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Ben Pester
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Novel The Expansion Project (2025). Story collection Am I in the Right Place(2021). Other work in Granta, London Magazine, Hotel etc
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Dream dream dream
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August 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Preorder offer here for my book and many other bangers
Waterstones Offer of 25% off for preorder of The Expansion Project by Ben Pester 28-31 July Online Only. Includes image of front cover of the expansion project by Ben pester which is a blue sky big yellow sun and white building creepy / sinister vibes
July 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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The Sunday Times style magazine predicting a Severence Lit summer - it’s me, Catherine Lacey, Helen Oyeyemi and halternecks from here until autumn
May 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Proofs are going out…
Two uncorrected proof copies of Ben Pester’s new novel The Expansion Project. The cover makes it look like an employee handbook for the imaginary business park called Capmeadow. A giant dystopian yellow sun on a blue background. Two uncorrected proof copies of Ben Pester’s new novel The Expansion Project. The cover is open to show the actual front cover that will be on the hardback. A giant dystopian yellow sun on a blue sky background, dominates an artists impression of a white business park.
March 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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This book is absolutely brilliant - starts on repetitive, precarious work but ends on the breaking link between nostalgia, the failed socialist project, and familial decay.
March 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM