
Caroline Crampton
@c_crampton
Writer and podcaster. Author of A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria and The Way to the Sea. Maker of @shedunnitshow. Editor @thebrowser.
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Reading A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton & came across this gem, from the oldest known surviving medical record: "Examination of a woman aching in her molars, her front, and her ears so much that she hears no word... you should say "it is terrors of the womb""

I will be on All Of It With Alison Stewart at 1pm EST (6pm UK time) talking about A Body Made of Glass and taking listener calls! You can listen live at wnyc.org/radio/

I’m really looking forward to speaking alongside Caroline Crampton and with Dr Gavin Francis at Edinburgh International Book Festival. We’ll be talking about nostalgia, hypochondria, and everything strange and illusive about sickness and health 📍Edinburgh 🗓️ Tues 13th Aug, 10:45am edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/w…



freddy Caroline Crampton And make sure you have your tickets booked for the live Backlisted Podcast event Foyles Bookshop on 17th July, where Caroline Crampton will be joined John Mitchinson, Andy Miller and Andrew Male (This place stinks. I'm on Bluesky) to discuss eventbrite.co.uk/e/backlisted-l…



Please be aware that there are very few tickets remaining for our live podcast recording next week at Foyles Bookshop and the event will sell out. John, Andy, Nicky, Caroline Crampton Shedunnit Andrew Male (This place stinks. I'm on Bluesky) on Agatha Christie’s Endless Night. Last chance! foyles.co.uk/events/backlis…

Thrilled to be shortlisted for the 2025 Gladstone's Library Writer in Residence award!

I had such a good time doing the Endless Night episode of Backlisted Podcast that I took zero photos of the experience. The episode is now out on all good podcast apps and and features me humiliating myself in a Christie-adjacent literary quiz. Enjoy! backlisted.fm/episodes/217-a…

It’s the 1st of August, which means mine and Caroline Crampton Q&A at Edinburgh International Book Festival is a mere 13 days away edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/w…

I'll be Edinburgh International Book Festival on 13th August with Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster and Dr Gavin Francis talking about hypochondria and nostalgia and writing emotional non-fiction! Tickets here: edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/w…


New episode! All about pipe organs in detective fiction, a more common instrument of death than you might assume. Caroline Crampton delves into rare gem The Organ Speaks by E.C.R. Lorac alongside titles by Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh and Edmund Crispin. Listen: pod.link/1439204048


Join author Caroline Crampton (Caroline Crampton) at Liverpool Literary Festival on Sat, 5 Oct at 1 PM! 📚✨ She’ll discuss A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria and explore the condition's complex history. #LivLitFest Get your tickets now 🎟️ brnw.ch/21wMiSH

