Holly Pester is a poet, writer and academic. She has worked in sound art and performance, with BBC Radio, Women’s Art Library and Wellcome Collection. Her collection of experimental fiction, Go to reception and ask for Sara in red felt tip, is out with Book Works (2015), her album of collaborative sound poetry and lullabies, Common Rest, is out with Prototype (2016) and her book of poetry, Comic Timing is out with Granta (2021). Pester's debut novel, The Lodgers, is out in 2024.