Two Waterstones Offers THIS WEEK ONLY TWO FORTHCOMING BOOKS FROM ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH are now on offer with Waterstones UK. You’ll need to move fast. Both are in a promotion which goes live today, 21 July but only until Friday 26 July. But it is a whopping 25% off. This offer is online only and […]

‘Sandy’ revisits home of Precious Ramotswe Alexander McCall Smith is back in Botswana for the first time since the pandemic halted his annual visits. He is delighted to be back. Book 25 in the multi-million copy bestselling and perennially adored No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series is on its way Every year, Alexander (or Sandy) […]

Alexander visited the Space Gallery in Botswana today, to present the first No.1 Art Award in the country. He met with Atang Arnold – the founder of The Space Botswana.

Movieweb has charted the HBO/BBC film of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency at number 2 in their Top 13 Lesser Known HBO Series That Are Worth Revisiting: ‘Step into the colourful world of Botswana with The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Based on Alexander McCall Smith’s bestselling series of novels, this delightful show follows the adventures […]

In 2023 we mark 25 years since first publication of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – and what a quarter of a century it has been. The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency books are now available in 47 languages around the world and 25 million copies have sold in the English language editions alone.To mark the […]

Alexander McCall Smith is travelling in Australia at present, touring literary festivals and doing the full round of media interviews. As he travels he is writing, and now has a short preview ready to share from the next book in The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, From a Far and Lovely Country. Pop the kettle […]

Precious Ramotswe: A Mysterious Profile is a short introduction to the writing of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Fifteen years ago, the owner of the Mysterious Bookshop in the USA approached Alexander to write this introduction. He was looking for something to use as a fund-raiser for the shop. At the time, this wonderful bookshop […]

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 […]

‘Through your efforts Alexander, millions of readers globally have Botswana tucked into their hearts and their minds‘ – Bogolo Kenewendo, Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Botswana ‘You have packaged the good news that is Botswana and presented it to the world‘ – Bame Moremong, Executive Director of Brand Botswana Alexander was overwhelmed by the warmth of […]

The long wait is over. How to Raise an Elephant, the 21st book in the global hit series, The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, is published today (3 September 2020). In this strange, Covid-19 dominated period, spirits can be low. But catch up with Mma Ramotswe in Botswana and the sun will be shining wherever you […]