Ben Pester

Thanks David!

Have you been able to buy from a UK outlet? Can’t find a way that isn’t shipping from NZ. Love Oscar’s work

This was so great! Absolutely loved talking to and writing with this thoughtful and welcoming group of writers. it was a privilege

Some news 😌

my Book has a considerably better wardrobe than I do.

So happy with the paperback cover!

@benpester.bsky.social is visiting Colchester WriteNight for The Big Interview about writing, short fiction and his surreal novel, The Expansion Project, shortlisted for The Goldsmith’s Prize and the Nero Prize for Debut Fiction. We’ll all be interviewing/writing together, you’re welcome to join us

Thank you so much for the generous mention of The Expansion Project here @danhartland.bsky.social - learnt about some amazing books too!

Violence is too often sloppy; it spills over. Misogynists kill a lot of men, racists kill white people, ICE in its attacks on immigrants and anyone who looks like them just killed a white US citizen. When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail; when you're a gun everyone is a target.

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I'm on my way to a Chanukah event. It should be a celebration but instead our community is once again mourning.

I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.

We stand with you.

Thanks to Ben Pester, author of THE EXPANSION PROJECT and AM I IN THE RIGHT PLACE, for reading this excerpt from Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING. ... Ben Pester Reads From Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING

Thanks to @benpester.bsky.social , author of THE EXPANSION PROJECT (Granta 2025), for this reading from @guillermostitch.bsky.social's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING.

We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.

It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.

Can’t wait Keith!

Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.

wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!

www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...

So pleased to see @benpester.bsky.social's The Expansion Project has been shortlisted for the Nero Debut Novel Award. Richly deserved.

Renesha Dhanraj wins The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025 - The London Magazine The judges of The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025 award first place to Renesha Dhanraj for her story, 'Black Cake'.

After selecting a shortlist of six stories from thousands of entries, we are thrilled to announce Renesha Dhanraj as the winner of The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025, for her story, ‘Black Cake’.

Read more here: thelondonmagazine.org/renesha-dhan...

Solvej Balle: ‘I thought that if I started to write this, I would spoil it’ Solvej Balle’s near-40-year project, On the Calculation of Volume, seems both outside time and yet immediately relevant

In honour of the eighteenth of November, here's my recent @irishtimes.com interview with Solvej Balle about seven books on the subject of being stuck in today's date.

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

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“When you can envelope envelope envelope and envelope and treat those envelopes just the same, you’ll be an envelope my son”
Envelope Poppins

Here is an envelope - one day he loses everything - then he gets an envelope. everyone loves that story (envelope)

Honestly I’m so grateful. I love the way you have reviewed other books there on your site too.

Ah yeah lovely - as you can imagine. Mount Florida Books is such a brilliant venue too. Had a ball.

Ah wow - really loved reading this review of The Expansion Project. I know these things are not for the author really but you have to say thanks when someone is writing at this level about your work. Incredible. So grateful.

We are delighted to share the shortlist of six stories for The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025!

Congratulations to all shortlisted writers, and a huge thank you to our judges Gurnaik Johal, Ben Pester and CAA’s Erika Price.

Winners will be announced next week.

The greatest books of 2025 Our critics review hundreds of books a year. Here are their favourites, from fiction and crime to memoir and history

So pleased to see Nicola Barker's TonyInterruptor ('Strange & clever'), @benpester.bsky.social's The Expansion Project ('That rare thing, unique') & @catherinelacey.bsky.social's The Möbius Book ('Thrilling') included in this 'Greatest Books of 2025' list.

www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...

This is great - congrats Andrew!

Scope Creep Review 31 is an online literary review.

‘A dark & lucid novel, offering not a satire of office life but a horrific riff on our inability to be fully present – at work or at home.’

The Expansion Project by @benpester.bsky.social

review31.co.uk/article/view...

And ofc The Unreliable Nature Writer - Claire Carroll also Scratch Books tho feel sure you already know this.
Last one- Marnie Appleton I Hope You’re Happy

+1 for Will Wiles
Also Tim MacGabhann SAINTS from @scratchbooks.bsky.social

Get into a bath with it. Hot bath. Special oil. Meat bombe