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The Elmwood Hall was sold out tonight for -- and he was wonderful. He talked to me about his time living in Belfast while lecturing in law at Queen's, about the influence of Brian Moore's novels on his writing, about the creation of Precious Ramotswe, the 44 Scotland Street series, and The Really Terrible Orchestra. He was hilariously funny and charmed the entire room. At the end of our conversation, I persuaded him to write Belfast into the current series of the 44 Scotland Street novels -- to rousing applause from the audience. Over dinner afterwards, he even began to draft (aloud) a possible narrative thread. He's writing the novel in daily installments which are published in The Scotsman -- so look out for Belfast in the current series.