Alexander Mccall Smith News

 
A fiction fox welcomed to the Litfest henhouse
Edmonton Journal
LitFest organizers will veer from the festival's raison d'être and welcome the fiction factory that is Alexander McCall Smith to their lineup for October. The Scottish writer has had no fewer than three novels published already this year — including ...

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From Alexander McCall Smith, a No. 1 Girls' Detective Agency
Washington Post
“The Great Cake Mystery” by Alexander McCall Smith. Ages 7 and up. $6.99 Lots and lots of adult readers know Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. We could call this book the No. 1 Girls' Detective Agency. Smith's mystery-solving ...


 
Book Review
Gather.com
I certainly will start looking for Alexander McCall Smith Books. First this is a mystery takes place in Africa and the title is The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency. The book is about the life of Mma Ramotswe's life from childhood to running her own ...


 
The Newest Crop of Sleuths for Kids
New York Times
While it's hardly Alexander McCall Smith's first work for children, “The Great Cake Mystery” uses a particularly interesting approach. McCall Smith's early chapter book travels back in time to introduce Precious Ramotswe, the protagonist in his “No.


 
Malawi's new president ready to take on any problem
The Caledonian Mercury
She reminds me of Alexander McCall Smith's Mma Ramotswe, a large, smiling, fiesty woman ready to take on any man and any problem. She was sworn in as president unexpectedly on 7 April, after the sudden death of 78-year-old Bingu wa Mutharika.

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Best on the shelf
Vancouver Sun
6 (6) 6 wks The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection Alexander McCall Smith Precious Ramotswe and her No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency return. 7 (4) 7 wks Why Men Lie Linden MacIntyre The third story in MacIntyre's trilogy; this time it's told from a ...

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Hot reads: Turn the pages, see the world
Montreal Gazette
This is the 13th in the series and there are some pretty neat tie-ups among the gentle humour of Alexander McCall Smith's telling of the tale. Grace and her husband, Phuti Radiphuti, are building a house; Mma Potokwane of the orphan “farm,” as they ...