NEWS
I’m delighted to share that my first book will be published on 12 March 26 by Bloomsbury in the UK and on 21 April 26 by Riverhead Books in North America. If you’d like to pre-order a copy, visit Bloomsbury (UK) or Riverhead (US).
REVIEWS
“A deeply absorbing exploration of the ways we mark time. Fascinating and full of beauty.” —Katherine May, New York Times bestselling author of Wintering and Enchantmen
“Most books about time teach you how to control your hours. This one teaches you how to inhabit them. The Fullness of Time is a quietly radical invitation to notice more, rush less, and live deeper.” —Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of When
“Fascinating and enchanting! Each chapter broadens and lifts our awareness, reminding us that we get to choose where we focus our attention between one dawn and the next.” —Tristan Gooley, bestselling author of How to Read a Tree and The Hidden Seasons
“A deeply attentive view over signs of the time; time – as Haynes chronicles so beautifully – in its fullness. A revelatory and utterly wonderful book.” —David Rooney, author of About Time
“The Fullness of Time brims with wonders on every page. Thank you, Cathy Haynes, for an antidote to our twitchy, ticky, digital haste, and a portal to sacred, eternal, time in all its wholeness and perfection.” —Sy Montgomery, author of Of Time and Turtles
“Immaculately researched and beautifully written, Cathy Haynes resurrects the forgotten alchemy of timekeeping.” —Lara Maiklem, author of Mudlark
“A beautiful book about the ways we measure time with plants and animals, bodies human and celestial. An immersive, mind-shaping read.” —Kieran Setiya, author of Life Is Hard
“Cathy Haynes shows us that by opening our senses, we can all discover the rich horological abundances in the world around us. What a simple, yet powerful, gift!” —Juli Berwald, author of Spineless and Life on the Rocks
ABOUT THE BOOK
A journey into the forgotten art of marking time through signs in the world around us – from the slow sliding of sunbeams to the wheeling of the stars.
Past generations would tell time by shadows shrinking, the midday glow over a mountaintop, the crowing of the rooster in the darkness. They noticed the flowers that close at noon, sensed how the quality of light changes at dusk, and marked time at night by the motion of the stars.
Today, in our clock-bound, screen-immersed world, most of us rely on machines to mark the hours. But what riches might we gain from reclaiming the forgotten art of sensing time by events in the living world?
Roaming from ancient downland to city streets, The Fullness of Time is an adventure in search of those patterns that once shaped the rhythm of our days – and an invitation to discover the simple, sensory joys of truly paying attention.

