Writer
Books
Gateway to Heaven – Fifty Years of Lesbian and Gay Oral History. Tollington Press, 2012. (Buy online)
She is also the author of Creating Verbatim Theatre from Oral Histories, published by Routledge (2021).
Clare jointly edited New Directions in Queer Oral History. Archives of Disruption, published by Routledge (2022).
Playscripts
- Hearing Voices. Tollington Press, 2010. Based on interviews with patients who met on a secure psychiatric ward.
- Rights of Passage. Tollington Press, 2016. Based on interviews with lesbian and gay asylum seekers in the UK.
- Gateway to Heaven – The Play.Tollington Press, 2019. Based on interviews with older lesbians and gay men.
Comedy
- We’re The Girls. Diana Publishing, 2008. A collection of Clare’s comedy monologues, short stories, and favourite song lyrics. This book is beautifully illustrated by the renowned lesbian cartoonist Kate Charlesworth. Described by Sarah Waters as: ‘Smart, witty, and with an eye for the sometimes poignant detail of everyday life’.
Her publications can be ordered online.