Alexander McCall Smith talks to Nick Higham

Join one of the world’s favourite storytellers, Alexander McCall Smith, to be transported to a small dating agency in Edinburgh’s New Town, the setting for the latest novel in his new Perfect Passion Company series, Looking for You, to Germany to meet the hilarious Professor Dr Moritz-Maria Von Igelfeld and finally to Botswana to catch up with Mma Ramotswe and the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.

McCall Smith is one of the world’s most prolific novelists and has published more than 80 books despite not starting full-time writing until after his successful career as a professor of medical law. He became a household name with the publication of his series The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency, which has sold more than 20 million copies in English alone. He is also author of the popular 44 Scotland Street novels, the Isabel Dalhousie novels, the von Igelfeld series, standalone novels, works of non-fiction, and children’s books. He is also an honorary fellow of Oxford Literary Festival. Here he talks to journalist Nick Higham, who was the BBC’s first ever media correspondent and is a former presenter of Meet the Author on the BBC news channel.