New episode! All about the hypochondriacs of golden age detective fiction — whether they are the murder victims or the witnesses or something in between, there are plenty of them in our favourite books. Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/you…

Happiest of publication days to Caroline Crampton and A BODY MADE OF GLASS: A HISTORY OF HYPOCHONDRIA🔥

Covering a fascinating and revelatory cultural history of hypochondria, from Hippocrates to wellness influencers, this is a truly landmark book 💫

Sophie Lambert Granta Books

What a phenomenal book this is and a deservedly brilliant review. Caroline Crampton Granta Books C&W A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton review – anatomy of hypochondria theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

A very happy publication day to Caroline Crampton, as A BODY MADE OF GLASS hits the shelves 🎉

‘An intelligent, vulnerable and learned book about a condition so widespread and yet so misunderstood... The best book I've read in ages’ Cal Flyn

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Last call for anyone who would like to come to my online book launch this evening, hosted by Guy Cuthbertson! Put your book order details in abodymadeofglass.com to get the Zoom link.

'I was cured of cancer – then the health anxiety started' — a first person piece by me for i newspaper inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

Should we laugh at hypochondria? In the first episode of the A Body Made of Glass podcast Samira Shackle interviews me about this, as well as my own hypochondria origin story. Hear the whole thing at pod.link/1739586719 or by searching A Body Made of Glass in your podcast app

'For me, hypochondria always takes the form of questions, never answers. Did I always have a mark on my skin there? Is that a tendon I can see in my neck, or is it a new lump of some mysterious kind?'

Caroline Crampton on hypochondria for the Telegraph Books
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An early birthday present of ‘A Body Made of Glass’ by Caroline Crampton. Can’t wait to get started 🧡💚

Lovely review today in the Sunday Times. A Body Made of Glass is a 'deeply researched, subtly argued' history of hypochondria 'written with elegance and flashes of humour': thetimes.co.uk/article/a-body…

Only a week until A Body Made of Glass is published! If you would like to get the pre-order bonus ebook and come to the online launch, you only have a few left to do it. Order at your bookshop or library, then upload the receipt at abodymadeofglass.com to get the goods.

'Crampton is perfectly placed to write this fascinating and intelligent cultural history of health anxiety'

A BODY MADE OF GLASS by Caroline Crampton is an The Observer book of the week - publishing on Thursday!
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I'm on the The New York Times books preview for April! Right between Salman Rushdie and Emily Henry, a position I never thought I'd be in: nytimes.com/2024/03/28/boo…

I love this write-up of A Body Made of Glass in @harpers —  I think it's the best summary of my book I've yet seen — including ones I've written myself. It really captures the silliness and absurdity of hypochondria as well as the more serious side: harpers.org/archive/2024/0…

There's a new episode in your podfeed - some listeners have reported problems finding it in their pod apps, so dig around if need be. It's also at theallusionist.org/hypochondria, along with transcript. Excellent Caroline Crampton talks about the history of hypochondria and wow did this get me