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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How would you feel if you discovered you were the imaginary creation of your best friend?
Read moreThe Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge This is a book about secrets and lies, and the truths they both can conceal. Set in Victorian England, on a remote island, this is a dark mystery that concerns science, academic research, and…
Continue readingWed, 18:38: New phone cover. It had to be done! #MrTumnal #partofme @ Wren Hoe,… https://t.co/YUYH80LTn5 Thu, 09:28: Not a nice place to be! #STMpublishing #pastlife #timehop https://t.co/WvBYMJw77F Thu, 10:36: Just the kind of window from which Miss Leroy would…
Continue readingTue, 22:50: Love gardens? Want to find out what it’s like to see the world differently? http://t.co/9gGhrHOFvS #autism #Aspergers #AutisticGardener Wed, 08:14: The silence and solitude of the #autumnal morning… @ University Parks… https://t.co/cQBYcdfX9j Wed, 08:16: Reflections in the river….
Continue readingMon, 17:46: First blackberries from the local hedgerow! #AutumnIsComing @ Southwold, Bicester https://t.co/w6exfPTGo3 Mon, 18:02: Who would have thought back then that I’d now be writing the sequel… https://t.co/xpmAICmhJs Mon, 18:17: So that’s when my period of unployment came to…
Continue readingSun, 15:08: Surely @GOVUK can’t be so shortsighted and profit driven as to okay a plan to plant bee-killing seeds across the UK? http://t.co/t6KCV0wDHo Sun, 15:15: I thought it was easing off, but no, not at all… #UKrain Sun, 18:47:…
Continue readingSat, 16:57: Just rounding off an excellent exhibition of Great British Drawing at the Ashmolean… @ The… https://t.co/z4c0zfe30o Sat, 17:00: Exercising in the park… https://t.co/rXXcHn1RpF Sat, 17:01: Afternoon tea @ The Ashmolean Dining Room https://t.co/5Wvmlgwdkd Sat, 19:05: History and dramatic…
Continue readingThu, 16:45: Why can’t I write neatly on the bus? :-/ #amwriting #writingfail Thu, 16:53: @Stagecoach_Ox the driver of 16:30 S5 bus to Bicester & Launton needs to learn when to use his horn and when he SHOULDN’T! #trainingrequired Thu,…
Continue readingWed, 18:21: Last night I dreamed we arrived at a restaurant. We’d been looking at menu outside & uncharacteristically I’d decided already what to have Wed, 18:22: (contd.) The waiter showed us to our table where he confided with us:…
Continue readingThe Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan This is a book of big, powerful themes told through lilting, poetic language, but at its heart its a family struggle of thwarted ambition and family heritage. The story is set in a world that,…
Continue readingTue, 15:41: Welcome to Narnia aka Harcourt Hill Campus… @ School of Education https://t.co/tmJKW21sPv Tue, 15:43: Lunchtime walk away from the desk and into the countryside… @ School of Education https://t.co/JXgB7MjufT Tue, 15:46: So @oxford_brookes has a golf course. Who…
Continue readingMon, 16:11: Who doesn’t like trees? @ South Park https://t.co/TTpGIbeFcz Mon, 16:14: Meadow flowers https://t.co/Rsf2RdG3J8 Mon, 16:15: A study of summer colours https://t.co/HbH5cLSCwW Mon, 18:23: @hantom1 🙂 https://t.co/GKU8Sh4Uo6 Mon, 19:59: A year since my first #ArtInAction. I might have missed…
Continue readingSun, 17:30: Watch again footage recorded on #HatchCam over the last week: https://t.co/BegIfPChG8 #chickennews Sun, 20:36: Proof that what #VirtuallyThere days need is live chicken hatching to get the numbers up… #university #recruitment http://t.co/Rf5ZqoUseG Mon, 09:16: A bit disappointed that,…
Continue readingSat, 13:43: I scored 5 out of 7 on the BBC 7 days 7 questions Quiz http://t.co/4G4Vy8Ps5G Sat, 18:13: @becky_lturner Have you managed to get hold of any Brookes Tea yet? Sat, 23:36: RT @brookespoetry: Pls RT! Intrnationl #Poetry Comptition:…
Continue readingFri, 12:36: Just eaten the most delicious potato salad lunch made for me by my lovely @EmmaEShepherd 🙂 xx Fri, 21:38: Not sure about this Baltazar’s Feast by Walton. Can see why it’s taken so long to make a #Proms…
Continue readingThu, 13:20: LIVE on #Periscope: Popup https://t.co/uCBbqHXc1e Thu, 14:49: LIVE on #Periscope: Out of the grass… #popup #awayday https://t.co/jCNu6ExOiT Thu, 21:54: We have a new #Live webcam to enjoy of Salt, Pepper and Scramble in their nursery pen http://t.co/XKC3Ci6VBT #chickens…
Continue readingWed, 18:40: These three little haven’t been together like this since when they were eggs… #chickens #hatching https://t.co/sAXf3oL9ef Wed, 18:43: It’s a tiring life being a chicken… #chickens #hatching https://t.co/HPUfY0o2F7 Wed, 22:30: One of the amazingly intense, brilliant pieces of…
Continue readingTue, 15:56: Chicky #1 before her friends hatched… (Tuesday morning) https://t.co/XnNmwUqBi4 Tue, 16:32: Amused that live chicken hatching seems to be more popular than law virtual open day… #work #chickens #VirtuallyThere Tue, 22:00: Out of the incubator and into the…
Continue readingMon, 21:23: RT @ChrisGPackham: Please RT https://t.co/kEELoMMPDj Mon, 21:33: Ooh, big stretch… this being born malarkey doesn’t half take it out of you… #chickennews #hatching https://t.co/r2SgG0DL50 Tue, 06:47: Little chickie-lickie is up and moving about… http://t.co/XKC3Ci6VBT
Continue readingSun, 15:12: Haven’t yet plucked up the courage to go to a local CLP meeting, so can I to go to the Houses of… https://t.co/MXlPpjBzc9 Sun, 15:15: Went for a Sunday morning stroll and ended up hiding in a hedge…
Continue readingSat, 12:31: Any of my friends also uneasy about publication of Harper Lee’s new book? Example of the worst side of publishers? http://t.co/RatzdcVwlp Sat, 14:49: I can’t pronounce your name Muguruza but you’re doing well and I’m supporting you… #Wimbledon2015…
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