Alexander McCall Smith’s opinion on everything from safaris to Jane Austen has been documented in the media. Click on the links below to read news, reviews, articles and interviews with the author:

• The Telegraph, May 2023, ‘We’re becoming more retributive as a society – look at social media’ interview
• ABC Nightlife, April 2023, Lunch with Alexander McCall Smith
• The Times, March 2023, Interivew
• Daily Mail, Nov 2022,  My Passion for Edinburgh
• Sunday Post, Jan 2022, The People’s City
• The Scotsman, March 2021, The Scotsman Sessions #200: Alexander McCall Smith
• The Herald, March 2021, Alexander McCall Smith says he’s hit a prolific writing spell during lockdown
• The Sunday Post, March 2021, We are all ready for a little light relief
• The Times, March 2021,  ‘We’ve had a big shock but some very positive things have come out of it’
• The Herald, July 2020, Reading in a time of quiet
• LA Times, April 2020, From Scotland in Quarantine
• The Independent, April 2020, I hope the Coronavirus makes us realise the ways we have abused the World
• The Washington Post, December 2019: How Does he Do It?
• The Hindu, December 2019: RK Narayan
• BookPage, April 2019: Ulf Varg
• CrimeReads, April 2019: Humor, Philosophy, and His Endless Stream of New Ideas
• The Daily Mail, March 2019: Not easing up
• The People’s Friend, November 2019:Book Week Scotland
• Globe and Mail, November 2018: No Plans to Slow Down
• StarTribune: I Love Writing People’s Conversations
• Books from Scotland, 2018: Scotland’s Rebellious Poets
• The Mail on Sunday, New Year 2016.17: A truly delightful misadventure
• The Sunday Times, December 2016: Time & Place, recalling holidays from student days
• The Sunday Times, December 2016: Tipples
• Daily Mail December 2016: Look Who’s Blown in for Christmas
• The Houghton Star, Oct 2016: A Visit to Houghton
• The Herald, August 2016: McCall Smith in passionate defence of his ‘positive’ writing

• The Spectator, July 2016: Alexander McCall Smith’s Bruce Anderson… and me

• The Age, Feb 2016: Australia Deprivation Syndrome

• Australian, Feb 2016: McCall Smith tells love stories
• Business Standard, Jan 2016: Interview
• Daily Mail, Oct 2014: Jane Austen Always Hits the Spot
• Daily Mail, May 2015: Like the Pope I’ve Given Up TV
• Daily Mail, Feb 2015: My Haven
• Daily Express, Aug 2014: How I write my books: Alexander McCall Smith
• Financial Times, Nov 2014: Emma
• Financial Times, March 2012: A Long Weekend in Edinburgh with Alexander McCall Smith
• Financial Times, Aug 2004: Lunch with the FT
• Financial Times, March 2014: What W.H. Auden Can Teach Us in Times of Crisis
• Globe and Mail, Nov 2015: Writers who have learned a lot of Latin tend to know all about the construction of beautiful sentences
• Globe and Mail, Feb 2014
• Guardian: Breakfast of Champions, Jan 2016
• Guardian, Feb 2016: Fundraising
• Guardian, Nov 2014: Love Letters to Libraries
• Guardian, 2003, Top Ten Humorous Books
• Intelligent Travel (National Geographic), Feb 2015: My City
• LA Times, November 2009: Botswana Opera
• Luxury Travel Magazine, Sept 2013: Journey to the Heart of Botswana with Author Alexander Mccall Smith and Orient-Express
• Miami Herald, Nov 2014: Interview
• National, March 2015: Alexander McCall Smith on his career and the lead character in his Botswana-based detective novels
• NDTV, Jan 2016: Searching for a Character
• New Statesman, Sept 2013: Why W.H. Auden Still Matters
• NYT, October 2004: A Writer’s Journey
• Newsweek, May 2011: Alexander McCall Smith on Gaborone, Botswana
• Observer, May 20014: Comment
• Observer, March 2010: Once Upon a Life – Alexander McCall Smith
• Philosophy Now magazine
• Prospect Magazine, May 2014: If I Ruled the World
• Scots Magazine, March 2015: The Ubiquitous Alexander McCall Smith
• Scotsman: Interview, Jan 2013: Alexander McCall Smith on the ideas that underpin his series 44 Scotland Street
• Scotsman, Feb 2009: Alexander McCall Smith interview: The No1 bestseller agency
• Scottish Review of Books, 2015: Rosemary Goring talks to Alexander McCall Smith
• Spectator, 2014 – article, notebook and diary
• Sydney Morning Herald, May 2014: A Delightful Tale
• Telegraph, Dec 2015: My Bookshelf
• Telegraph, May 2015: Alexander McCall Smith and the Highlands
• Time Magazine, April 2009: Q&A
• USA Today, December 2009: Profile
• Wall Street Journal, March 2015: Jane Austen Essay
• Wanderlust Travel magazine, July 20015: Interview
• Washington Post, November 2005: The Heart of Lightness