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, 13:43: I just joined the Labour Party! Will you too? http://t.co/hBj3GoK9s2 Sun, 22:10: This clip from the Vote Now Show, actually makes you feel a bit better about things… 🙂 https://t.co/d70cXwccoo Mon, 07:43: Here’s a challenge. American Pie on…
Continue readingSun, 10:55: Get your head out of that book! The children’s stories that got writers reading http://t.co/XgZUfs7lsI
Continue readingFri, 15:27: Nice thing about being an author is that I can retreat into my imagination & write stories where what just happened didn’t happen. #GE2015 Fri, 16:14: It’s at times like these that you need the comfort of an…
Continue readingThu, 14:53: More importantly the tough decision is here: http://t.co/a62Uz8772U @bird_vote #Election2015 Thu, 17:22: Reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell simultaneously with biog of Lewis Carroll. They seem to blend into one… #confusing #amreading Thu, 17:59: Rumours of me taking…
Continue readingWed, 21:07: Ah, a few short hours until Polling Day which means a blissful day of proper news to look forward to. #newsrestrictions #Election2015 Wed, 22:31: 10% into #MrTumnal2 and Louis has only made a (brief) appearance in flashback… #sequels…
Continue readingTue, 19:28: What if your entire existence was the fabrication of another person, and they then ceased to need you. How would you live? #amwriting Tue, 22:24: I wonder if David Dimbles has renegotiated his contract for this year? More…
Continue readingWhat if your entire existence was the fabrication of another person, and they then ceased to need you. How would you live? 7789 / 80000 words. 10% done!
Continue readingMon, 17:45: First BBQ of the year, oh yes! @ Southwold, Bicester https://t.co/S8ot9gl1lP Mon, 22:04: Paddington: the movie? Superb. 🙂
Continue readingSun, 18:03: Beginning to think that reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell might be about to slow this year’s reading rate down… #amreading #BigBooks Sun, 18:12: Thinks that I should really go out and feed the bunnies, but its now…
Continue readingSat, 13:43: BBC News – Author Ruth Rendell dies aged 85 http://t.co/XN2SdDbJQ0 RIP Inspector Wexford 🙁 Sat, 13:48: Very happy for the Royal baby news, but surely the BIGGER news is UK donations top £33m for #Nepal earthquake appeal http://t.co/fOy8ialbwc…
Continue readingThu, 08:21: It’s pay day, so first off, I’ve given to @decappeal #NepalQuake Appeal. DONATE NOW http://t.co/PuZJZqcO00
Continue readingTue, 19:55: On siding with the protagonist… 🙂 “A child who opens up Alice’s Adventures Under Ground soon comes across … http://t.co/vkp947O7eV
Continue readingMon, 20:45: So, apparently my brother is going to be on @BBCWorldTonight talking about the #LoudnessWars (I assume). So if you care about your music… Mon, 20:47: …normally its me Dad who’s doing Newsnight and the Today Programme, talking about…
Continue readingSun, 12:12: Dark, disturbing, and distopian: #review of The Fire Sermon by @FrancescaHaig http://t.co/rErVd3PXkQ #books #amreading Sun, 12:36: “He had just started work on a new novel, but the words weren’t flowing the way they usually did. He couldn’t… http://t.co/ezkDsbpbIa…
Continue readingSun, 12:00: 5 of 5 stars to The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig https://t.co/aqtIqc8Rc8
Continue readingThe Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig This is a dark and disturbing, distopian vision of the future. It’s set in a post-apocolyptic world – where The Blast is a thing of history. In this world everybody is born with a…
Continue readingFri, 16:27: And that’s a wrap! Team Virtual are #ActuallyThere. oxford_brookes #VirtuallyThere https://t.co/46PLxxQvE2 Fri, 19:08: I scored 5 out of 7 on the BBC 7 days 7 questions Quiz http://t.co/w0DJHXQXNu Fri, 19:32: RT @GeorgeAylett: When somebody says ‘Labour caused this…
Continue readingThu, 18:03: This week I have mainly been in the gallery helping to make the oxford_brookes webchats happen…… https://t.co/Jww8alUyBb Thu, 18:06: Where it all happens… oxford_brookes #virtuallythere https://t.co/qqe5SRwU9r Thu, 18:11: On air! oxford_brookes #VirtuallyThere https://t.co/OXhR3TQuns Thu, 21:59: 7/10 in the…
Continue readingWed, 13:06: Virtually There Day http://t.co/MjvkRpYqtR
Continue readingMon, 18:31: On photography… “To produce a single print required the knowledge of a chemist, the eye of an artist and the… http://t.co/Maf0ul5iba Mon, 19:01: #Hawthorn in the hedgerow: OX26 #SignsOfSpring #Springwatch @bbcspringwatch https://t.co/l9K0bilvL4
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