Clairview Books

Clairview Books is an independent British publishing company focused on cutting-edge non-fiction. According to its own description, its list spans current affairs and politics, health, the arts, history, science and spirituality, but the common thread across subjects is that the books question conventional thinking, dogmas and received wisdom. The company presents itself as small yet able to attract prominent authors, citing figures such as Booker Prize winner Ben Okri, literary giant Gore Vidal, former world leader Mikhail Gorbachev, modern artist Joseph Beuys and natural-childbirth pioneer Michel Odent. Clairview Books was founded in spring 2000 as an imprint of Temple Lodge Publishing. After outgrowing its original home, it began trading as a limited company in January 2005. It continues to operate as an independent publisher, with a catalogue that includes both new and forthcoming titles and a substantial backlist. Its website organizes books into subject areas, with a dedicated current affairs, science, economics and history section featuring authors such as Thomas Toughill, Andrew Welburn, Duncan Little, Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, Gerhard Wisnewski, Richard Heinberg, T. J. Coles, Peter Taylor, Chris Savory, Glyn S. Lewis, Paul Levy, Gore Vidal, Tormod V. Burkey, Stephen Harper, Zainab Fasiki, Michael Werner, Luigi Morelli, Mikhail Gorbachev, Michel Odent, David Ovason, Nigel Hoffmann, Jennifer Hayashi Danns and Stephen Wynn. The publisher's output reflects an alternative and contrarian bent, covering topics from peak oil and climate to geopolitics, conspiracy, history and spirituality. Titles in the current affairs section include Richard Heinberg's 'Blackout', 'The End of Growth', 'Oil Depletion Protocol', 'Party's Over', 'Peak Everything', 'Powerdown' and 'Snake Oil'; T. J. Coles's 'Britain's Secret Wars', 'Fire and Fury', 'The Great Brexit Swindle', 'Manufacturing Terrorism' and 'President Trump, Inc.'; Gore Vidal's 'Dreaming War', 'Imperial America' and 'Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace'; and Mikhail Gorbachev's 'Manifesto for the Earth' and 'Mikhail Gorbachev: Prophet of Change'. Other listed works include 'A World to Gain' by Thomas Toughill, 'After Atlantis' and 'Neanderthals and Atlantis' by Andrew Welburn, 'Allies in Auschwitz' by Duncan Little, 'Animal Pharm' by Mark Purdey, 'Behind the War on Terror' by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, 'The Bilderbergers' by Gerhard Wisnewski, 'Chill' and 'Climate, Covid and Conspiracy' by Peter Taylor, 'Confessions of a Non-Violent Revolutionary' by Chris Savory, 'Did Jesus Come to Britain?' by Glyn S. Lewis, 'Digital Inferno' by Paul Levy, 'Ethics for a Full World' by Tormod V. Burkey, 'Hot Planet, Cool Media' by Stephen Harper, 'Hshouma' by Zainab Fasiki, 'Life from Light' by Michael Werner, 'The Living Climate' by Luigi Morelli, 'One Small Step?' by Gerhard Wisnewski, 'Only Love Remains' by Attilio Stajano, 'Planet Ocean' by Michel Odent, 'Queen of the Sun' compiled and edited by Taggart Siegel, 'Searching for the Spirit of the West' by Luigi Morelli, 'Shakespeare's Secret Booke' by David Ovason, 'The Social Archetype' by Nigel Hoffmann, 'Stripped' by Jennifer Hayashi Danns and 'Two Sons in a War Zone' by Stephen Wynn. As of its website, Clairview Books continues to publish, with new and forthcoming titles scheduled and a backlist of highlights. The site carries a copyright notice spanning 2007 to 2026, indicating ongoing activity. The company remains a small, independent imprint with a distinct editorial identity centered on questioning orthodoxies.

Clairview Books was born in spring 2000 as an imprint of Temple Lodge Publishing. Temple Lodge Publishing is itself an independent publisher, and Clairview began as a distinct list within it, focused on cutting-edge non-fiction that questions conventional thinking. The imprint's early identity was shaped by an editorial policy of publishing books across current affairs and politics, health, the arts, history, science and spirituality, united by a contrarian or questioning stance rather than a single subject. Having outgrown its home within Temple Lodge Publishing, Clairview Books began trading as a limited company in January 2005. This transition marked its establishment as a separate legal and commercial entity while retaining its editorial focus. The company describes itself as small but able to publish big names, and its catalogue over the years has included Booker Prize winner Ben Okri, literary giant Gore Vidal, world leader Mikhail Gorbachev, modern artist Joseph Beuys and natural childbirth pioneer Michel Odent. Through the 2000s and 2010s, Clairview built a backlist strong in alternative and contrarian non-fiction. Its current affairs, science, economics and history list came to feature authors such as Richard Heinberg on energy and growth, T. J. Coles on war, terrorism and Brexit, Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed on the war on terror, Gerhard Wisnewski on the Bilderbergers, Peter Taylor on climate and Covid, and Gore Vidal on American empire. The list also includes works on spirituality, history and health, such as Michel Odent's 'Planet Ocean' and David Ovason's 'Shakespeare's Secret Booke'. The publisher's website has carried a copyright notice from 2007 to 2026, and as of the site it continues to announce new and forthcoming titles, with dates such as 14 April 2026 and 7 May 2026 listed for upcoming releases. Clairview Books remains an independent publishing company trading as a limited company, with no indication of acquisition by a larger group. Its editorial mission remains to publish books that challenge perception and received wisdom.

• 2026

  Website lists new and forthcoming titles with dates such as 14 April 2026 and 7 May 2026.

• 2005

  Having outgrown its original home, Clairview Books begins trading as a limited company in January 2005.

• 2000

  Clairview Books is founded in spring 2000 as an imprint of Temple Lodge Publishing.

Independent publisher of cutting-edge non-fiction that questions conventional thinking, dogmas and received wisdom.

• A World to Gain

• After Atlantis

• Allies in Auschwitz

• Animal Pharm

• Behind the War on Terror

• The Bilderbergers

• Blackout

• Britain's Secret Wars (2nd edition)

• Chill

• Climate, Covid and Conspiracy

• Confessions of a Non-Violent Revolutionary

• Did Jesus Come to Britain?

• Digital Inferno

• Dreaming War

• The End of Growth

• Ethics for a Full World

• Fire and Fury

• The Great Brexit Swindle

• Hot Planet, Cool Media

• Hshouma

• Imperial America

• Life from Light

• The Living Climate

• Manifesto for the Earth

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