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    A Map of Edinburgh in Alexander McCall Smith’s 44 Scotland Street…

     

    Edinburgh Festival Fringe Information 180 High Street © 2006 Scotiana

    Hi everybody,

    We don’t live in Edinburgh and, as the number of our visits there happen to be rather limited, our vision of this fascinating city owes much to our readings, each of them adding its little touch to the sense of […]

    September 9th, 2011 |Category: Alexander McCall Smith | Leave a comment

    Alexander McCall Smith’s Pictorial Book Covers

    Hi Mairiuna!

    First, let me tell you that I absolutely fell in love with Arnold Lobel’s illustration “Books to the Ceiling” that we can see inside your post: “First Steps in Alexander McCall Smith’s 44 Scotland Street… Very original rendering of a house full of books!

    As we are both great book lovers, no wonder […]

    September 4th, 2011 |Category: Alexander McCall Smith, Authors | 3 comments

    First Steps in Alexander McCall Smith’s 44 Scotland Street…

     

     

    "Books to the Ceiling" illustration Arnold Lobel Whiskers & Rhymes Greenwillow Books 1985

     

    Books to the ceiling, books to the sky. My piles of books are a mile high. How I love them! How I need them!

    (Arnold Lobel – Whiskers & Rhyme)

    September 1st, 2011 |Category: Alexander McCall Smith, Authors | Leave a comment

    Summer Reading: Alexander McCall Smith’s 44 Scotland Street

     

     

    'Girl stands in a field reading her book' Harold Knight (1874-1961)

     

    Hi everybody!

    With autumn already touching our gardens and woods with its warm colours, it may seem a little late to write a page about “summer reading” but isn’t it a good idea to make […]

    August 27th, 2011 |Category: Alexander McCall Smith, Authors, Books | Leave a comment