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 moreSun, 14:00: The WW1 poppies at the @yspsculpture… @ Yorkshire Sculpture Park https://t.co/ZO3CRyB127 Sun, 14:02: See of red. #poppies @ Yorkshire Sculpture Park https://t.co/dQzCWdVwv2 Sun, 14:03: Reflections #poppies @ Yorkshire Sculpture Park https://t.co/wdcBEFlbhF Sun, 14:06: Best friends forever @ Yorkshire…
Continue readingSat, 18:25: Remember you’re a Womble! @kgatescarecrows @ Kirkhamgate Village Hall https://t.co/Ih3qp4d3IN Sat, 18:28: Uncle Bulgaria! @kgatescarecrows @ Kirkhamgate Village Hall https://t.co/gXxIPOykkK Sat, 18:32: The history of the British Monarchy at @kgatescarecrows… @ Kirkhamgate… https://t.co/536G6R1Roh
Continue readingFri, 20:49: @Ocado Apparently my order is on it’s way but is an hour and a half late? Any update on this? Sat, 09:30: Receiving #BookParcels from my mummy reminds me of being at college…… https://t.co/ZBfjHWJfLR
Continue readingThu, 16:39: Study of an #Oxford wall https://t.co/mZYEs5txUs Fri, 06:54: Imagining a Fairy Queen who didn’t care for immortality, but who just wanted a life, her own mortal life… #amwriting Fri, 11:00: RT @brookes_socsci: Come and meet the @littlefireface Slow…
Continue readingWed, 19:51: @Ocado What is wrong with your website this morning. Click, wait 3 yrs, no response… Gggrrr Thu, 09:13: The danger of walking past @waterstoneoxf is I discover more books I have… https://t.co/cJ3NWMArJZ
Continue readingTue, 16:04: @becky_lturner Was it really a year ago? http://t.co/ApXM2dgz2P http://t.co/OJd31n8Nt8
Continue readingMon, 22:21: 5 of 5 stars to The Asylum by John Harwood https://t.co/c3guYfGnNF Mon, 22:34: `A third, outsanding, Gothic gem: #review of The Asylum by John Harwood http://t.co/fb3dwDlCl1 #books #amreading Tue, 07:24: @stagecoach_east Should the driver of bus #54306 Bicester…
Continue readingThe Asylum by John Harwood John Harwood novels are things of beauty that come only every few years and so are things to saviour. I first encountered his gripping, unputdownable, style with his second novel The Seance and quickly devoured…
Continue readingSun, 12:08: Just posted a photo https://t.co/mz7ezU9QNz Sun, 19:16: Branching out! The mad cat lady and her chicks… https://t.co/hty1h3lhaf Sun, 19:19: Scrambled and Dinner 1 and Dinner 2 inspecting their new accommodation… https://t.co/XqnMCnfx5Y Sun, 20:31: #SlimmingWorld Sweet Chilli Chicken was…
Continue readingSat, 12:05: 🙂 #labourleadership Sat, 19:59: Hrmm… current offering on the Last Night of the Proms is a bit plink-plonky… :-/ #lnop #bbcproms @bbcproms Sat, 22:01: Fantasia of British Sea Songs sounds do much better on FM radio than it…
Continue readingSat, 09:02: Is it only a year ago that I discovered the random, magical mystery bus… https://t.co/vrH6oCtb8k
Continue readingThu, 15:25: Today I have mostly been hiding from the Google streetview camera… #virtualtour @oxford_brookes Thu, 23:01: RT @EmmaEShepherd: Find it slightly odd that @PetsatHome have put a silhouette of a dead cat on their cat age chart……. http://t.co/sqdj… Fri,…
Continue readingTue, 16:00: Positive thinking on the day of interview to work on the @oxford_brookes… https://t.co/gLWEH0u60y Tue, 16:02: Every year at this time I think this… https://t.co/z1SIjLWmzw Tue, 16:28: Have you ever wondered what happens to imaginary friends when they are…
Continue readingMon, 18:57: #CTAlice‘s @RachelMaeBrady got the expression from Tenniel’s original just perfectly! #madhatter http://t.co/gn2eyxi4MR Mon, 21:58: Six chapters in & I have #TheImaginaryWife determined to speak to her ex. Can I keep him out the story a bit longer? #MrTumnal2…
Continue readingSun, 19:24: We miss our Luke and Lucy! https://t.co/C8KStN62q9 Sun, 19:25: Whoopsie! Slugs for dinner… https://t.co/ysBoLWqrWh Sun, 19:56: Really enjoying writing the sequel. I get to tell it how it all began! 😉 #mixedupnarrative #wonky #amwriting Sun, 20:45: How can…
Continue readingSat, 15:52: That hedgerow now in a jar. I don’t think I’ve ever had nutty jam before!… https://t.co/7tcWOUk6Oe Sat, 18:18: #hedgerowjam #tasty https://t.co/pgQKJRhxFN Sat, 22:27: Last night’s pre-theatre meal. Yummy! @ Cibo! Summertown https://t.co/Pq0KkaATmK
Continue readingFri, 19:51: This way to #Wonderland and @creationtheatre magic… #CTAlice @ St… https://t.co/ryfNwtB1MI Fri, 22:15: RT @fen_em: My hookah-smoking caterpillar #ctalice @creationtheatre Ta 4fab pic @richardbudd Book here: https://t.co/5xHcqetkxw http://t.co… Fri, 22:15: RT @RachelMaeBrady: First week of #CTAlice is over!…
Continue readingIt’s not been a Writing Week per se, but I have been writing this week, and progress has been made to Mr Tumnal 2: The Imaginary Wife. Hero of the first book, Louis Tumnal is yet to make an appearance,…
Continue readingThu, 12:39: I’m going foraging for ingredients #hedgerowjam @ Bicester Town https://t.co/KAb97jtDjQ Thu, 13:57: Nature’s shopping list! #foodforfree #hedgerowjam @ Bicester Town https://t.co/OgqsIALXdr Thu, 15:48: Cob nuts, sloes, haws, rowan berries, rosehips, elderberry, blackberries,… https://t.co/WEQu10J78K Thu, 16:25: Beans for tea……
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