A front cover story plus the cover of the Scotsman weekend magazine and TWO double page spreads inside, heralds the return of Scotland Street to the pages of the Scotsman newspaper this Monday, 3 February 2025. Return to the serial and laugh outloud along with Bertie and the neighbours. The perfect antidote to grey winter […]

The wonderful David Iain Neville’s audio productions for the BBC’s early Scotland Street radio dramas are now available on Youtube. They feature all your favourite characters and you can listen to them here on the page of Finest Music Drama (along with a treasure trove of audio favourites including, Hemmingway’s A Farewell to Arms Sherlock […]

Comfort Food and Comfort Reading –– the perfect companions at Cheltenham Alexander took to the stage in Cheltenham yesterday with fellow author and long-time friend, Anna Marshall. The sun shone outside as the audience took their seats in a converted 1930s cinema, now the charming Daffodil Restaurant. Anna has created a Scotland Street Cookbook exploring […]

Bertie is back in Scotland Street. The serial novel turns 18 and returns today to the pages of the Scotsman Newspaper for a new season Scotland Street, the world’s longest running serial novel, is back in its traditional slot, on the pages of the Scotsman Newspaper (digital and print editions). And Bertie is back too. […]

(Bertie’s BACK!) The world’s longest running serial novel, Scotland Street, returns to the pages of The Scotsman newspaper on Monday 4 September 2023. Don’t miss out on your daily dose of cheerfulness. Then read it in book form from early November as The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee. Alexander is in The Scotsman today talking […]

Coming this Autumn! Alexander McCall Smith’s 44 Scotland Street series is the world’s longest running serial novel. Readers all over the world delight in his amusing characters and descriptions of the city of Edinburgh… and the food that his characters enjoy. With The 44 Scotland Street Cookbook fans can now immerse themselves in the world of Edinburgh’s […]

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 […]

Bertie, his family and neighbours all return to The Scotsman newspaper this week – making this the world’s longest-running serial novel. Join the much-loved denizens of this Edinburgh street every weekday, in print or online, and find yourself uplifted by Alexander McCall Smith’s infectious brand of good cheer. Scotsman readers get a forward glimpse of the […]

It’s almost Christmas and the first third – EIGHT doors – of Alexander McCall Smith’s Advent Calendar of Joy are all now live. Take a peek on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You will find inspirational and uplifting cheer as a new door swings open every day. OR, in case social is not really your thing, […]

We’ve been working hard on a Scotland Street (mostly!) Advent calendar to fill your days with good cheer. You can catch it every day until Christmas Eve on Facebook. Quotes, characters, readings, animated images and more – all great fun!

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 […]

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 […]