Book of Hours

Over the course of the pandemic, a complication with her chronic illness left Letty McHugh alone in a darkened room for three weeks. She drew comfort from an imagined Book of Hours. Half Almanac, half prayer book, medieval Books of Hours offered guidance for every situation and every day of the year. As She recovered She started to wonder, where was the spiritual guidebook for people like her; lost, sick, artists who watch too much reality TV? I couldn’t find one, so I made her own.



Borrowing wisdom from Anglo-Saxon hermits, contemporary artists and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Book of Hours explores what it means to have faith, why we chase suffering and how to take solace in small joys.





- “funny, moving and profound - this is a vital contribution to writing on illness that everyone should read” - Polly Atkin multi-award-winning poet, and academic.