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, 16:26: Is Woodiwiss College a ridiculous name for an Oxford-like place? #Alsager friends will get this… #amwriting Wed, 19:45: How did I miss this last night? Aurora Borealis from Oxfordshire 17/03/15 #flickr https://t.co/SZYEHeiUCv Wed, 20:01: Two words: Stargazing Live!…
Continue readingTue, 08:39: Do I get a prize for finding two Brookes Gnomes in one shot? @ Oxford Brookes University https://t.co/dFn1h7wIp1
Continue readingSun, 13:16: My life… 🙂 http://t.co/3DlhNqjYR6 http://t.co/2DYqMcbA8Z Sun, 19:03: Network Rail: Not to name Bicester’s new station ‘Bicester Village’ (after the shopping mall) and t… https://t.co/Odu1figRUF via @UKChange
Continue readingFri, 14:46: I think I might have eaten too much cake… #ComicRelief #GBBOComicRelief http://t.co/0kvKHYIV1N Fri, 19:54: 4 of 5 stars to A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin https://t.co/NuoiV1vyHC Fri, 20:03: A Saga of Epic Proportions http://t.co/WoxGqCm7wB #books #fantasy#GameOfThrones…
Continue readingA Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin Game of Thrones is a phenonemon that everyone seems to read and/or watched and have been raving about. I actually ended up reading this pretty…
Continue readingThu, 23:06: So I feel I should give Terry Pratchett’s books another go. Never really got on too well with The Colour of Magic… (I know, scandalous!) Thu, 23:07: So which Terry Pratchett books would you recommend for someone who…
Continue readingWed, 14:51: RT @OBU_Ambassadors: Come to the @oxford_brookes Tea Launch this afternoon @3pm in JHBB #wearebrookes http://t.co/ElffGX1qlT Wed, 14:51: RT @DancingDragon1: Come and get your @oxford_brookes #Brookes150 tea from Alice at 3pm! http://t.co/GlYBi2Ccrx Wed, 16:21: #Surreal Alice in Wonderland-themed launch…
Continue readingTue, 22:16: Not #Florentine as Mr Hollywood and Mrs Berry would recognise, but how my mummy made it, made for… https://t.co/O0Z276ST9o Wed, 09:33: RT @oxford_brookes: Don’t be late, late for a very important date…3pm, 11 March @ JHBB http://t.co/d5mHSkoW8Q #brookes150…
Continue readingMon, 14:47: Tilting at Windmills: A story of recovery http://t.co/Y0XDYgqx6z via @Ally_Nuttall Tue, 09:07: My results from the @voteforpolicies survey: Green Party 40%, Labour 40%, Conservatives 20%… http://t.co/TptG5YJv5s
Continue readingSun, 17:54: Sunday #selfie… @ Bicester Town https://t.co/4mGCgiNyuh Sun, 18:00: I love everything about this photo (well, maybe not the working Saturdays…) 🙂 http://t.co/REE6krazCj http://t.co/UOaTt5tWRH Sun, 18:04: Another photo to like everything about. #Emma #Vietnamese http://t.co/VMWRrsnAny http://t.co/GsxWhSwMLT Sun, 22:10: 3903…
Continue readingSat, 12:44: “Crisp, anyone?” #BrookesGnome #OBapplicant15 @oxford_brookes http://t.co/RLI1ILr1ar Sat, 14:28: 5.5 miles done. Time for a lie down now… #BrookesGnome @oxford_brookes http://t.co/9XeJN7xmOA Sat, 17:41: RT @StuEdmonstone: Awesome day at #obapplicant15 and got to spend some quality time with the #brookesgnome…
Continue readingFri, 20:15: Have to say, I’m very much looking forward to carrying a #gnome around @oxford_brookes tomorrow… Errmm… :- Fri, 22:21: 3672 words and counting… It was supposed to be a short #spinoff story, and still it goes on. 🙂…
Continue readingThu, 14:11: @becky_lturner Tea launching next Wednesday at 3pm! Thu, 16:10: It seems that we are left with old rolling stock for the home commute tonight… #busstopstories Fri, 08:53: @BBCTheArchers So you’ve spent virtually a whole week on one (dramatic)…
Continue readingWed, 19:49: How To Grow Your Fiction Email List Subscribers. My Own Case Study – http://t.co/rejjrIFqH9 via @thecreativepenn Wed, 21:05: New #review just in for #MrTumnal: an “intriguing and unusual’ book that “maintained my interest until the end” https://t.co/2gvZ8IOm58 Wed,…
Continue readingTue, 18:55: Someone at @BBCTheArchers is having way too much fun! :-p http://t.co/8XCOrSAHmz #thearchers Tue, 20:06: Got off the bus in gorgeous evening light to take some photos of the old Bicester Hospital before it gets demolished… (contd.) Tue, 20:07:…
Continue readingMon, 15:06: RT @daviddunninguk: I should point out a motorway thru the farm wasn’t exactly a disaster for my dad’s cousin @TebayServices M6 Cumbria 19… Mon, 20:06: I’m supporting Cambridge in tonight’s #UniversityChallenge. They seem more normal & there’re considerably…
Continue readingSun, 22:30: BBC News – Why Iceland banned beer http://t.co/MzZGTJInCy
Continue readingFri, 14:31: What are your #weekendreads going to be? http://t.co/3twcgBipq8 Fri, 14:33: RT @SupermanTweets: #RuinAFairyTale Batman & Robin Hood http://t.co/sFlVwAEvg7 Fri, 17:48: “He’s dead Jim”: Star Trek’s Leonard Nimoy dies at 83 🙁 http://t.co/aXf8lvFPKR Fri, 18:40: RT @HolSmale: Journalists that…
Continue readingThu, 16:44: There’s a 3-week old Galaxy bar on my bag that, with a tickle in the back of my throat, is tempting me.. #willpower #itishard
Continue readingThu, 08:01: @becky_lturner You’re still going strong, alive and kicking. 🙂 http://t.co/R88toZHd5L Thu, 08:06: Still true. 🙂 http://t.co/rNVXnvm1kW http://t.co/iF7OdtfvjL Thu, 10:38: RT @blackwelloxford: New in Paperback: #HisforHawk Swoop in to the shop, they are flying out. I’ll get my coat…
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