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Alexander McCall Smith comes to Dulwich Tuesday 3rd October


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An evening with Alexander McCall Smith is an evening of sheer delight. Join the worldwide bestselling author as he discusses the eagerly anticipated new Isabel Dalhousie novel, A Distant View of Everything, and catch up with little Bertie and the cast of 44 Scotland Street in The Bertie Project.


No event would be complete without finding out what is new with Mma Ramostwse in the seventeenth No. 1 Ladies? Detective Agency novel, Precious & Grace.


An evening not to be missed! Tickets are ?10/?8. BOOK TICKETS HERE: www.village-books.co.uk


Alexander McCall Smith, often referred to as ?Sandy?, is one of the world?s most prolific and best-loved authors. For many years he was a professor of Medical Law and worked in universities in the UK and abroad before turning his hand to writing fiction. He has written and contributed to more than 100 books including specialist academic titles, short story collections, and a number of immensely popular children?s books.


Alexander will be in conversation with Peter Guttridge. Peter is a novelist, critic, writing teacher and a chairperson/interviewer at a wide range of literature festivals and events. He is a former Director of the Brighton Literature Festival and the current co-director of Books By The Beach, the Scarborough Book Festival. (www.booksbythebeach.co.uk). For eleven years he was the Observer newspaper?s crime fiction critic. He is the author of eleven novels, two works of non-fiction and numerous short stories.


Tuesday 3rd October 2017 7.30pm

The MCT at Alleyn's, Townley Road, Dulwich SE22 8SU

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