Tourism has been stimulated by the series of detective novels by Alexander McCall Smith and the American dramatisation that followed them.
In 2006, on Narayan's birth centenary, the company came out with a commemorative coffee table edition of his 1974 autobiography, My Days, with an introduction by his long-time admirer Alexander McCall Smith.
Her first feature film appearances occurred in 2007, when Scott appeared in "Hounddog" (as Big Mama Thornton) and in Tyler Perry's movie, "Why Did I Get Married?" The next year, in 2008, Scott appeared as Precious Ramotswe in Anthony Minghella's film adaption of Alexander McCall Smith's series of books "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" playing a detective.
Pat McGregor from the 44 Scotland Street series by Alexander McCall Smith also lives in Spottiswoode Street for a time in Love Over Scotland.
She has portrayed Precious Ramotswe, the heroine of Alexander McCall Smith's #1 Ladies' Detective Agency book series, in amateur theater productions, and at one time was mentioned in media reports as a possible choice to portray Mma Ramotswe in the Hollywood film adaptation currently in production.
The 2½ Pillars Of Wisdom is the collected name for three novels by Alexander McCall Smith.
Alexander the Great | Alexander Pope | Will Smith | Alexander | Alexander Graham Bell | Kevin Smith | Alexander Calder | Alexander Pushkin | Adam Smith | Smith College | Patti Smith | Michael W. Smith | Alexander von Humboldt | Alexander I of Russia | Alexander II of Russia | Alexander Hamilton | Alexander McQueen | Alexander II | Pope Alexander III | Jason Alexander | Chad Smith | Alexander I | Ian Smith | Fort Smith, Arkansas | Anna Nicole Smith | Alexander Korda | Kiki Smith | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby | Alexander McCall Smith | Stan Smith |
In Alexander McCall Smith's novel The Right Attitude to Rain (2006), the main character exchanges letters with Mendelson about W.H. Auden and Robert Burns, and he then appears in The Comfort of Saturdays (2007).
She is most famed for illustrating the book covers of Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series for which she was awarded "Book Cover of the Year" at the British Book Awards 2004.
Over the years many famous authors have signed at Hatchards including J.K Rowling, Alexander McCall Smith, Peter Ackroyd, Margaret Thatcher, Lauren Bacall, Stephen Fry, Jeremy Paxman, Joanne Harris, the late Alec Guinness, David Attenborough, Michael Palin, Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire, Peter Mandelson, Hilary Mantel, Sebastian Faulks, and Howard Jacobson.
During its 12 years of history, Narrative Matters has published over 160 policy narratives on a wide-range of topics by well-known writers including Julia Alvarez, Alexander McCall Smith, and Abraham Verghese, by distinguished medical professionals and academics, as well as by patients.
Charlotte is also an illustrator; as is Hannah, known for her book jacket illustrations for Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series; Josie, who runs hand-painted china shops in London and Canterbury; Katy,who works for a farmers' cooperative in Faversham, Lucy,a pattern-cutter for fashion houses in Italy and Emily, the youngest, who appeared in the opening sequence of Bagpuss, and is a papier mache artist and printmaker living in Whitstable.
Balsari's writing has been favourably compared by Alexander McCall Smith to that of Booker Prize Winners Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai.
Names appearing at the Festival included Nobel laureate Alasdair Gray, Alexander McCall Smith, Louis de Bernières, Seamus Heaney, Ian Rankin, Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, Lionel Shriver, and Irvine Welsh, as well as a packed series of events for young readers.