Alexander McCall Smith | Human Kindness | Edinburgh International Book Festival

Last year, the much-loved Alexander McCall Smith hit a purple patch and had written even more books than ever. There’s The Joy and Light Bus Company – a new title in the phenomenal 'No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency' series, while 'Your Inner Hedgehog' is a Professor von Igelfeld Entertainment – the first in that series for a decade. Alongside that – and published during the Festival – there’s a standalone novel, 'The Pavilion in the Clouds', set in the tea plantations of Sri Lanka. And while all of McCall Smith’s novels are packed with humour, perhaps the funniest are his ‘Scandi Blanc’ series featuring Detective Varg. This summer Varg stars in 'The Man with the Silver Saab'. But when it comes to Book Festival events, it doesn’t matter so much whether you’re a McCall Smith completist or just opening up your first Mma Ramotswe story. Joining the Edinburgh writer as he talks to fellow author Jamie Jauncey is simply taking a journey into a world of essential human kindness: a breath of fresh Scottish air. 📚 EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 2021 📚 This event was part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2021, a hybrid book festival with a fabulous online programme of over 250 events for adults and children. If you enjoyed this event, find out ways you can support us here: https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/support-us Watch more events from the Book Festival 2021:    • 2021 Edinburgh Internatonal Book Festival   ▶️ SUBSCRIBE ▶️ Subscribe to our channel to be notified when our new videos are live and to watch more videos like this: youtube.com/user/edbookfest?sub_confi... 💬 FOLLOW 💬 Website: https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/ Facebook: https://bit.ly/3F7fWs0 Twitter: https://bit.ly/3JLmdwK Instagram: https://bit.ly/3HCoubO LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3JOagGQ