T E Shepherd is an author/illustrator. He writes magic realism set in our, or closely-related, worlds. His debut novel, The End Of All Worlds, was released in 2012. His second novel, and the first in the Imaginary Friends trilogy, Mr Tumnal, was published in 2014. The second in the series, The Imaginary Wife, was published in 2018, and he's currently working on the final instalment, Forgotten Friends. He is also a landscape artist, and is currently working on a project with Erica Smith aka. the Bookshop Blogger to illustrate his way round the country to produce The Booklover's Guide to Bookshops. You can find out about upcoming releases by following on Twitter, liking on Facebook, or by joining the mailing list.
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Read moreWed, 12:37: RT @abingdonconcert: With thanks to Robyn Furtado for taking these fabulous photographs of our concert last Saturday with Abbey Brass. http… Wed, 12:37: RT @abingdonconcert: I posted 185 photos on Facebook in the album “An Abingdon Christmas” https://t.co/WSCcz694WE…
Continue readingMon, 13:48: RT @WWF: Happy World #MonkeyDay! RT if you are up to some monkey business today . https://t.co/QCP9RxxiY4 Mon, 13:49: RT @WindleBeth: It’s #MonkeyDay today! I love my primates! so have an oldie but a goldie, my pencil baboon…
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Continue readingFri, 15:34: What makes somebody a #Fascist? @Oxford_Brookes #History Professor Roger Griffin lends his expert opinion https://t.co/0Y4hAyTpoJ Fri, 15:50: Out of office, on. See you next year @oxford_brookes. #work Fri, 20:14: My new sounds: Neil Brownless talks to Alex Lester…
Continue readingThu, 18:04: Work Christmas meal and secret Santa cat toy hamster and cheese… @… https://t.co/9PyH7LBx23 Thu, 18:06: The #Oxford #CoveredMarket looks Christmassy any day of the year… @… https://t.co/XsaFy5gClb Thu, 18:08: Steampunk Kaleidoscopes for sale at #Oxford Christmas Market @…
Continue readingWed, 16:00: oxford_brookes is looking a lot like Christmas… #wearebrookes @… https://t.co/hUl2szA9F7 Wed, 16:16: Red sky at night, Shepherd’s delight… #Oxford #nofilter @ John… https://t.co/CEwTJwsUqo Wed, 18:26: @theNeelyStewart Thanks for the follow Neely. How did you find me? Thu, 07:56:…
Continue readingWed, 10:28: RT @beescope: I’ve just had a great idea for a children’s book. https://t.co/N2AmIwQVby
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Continue readingWarning: This post may not be suitable for vegetarians or those unwilling to accept where your food comes from. Back in the summer, you may remember that Emma and I hatched out three eggs into little fluffy chicks, hoping that…
Continue readingTue, 07:20: Cat castle… #advent #day1 https://t.co/bmSucLQQ00 Tue, 07:43: Weathervane against a brooding sky… @ George Street, Oxford https://t.co/lbc3GyJ5KA Tue, 10:25: #OfficeScandal Have discovered that some people shut the doors of their #AdventCalendar after opening them! What is this madness?
Continue readingSun, 15:52: Sunday afternoon in the Shepherd house and I’m the only one with a… https://t.co/fCc5YNm6Pp Mon, 08:05: It’s going to be a long commute… @ A34 https://t.co/U7IOUJlY1Y
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Continue readingFri, 15:28: ldunthorne and the world’s smallest birthday cake… @ Oxford Brookes… https://t.co/M4wRIEK9wq Fri, 15:59: Sunset over the #wearebrookes week… oxford_brookes @ Oxford Brookes… https://t.co/HUjAfDcjXJ Fri, 16:06: Dramatic sky over the oxford_brookes #colonnade… #wearebrookes @ Oxford… https://t.co/CcQ3azlzgE Fri, 16:32: A…
Continue readingThu, 23:15: RT @shootsfilm: So happy this version exists! A treat! Thanks @StornowayBand ♫ https://t.co/4zwmHhzzyw Fri, 07:56: Girls effing and blinding to the driver when they got off bus at @bicestervillage. Glad I’m not partaking in #BlackFriday… #badcustomers Fri, 07:56:…
Continue readingWed, 18:24: Yum! #skyr #delicious #iceland @ Waitrose Oxford Botley Rd https://t.co/T4Y2FZTrF3 Wed, 18:27: A gift from my colleagues in #TDE Marketing. You could’ve saved yourself… https://t.co/49RrOgpXpV Wed, 18:53: RT @Milla_Bell: “If I were to let my life be taken…
Continue readingTue, 16:11: RT @brookespoetry: Don’t miss our spoken word/open mic evening this Wed @oxford_brookes, 7.30-9.30pm, Gipsy Lane. All welcome! Pls RT! http… Tue, 16:14: RT @brookes_socsci: Happy anniversary to #Lucy – our fabulous fossil Australopithecus ancestor, discovered 41 years ago…
Continue readingMon, 22:09: I’ve just discovered that I can buy #Skyr from @Ocado… #addstobasket Tue, 07:37: The devil is in the detail… #lamp #streetlight @ Exeter College, Oxford https://t.co/ultNcFWrXq Tue, 08:31: Anyone want to be a Web & Digital Media Officer…
Continue readingSun, 17:06: A cold & grey Sunday afternoon in late November; Nutcracker record c. 1977 listened to, and Christmas cake and now in the oven. #traditions Sun, 20:50: Just one of the products of my Sunday afternoon… and proof that……
Continue readingSat, 14:12: Oven-ready cat, finding peace and quiet on the catnip mat on top of the… https://t.co/PYHhP5ZQuR Sat, 17:35: #murmation #starlings #otmoor @ Rspb Otmoor https://t.co/Hv9MTFdpXs Sat, 17:37: Black cloud of starlings… #murmation #otmoor @ Rspb Otmoor https://t.co/i9VoN7P1dv
Continue readingFri, 12:56: #chickennews https://t.co/WYQwD6Ko2O Fri, 15:15: RT @abingdonconcert: With only just over three weeks to go, the concert is sounding fantastic! Have you got your tickets yet? https://t.co/… Fri, 16:37: It’s too cold to be standing at bus stops… Fri,…
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