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Cornerstone Press will publish The Long Covid Handbook in October 2022 after winning a four-way auction for the title.
Zennor Compton, senior commissioning editor for non-fiction, acquired world rights to the “definitive guide” from Hattie Grunewald at the Blair Partnership.
The Long Covid Handbook sees investigative journalist and Long Covid patient-led researcher Gez Medinger join Imperial College London and SAGE Covid Taskforce member Professor Danny Altmann, to gather the latest cutting-edge science and patient-led research into a concise and comprehensive guide on symptoms, treatment and recovery for both patients and clinicians seeking to better understand and treat the condition.
Medinger, who has been suffering with Long Covid since the first wave of the pandemic, said: “One of the major issues right now for those suffering with Long Covid is that there is no central resource for people to turn to — the information is spread thinly out there in cyberspace, with sources often conflicting and research being both hard to track down and difficult to decipher.
“My intention with this book is to bring everything we’ve learnt in the last two years together, to build one accessible resource that people can come to which answers — hopefully — about every pressing question they might have.”
Long Covid’s symptoms are known to be wide-ranging and can be life changing, with more than 200 known symptoms including brain fog, short-term memory loss, breathlessness, chronic fatigue and more.
Compton said: "This book offers hope for the millions suffering from Long Covid, those who care for them and the professionals who treat them. Combining authority and expertise with accessibility, this vital book will be an invaluable resource that translates the latest research and shares practical steps to make real change. We’re very proud to be publishing it at Cornerstone Press.”