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Yvonne Lyon & Boo Hewerdine
An intimate, story-led evening with Boo Hewerdine and Yvonne Lyon. Things Found In Books is a wonderful project!
Following a hugely successful 2025 tour for their album Things Found In Books, we’re thrilled that Yvonne Lyon and Boo Hewerdine are touring again this May and are returning to Pickering for what we know will be another very special evening of music and stories.
Things Found In Books is a show born from songs written in response to a notice board in Culzean Castle’s secondhand bookshop, where notes, photographs, old receipts, letters, postcards and fragments of people’s lives have been lovingly collected and kept on the wall among the bookshelves. Forming an inimitable songwriting partnership, Yvonne and Boo weave these ephemeral stories with their own, creating a performance full of nostalgia and beauty, hope and longing.
For a hint of what to expect you can hear Yvonne and Boo talk about the album on their YouTube video.
Audience members are encouraged to bring their own ‘things found in books’ to to the gigs — items brought along so far have have ranged from tickets and letters to… bacon! Yes… in 4 different locations…! This is a beautiful idea, so if you have anything you’d like to add to the touring board of things found in books please bring it along to the show.
The gig will be in our atmospheric upstairs event space, surrounded by the building’s old oak beams in the very apt setting of the bookshop! Drinks will be available to purchase at an informal bar before the show and during the interval.
Doors will open from 7pm, and the show will start at 7.30pm.
About the Musicians
Boo Hewerdine
One of the country’s most consistently admired songwriters — Folk Radio UK
Boo Hewerdine is an acclaimed award-winning English singer-songwriter now living and working in Glasgow. Well known as one of the greatest songwriter performers in the business, he has worked with several other well-known names including Eddi Reader, who enjoyed international success with the hit single Patience of Angels (written by Boo) in 1995.
Simple, poetic reflections on life and love — The Guardian
Read more about Boo on his website
Follow Boo on Facebook or Instagram
Listen to Boo’s music on YouTube or Bandcamp
Yvonne Lyon
An awesome level of talent that I cannot compare — Maverick Magazine
Yvonne Lyon is among the UK’s brightest and best singer songwriters. Her most recent album Growing Wild is her tenth solo studio album release. Yvonne consistently combines poignant lyrics with strong, creative melodies demonstrating a voice that can be both fragile and intense. She has guested on to live sessions with Bob Harris on BBC Radio 2 and recently completed a master’s degree in Songwriting and Performance from the University of West Scotland.
I love her, absolutely love her… great song beautifully performed — Michael Ball, BBC Radio 2
Read more about Yvonne on her website