Over his career, Alexander McCall Smith has lost track of how many books he's penned. 'I've stopped counting, I really have. It's over 100 if you include the children's books,” he said. He'll be in ...

As 44 Scotland Street returns to The Scotsman, David Robinson talks to its prolific author Sir Alexander McCall Smith about The Prime of Bertie Pollock, the latest edition of the world’s longest-runni ...

Edited by Don George and Samantha Forge. Lonely Planet, $15.99 trade paper (318p) ISBN 978-1-74360-360-4 From Cold War Yugoslavia to modern-day Yemen, Lonely Planet’s latest collection of nonfiction ...

In a letter to her niece about novel writing, Jane Austen once remarked: “You are now collecting your people delightfully, getting them exactly into such a spot as is the delight of my life. Three or ...

Why are the novels so popular? The heroine of that series is a woman who is kind, understanding and intuitive. There is no crime in those books – Mma Ramotswe is, rather, a person who helps others ...

When writing or reading mysteries, my touchstone has always been a quote by early 20th century novelist Charles Chesnutt: “The greatest mystery is the human heart.” And while some would argue that ...

Alexander McCall Smith was a professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh when he published his debut novel, 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency” in 1998, at age 50. Since then, McCall ...

What do Botswana and Scotland have in common? The good fortune to be the settings for the novels of Alexander McCall Smith, who conjures his two homelands with immense charm and warmth. What books ...

Alexander McCall Smith — overachiever, master of the understatement — sounds a bit apologetic as he explains that he has lost track of the number of books he’s written. “I actually really stopped ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...