Things Found In Books

Album & companion book inspired by forgotten fragments of human lives

“Here there are songs that will make you smile, laugh, cry, contemplate your own self and your place in the wider world” Edinburgh Arts Review

A moving collaboration from two of the UK’s finest songwriters

Yvonne Lyon and Boo Hewerdine present ‘Things Found In Books’, an album of songs written in response to a notice board in Culzean Castle’s secondhand bookshop.

Notes, photographs, old receipts, letters, postcards and fragments of people’s lives had been collected and kept on the board on the wall among the bookshelves.

Forming an inimitable songwriting partnership, Yvonne and Boo weave these ephemeral stories with their own, creating an album full of nostalgia and beauty, hope and longing.

Following a hugely successful 2025 tour the duo is next touring May/Autumn 2026 and Festivals 2026 and taking bookings into 2027.

About the Artists
Yvonne Lyon is among the UK’s most powerful and poetic voices in contemporary folk. Her
tenth solo album Growing Wild showcased her masterful songwriting, and she has performed
live for BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris and Michael Ball. A graduate of the University of the West of
Scotland’s Masters in Songwriting & Performance, Yvonne’s songs combine lyrical sensitivity
with emotional depth.

“I love her, absolutely love her… great song, beautifully performed” – Michael Ball, BBC Radio 2
“Just stunning music” – Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2

Boo Hewerdine is an Ivor Novello Award-nominated songwriter and producer, known for
penning “Patience of Angels” (a worldwide hit for Eddi Reader) and producing Reader’s
celebrated Sings the Songs of Robert Burns. Widely recognised as one of the UK’s greatest
lyricists, Boo now lives and works in Glasgow.

“One of Britain’s most consistently accomplished songwriters” – BBC Review
“One of the best songwriters we have” – The Independent on Sunday