Meanwhile, The Skinny called it, "a captivating listen that demands your attention." That Summer, We Flew and The Wide, Wide River In May 2020, during the coronavirus lockdown, Yorkston put together an album for digital download from Bandcamp, entitled That Summer, We Flew. He described it as an "album of demos, duets, covers and soundtrack work to help grease the wheels a bit during this time of Cholera." This was followed in January 2021 by his tenth album proper, The Wide, Wide River, recorded with the Swedish music collective The Second Hand Orchestra. The songs were recorded over two studio sessions, with the band not having heard the material prior to recording. J. Wright Presents and The Great White Sea Eagle In November 2021, Yorkston released a vinyl only compilation of his instrumental electronic music, reviving his original stage name, J. Wright Presents. In October 2022, Domino Recording Company posted a single by Yorkston, Nina Persson and The Secondhand Orchestra called "Hold Out For Love." The post's description said the track was from "from the forthcoming album 'The Great White Sea Eagle,' out 13 Jan 2022 (sic) on Domino Record Co." Writing In March 2011 Yorkston's debut book, It's Lovely to be Here: The Touring Diaries of a Scottish Gent, launched Domino Records new publishing venture, the Domino Press. The website Goodreads called the book "a once-in-a-generation behind-the-scenes account of the music world seen from the eyes of a working singer-songwriter", while The Line of Best Fit called it "a charming and witty account of life on the road." In early 2016, Freight Books published Yorkston's debut novel, Three Craws. The tale of a failed artist returning home to Scotland from London, the book was praised by The Scotsman as being, "a subtle, insightful and occasionally very funny look at the way small rural communities can sometimes smother their own, pushing people away while simultaneously pulling them back, demanding success while at the same time secretly hoping for failure." In September 2022, Oldcastle Books published Yorkston's second novel, The Book of the Gaels. The publicity cited "Rural West Cork, Ireland. Two Kids, Joseph and Paul, and their struggling, poet father, Fraser, are battling grief and poverty. When a letter arrives with a summons to Dublin and the promise of publication, it offers a chink of light - the hope of rescue. But Dublin is a long, wet and hungry way