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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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.... Read More