Five years after our event with worldwide bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith was cancelled due to the pandemic, we are beyond delighted to finally welcome him to Penarth in person for a very special event celebrating not one, but two new titles!
Join Alexander McCall Smith for an afternoon of sheer delight. Allow him to transport you to the offices of The Perfect Passion Company, a dating agency in Edinburgh's New Town, the setting for his new novel, Looking for You. Or perhaps you would prefer to be whisked off to Germany where you will find the hilarious Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld and his colleagues at the University of Regensburg's Institute of Romance Philology. Finally, this master storyteller will bring you to Botswana for all the latest news from Mma Ramotswe and the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
We can't think of a more perfect way to spend a Friday afternoon!
Alexander McCall Smith is one of the world’s most prolific and best-loved authors. He was born in 1948 and brought up in Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe), before moving to Scotland at the age of 17 to study at the University of Edinburgh. For many years he was a professor of Medical Law and worked in universities in the UK and Botswana before turning his hand to writing fiction.
But it wasn’t until the publication of the highly successful The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series that Alexander became a household name. These novels have contributed towards a more positive world-view of Botswana and encouraged thousands of people to fall in love with this beautiful country.
His various series of books include the popular 44 Scotland Street novels, first published as a serial novel in the Scotsman newspaper and now the longest-running serial novel in the world; the Edinburgh-set Isabel Dalhousie novels, the hilarious von Igelfeld series and the Ulf Varg series of Scandi blanc novels set in Sweden. A new series was launched in 2024, The Perfect Passion Company, with immediate impact in the media and trade. He also writes stand-alone novels and short stories, best-selling poetry, and children’s books.
Alexander was honoured as Knight Bachelor in His Majesty The King’s New Year Honours list, 2024 – for services to literature, academia and charity.
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Friday 23 May
2.00 pm
All Saints Church, Victoria Square, Penarth
Tickets: £15.00 Event Only
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