Perfect Passion Company: Afternoon Tea with Alexander McCall Smith

Tickets £10-25

This is a live, in-person event.

Location: Morningside United Church Hall, 15 Chamberlain Road, EH10 4DH

Join us for a spot of afternoon tea, romance, humour and escapism, as Scotland's much-loved Alexander McCall Smith tells us all about his delightful new novel, The Perfect Passion Company - a dating agency based in Edinburgh’s historic New Town.

Cakes and scones will be provided by the wonderful 181 Deli - as featured in the book!

Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith returns with The Perfect Passion Company.

In the way that only McCall Smith can, this novel offers a glimpse inside the psychology of matchmaking, the search for love and companionship, and the mysterious spark of attraction that can, at times, catch hold of us all.

The Perfect Passion Dating Company at No. 24 Mouse Lane in Edinburgh's New Town is run by Katie Donald who has an innate instinct for bringing people together. She has developed a skill for finding out what it is that people really want. Along the way, Katie learns profound lessons about her own desires as she works at better understanding others. Although Katie has little in the way of direct experience, with the help of her amiable and handsome office neighbour William Kidd, she soon finds herself making matches for the lonely hearts tired of meeting online - and who want a more personal touch.

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the highly successful No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, which has sold over twenty-five million copies. Since then he has devoted his time to the writing of fiction and has seen his various series of books translated into over forty-six languages and become bestsellers throughout the world. These include the 44 Scotland Street novels, first published as a serial novel in the Scotsman, the Isabel Dalhousie novels, the Von Igelfeld series and the Corduroy Mansions novels.