Alexander has been out on tour, speaking at book festivals and in independent booksellers across the UK this week, celebrating not one, not two but THREE new books. Good travel, meeting old friends and new and sharing great joy with and from readers across the country. Events took place at Topping in Bath, Cheltenham Book […]

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 […]

Video by Mats Ögren Wanger Alexander is returning to Botswana in 2026 for a further guided tour of the country with Okavango Delta Explorations, in the company of his great friend, journalist and film maker Mats Ögren Wanger and in the footsteps of his much loved character from The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Precious Ramotswe. […]

Alexander has had a grand time having fun in the sun in Australia, meeting readers and fellow writers at sold out events across the country. Huge thanks to the teams at Hachette and NewSouthBooks and to all the festival directors and journalists he met along the way. But of course the biggest thanks go to […]

Alexander McCall Smith is back out on the road. He has been in America and Canada over the last ten days or so, meeting readers and promoting A Song of Comfortable Chairs. This was his first return to both countries since the start of the pandemic and he very much enjoyed being back doing what […]

Earlier this month Alexander embarked on his Autumn UK tour, travelling across Britain to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and promote his new books: The Colours of All the Cattle, The Quiet Side of Passion, A Gathering, and the paperback of The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse. The tour […]