Caroline Crampton

Caroline Crampton

Caroline Crampton is the author of books including The Way to the Sea and A Body Made of Glass and the creator of the Shedunnit podcast.
07
Jun

Caroline's Day Off

In which I take the radical step of "not working all the time".
7 min read
19
May

A Body Made of Glass

A critically acclaimed history of hypochondria.
2 min read
18
May

The Way to the Sea

12
May

Shedunnit

14
Sep

what I know about getting books published

This is a post from my newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox here. I got to feel
6 min read
31
Aug

this is me trying

There is a story about Oscar Wilde that I was told in my first week as an undergraduate that I
6 min read
28
Dec

a brain fizzing combination of accomplishment and virtue

In the twelve days between 26 December 2019 and 6 January 2020, I went to the tip four times. The
4 min read
28
Dec

rummaging through all the paper

I feel like I have been taking notes on what I read since I was about 14, and that for
7 min read
28
Dec

how do you have a minor illness during a pandemic?

I didn’t write to you last Friday as I had planned. I was busy reenacting this scene: I had
5 min read
28
Dec

because of all the words I deleted

This is how many words I wrote last week: During the working week 24 — 28 August, I wrote 13,671
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