I have a new book - Callum, Reine, Sylvie & Sparrow. A fragmentary novel, containing music and books and love and despair and Scotland and goodies and baddies x jamesyorkston.co.uk/product/… ‘Yorkston is a brilliant writer, he never fails to deliver something unique’ – Sam Heughan

DINKED EDITION 448: 'La Magnifica' by James Yorkston Marking his twenty-fifth year since signing to independent label Domino records, the nineteen-track, career-spanning collection features solo highlights, collaborative material, a Jon Hopkins remix, and two-brand new tunes. @jamesyorkston @Dominorecordco @dinkededition normanrecords.com/records/21…

#HardTimesOfOldEdinburgh jamesyorkston.ffm.to/hardtim…

Folkestone x

James Yorkston (solo) @jamesyorkston + special guests play Quarterhouse, Folkestone on Wednesday 2nd December. Tickets on-sale: Friday 5th June at 10am bit.ly/MeltingVinylTickets #jamesyorkston

Just announced 'La Magnifica', a 25yr retrospective of my work with Domino Records, available to pre-order now on double LP and CD. ❤️❤️❤️ jamesyorkston.co.uk/shop/

In celebration of James Yorkston's 25 years on the label, Domino are proud to present the definitive collection of James' long and storied journey to date. SHOP: ffm.bio/jamesyorkston Our Dinked Edition is the ultimate fan package, with double colour discs and a bonus CD of reimaginings to include; First Aid Kit, Gruff Rhys, Jon Hopkins, The Tubs, Josephine Foster, Rozi Plain and more... + Dinked Edition 448 + The Definitive Collection of the Songs of @jamesyorkston + 2LP on Red and Pink colour vinyl* + Bonus CD of artists covering James* + Limited pressing of 500* *EXCLUSIVE to #dinkedEdition

Tune into BBC 6 Music from 4pm tomorrow (Weds 30th) to hear my new single 'Hard Times of Old Edinburgh' being played by Huw Stephens x @huwstephens @BBC6Music @Dominorecordco

The @jamesyorkston book collection complete, so far…

These are the shows I have coming up later in the year. New songs, old songs, trad songs, maybe a cover or two, that sort of thing x jamesyorkston.co.uk/live-dat…

A leucistic house sparrow, earlier today.

Here's a wee bitty of my next novel, 'Callum, Reine, Sylvie & Sparrow' which is out in the shops on @OldcastleBooks in October or available to pre-order now from jamesyorkston.co.uk/shop/ x

Watch how a young Scottish woman named Courtney handles an older passenger going from saying “go back to your own country,” to claiming she's proud to be racist, to completely backtracking with compliments once she realises she has no audience left. A masterclass in holding people accountable for their behavior.

An immigration piece.

Folkestone! Can't wait, it's been a long, long time since I was last down there x

First bunch of these were posted out yesterday x

Refugee Blues by W.H. Auden, written in 1939, sadly apt right here, right now.