Jules Montague
THE IMAGINARY PATIENT: May 12th 2022. As featured on BBC Radio 4 (Start the Week, Woman's Hour), Times Radio, in the Telegraph and Times, and at the Royal Institution. Telegraph Bestseller. Times Literary Supplement Shop Best New Books
LOST AND FOUND: as featured on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 3, Sky News, and in the Guardian, Telegraph, Sunday Times, The Scotsman, Independent, and the Irish Times.
Published internationally.
THE IMAGINARY PATIENT
The Imaginary Patient: How Diagnosis Gets Us Wrong (Granta 2022) explores how the practice of diagnosis is tainted by the forces of imperialism, politics, discrimination and Big Pharma. She speaks to parents fighting for recognition of their children’s symptoms; men and women whose bodies have been stigmatised by society; and to the families of young black men who are being diagnosed posthumously with a condition that could exonerate their killers. Through these stories of heart-break and resilience, Montague shines a light on the troubled state of diagnosis, and asks how we might begin to heal.
Praise for The Imaginary Patient:
'The Imaginary Patient is a great stride forward in the way medical stories are told. Nobody who reads it will experience a doctor's appointment the same way again. Montague's writing is empathetic, surprising and forensic all at once.'
Caroline Crampton, author of The Way to the Sea.
Press for The Imaginary Patient: as featured on Times Radio, BBC Radio 4 (Woman's Hour, Start the Week) and in the Telegraph and Times.
BBC Radio 4:Start the Week, May 27th 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001...
BBC Radio: 4 Woman's Hour, May 11th 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001...
Times Radio: May 13th 2022 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio
Times Interview: May 17th 2022 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/wh...
Bath Literary Festival: May 19th 2022 https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/delusio...
Royal Institution: June 16th 2022 https://www.rigb.org/whats-on/how-dia...
Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/wha... Imaginary Patient
LOST AND FOUND: Why Losing Our Memories Doesn't Mean Losing Ourselves (Sceptre 2018), explores what remains of the person when the pieces of their mind go missing - from dementia and brain injury to sleep disorders and multiple personality disorder. Lost and Found, a bestseller, has featured on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 3, Sky News and in the Sunday Times Daily Mail, and Telegraph.
Praise for Lost and Found:
‘Montague is turning traditional thinking on its head in her beautifully written book about memory and identity’ The Times
‘Montague takes the reader on an exquisite journey into the human brain and beyond that. She does this with a humanity rich in tenderness and a beguiling reverence for the unknown. Occasionally we come across a physicist or economist who, despite their subject matter, can stop you in your tracks. They reel you in without you realising. Montague is a neurologist who does exactly that. She has a rare gift: she makes her craft look simple.’ Irish Times
‘A profoundly moving, revelatory book’ Daily Mail
Other press for Lost and Found below
BIO:
Doctor Jules Montague is a neurologist and author.
Originally from Ireland, Jules Montague studied Medicine at Trinity College, Dublin and moved to London twelve years ago. She writes about health and science for the BBC, Lancet, Guardian and Observer.
https://www.clippings.me/julesmontague
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LOST AND FOUND Press:
BBC Radio 4 Start The Week, February 26th 2018
Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09smgqf
Description: Consultant neurologist Jules Montague works with people suffering dementia and brain injuries. She tells Tom Sutcliffe what happens when the brain misbehaves. Memories may fade a
