Burns Night? It’s Looking a Little Different This Year…
25 Jan '21
A Poem for Burns Night by Alexander McCall Smith Give us your hand – here’s ours: All Scotland, though a little quieter now, Is a bit happier in...
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A New Chapter at the National Library of Scotland – with Alexander McCall Smith
22 Jan '21
In Edinburgh, we are incredibly fortunate to have the deep-shelved stacks of the National Library of Scotland – filled with rare manuscripts and...
Alexander McCall Smith to receive 2020 Edinburgh Award
22 Dec '20
Internationally-admired Edinburgh-based author Alexander McCall Smith CBE has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the...
Poem of the Week: Winter by Alexander McCall Smith
15 Dec '20
We are now just a week away from the shortest day of the year, so it seems particularly appropriate to share the poem ‘Winter’ from...
Harper’s Bazaar Welcomes Fine Writing
07 Dec '20
Three months ago, prestigious monthly magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, invited four of their favourite writers to contribute a short, uplifting story...
New Writing from… Alexander McCall Smith
30 Nov '20
The following extract is taken from a new collection of short stories and graphic tales, Tiny Tales, from one of the world’s most popular...
Ten Years to a Tapestry
26 Nov '20
Ten years to celebrate Scotland. Ten years to bring a dream to fruition. Ten years to reach the new starting point for something incredibly...
In thrall to the small
24 Nov '20
This spring, there were lofty and gargantuan reading-intentions abroad. Lockdown was the time to finally read War and Peace, or any one of the...
In Praise of Bookshops and Booksellers – Alexander McCall Smith in Book Week Scotland
16 Nov '20
As Book Week Scotland opens, booksellers and librarians across the UK are in a state of, well… flux! Bookshops and libraries in England remain...
We’ve Discovered a New Podcast (and we are happy to share!)
29 Oct '20
At this peculiar – and often lonely – time of social isolation, there can be few more welcome treats than the discovery of a brand new...
Calling Emerging and Aspiring Writers – This One is For You!
30 Sep '20
In the second of The Cumnock Tryst’s series of online workshops, a part of the A Musical Celebration of the Coalfields community opera...
Ninian’s Gift – A Musical Delight from Alexander McCall Smith
25 Sep '20
Time to relax. Listen to the world premiere of Alexander McCall Smith's Ninian's Gift, a remarkable collaboration with composer Tom Cunningham....
