosh is the longtime illustrator of the jackets of Alexander McCall Smith’s books. Read on for a Q&A with him about his work and process of working with Alexander.