The Wet Desert – A Film by Max Smith and Ben Smith
This week we present a short film exploring the watery landscape of Dartmoor, scripted and narrated by Clearing editor Ben Smith, filmed by his brother Max…
Read articleAn Interview with Melissa Harrison
Melissa Harrison’s new novel At Hawthorn Time is out now, published by Bloomsbury. Her first novel, Clay (Bloomsbury, 2013), won the Portsmouth First Fiction award, was selected for Amazon’s ‘Rising…
Read articlePlaces of Water and Weather: an Interview with Lucy Wood
Lucy Wood’s first novel Weathering was published earlier this month and is a story of mothers, daughters and ghosts, set in a cold, isolated Devon river…
Read articleNew Poems from Isabel Galleymore and Ben Smith
This week we are celebrating the launch of new chapbooks from two of The Clearing’s editorial team: Dazzle Ship by Isabel Galleymore and Sky Burials by Ben…
Read articleThree Ways of Looking at a Tree
BERRIES by Jos Smith We were looking for your best side, a single photograph that captured HAWTHORN an image that said CLIFFTOP ENDURANCE…
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