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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Continue readingI have had, possibly the longest, most-tiring week of my working life. After months of planning the project that I was leading on finally came to fluition: Virtual Open Week. Following on from the modest success of our Virtually There…
Continue readingThu, 13:40: Want to know the value of #philosophy at @oxford_brookes? #Live now… https://t.co/w0Ud1odxQE Thu, 15:46: Our last #Live session of today’s #obvirtual. This time it’s #CMC at… https://t.co/RBdDtayn89 Thu, 17:06: 12 of 16 done… Less tired today but please…
Continue readingWed, 17:01: This week I have mainly been in the producer/director’s chair putting out… https://t.co/Q4MhgtNrvP Wed, 17:04: @Stagecoach_Ox Where’s the 1659 S5 from Brookes to Bicester? Wed, 17:06: RT @nickswarb: @brookes_edu looks good in #obvirtual – thanks to @shepline and…
Continue readingTue, 12:46: Two down… 14 to go… Tue, 17:29: Everyone loves a black cat! 🙂 https://t.co/NZhYrC6a5p Tue, 20:14: Why #nationalblackcatday is irrelevant? Every cat will tell you every day is *their* day, & woe betide their servant for thinking different!
Continue readingMon, 19:42: Did you know that frying pans heat up faster with heat supplied beneath them…? #itsbeenalongday Mon, 22:24: RT @EmmaEShepherd: Today’s instalment; From humans to animals. https://t.co/cwyZL0cNXB
Continue readingSun, 17:22: RT @oxford_brookes: Find out more about the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at their Virtual Open Week starting tomorrow! https://t… Mon, 06:50: Autumn maybe, but not too late for the Passion flower… @ Southwold,… https://t.co/X6gKnBPVzL Mon, 06:52:…
Continue readingFri, 16:25: #Autumn red. https://t.co/y1ghHcen5H Fri, 16:41: Looks like @chilternrailways are frantically getting ready for the new… https://t.co/WABcV5aXUT Fri, 18:53: Added to Wish List: ‘Asterix and the Missing Scroll (Album 36)’ by Jean-Yves Ferri via @amazon https://t.co/KSRLVm40wC Fri, 19:11: RT…
Continue readingThu, 21:44: Apparently it’s that time of year again… The music has come out at… https://t.co/WU8c3Wg8c8 Thu, 22:47: The clue’s in the name… @abingdonconcert #christmas @ Dunmore School https://t.co/IxWVqABpnf Fri, 08:33: RT @brookes_hums: Did you catch our very own @JBHist…
Continue readingWed, 17:21: #Autumn #colours @ Bicester, Oxfordshire https://t.co/lF95uLwcYs Wed, 20:33: It seemed an appropriate thing to watch tonight… #backtothefuture… https://t.co/1z0ZR5GLIA
Continue readingTue, 17:16: “one gazes into the fire and nothing is dangerous. Everything else is outside and can’t get in” ~Tove Jansson, A Winter Book #amreading Tue, 17:47: RT @abingdonconcert: The posters are in! It’s looking a lot like Christmas! https://t.co/oeYeNSOY4k…
Continue readingMon, 12:44: The day we ate in Masterchef winner @matkiwi‘s restaurant! 🙂 https://t.co/M5bcxtYVY6
Continue readingThe Summer Book by Tove Jansson This was one of those unexpected finds. I had seen Tove Jansson’s A Winter Book advertised in a bookstore window, and enticed by the promise of the cover and a collection of short stories…
Continue readingSun, 18:04: The day I walked through the wardrobe into Narnia! 🙂 @ The Story Museum https://t.co/xhIq05W97e Sun, 20:26: It’s Sunday night pizza but not as you know it… #slimmingworld… https://t.co/ySKEYHlgzw
Continue readingSat, 13:56: Nature red in tooth and claw… #autumn https://t.co/7sSTpvWkxY Sat, 16:14: Death of the fly. #autumn https://t.co/s8skSLvllH Sat, 16:20: Fungi #autumn #nature https://t.co/AgHAlYxbsk Sat, 16:24: Fungi #autumn #nature @ Evenley Wood https://t.co/i9ldD2eZGu Sat, 16:26: #Autumn colour @ Evenley Wood…
Continue readingFri, 17:28: Organising possibly the biggest thing I ever have… Flicking between feelings of it’s going okay to Aggghhh!! #work #virtualthings Fri, 22:52: I scored 5 out of 7 on the BBC 7 days 7 questions Quiz http://t.co/n9snixOY3b Sat, 09:31:…
Continue readingThu, 12:56: RT @RSPBMinsmere: Dramatic skies over North Marsh this afternoon between showers http://t.co/MbxhfVXOmv Fri, 07:24: Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book… #amreading https://t.co/6MWhrkGgNW
Continue readingWed, 12:19: Wolves and Red Riding Hood… Watching excellent lunchtime lecture with… https://t.co/3m86yxlB7g Wed, 13:33: Wolves and Red Riding Hood… Watching excellent lunchtime lecture with @nickswarb @brookes_edu #wearebrookes http://t.co/ooFgrURUQv Thu, 07:51: Need to get back to the last wip… https://t.co/3QJPWA90gw…
Continue readingTue, 16:16: If memory serves correctly (and it usually does) it was for what would… https://t.co/lAXMraohfQ Tue, 16:17: Seven years of chicken keeping… #chickennews https://t.co/rcxAccJ76n Tue, 18:57: RT @brookes_hums: Interested in studying with us? Register now for Virtual Open Week,…
Continue readingMon, 12:46: Just posted a photo https://t.co/G1yq6OPx7T Mon, 17:28: RT @creationtheatre: As we prepare to set sail for #CTtreasure this Christmas, we’ve been looking at our top five favourite journeys in fi… Mon, 17:28: RT @creationtheatre: Top five journeys #1…
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