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 moreMon, 16:37: @OxfordBusCo Driver of #BrookesBus no. 608 this am needs to go back to school. Almost hit 4 bikes & 2 vans between High Street & Headington Mon, 20:19: I’ve just asked my election candidates to make a commitment…
Continue readingI enjoy getting feedback on my stories. My latest 5-star review, solicited from a blogger in return for an honest review, was amazing, and just the latest review which has asked for/expected a sequel. I wonder if this is book…
Continue readingSat, 22:23: Want a book that makes you read it in one sitting? Fantastic new 5-star+ review just in for #MrTumnal 🙂 http://t.co/DDQ36f05Dg Sun, 09:12: “This book is like none other” #Review of #MrTumnal http://t.co/Zxlk5sTgid #weekendreads #amreading
Continue readingFri, 19:15: Is David Archer going to stay in Ambridge and take on Mike’s milk round? #justwondering #storylines #TheArchers @BBCTheArchers Fri, 19:30: It’s the weekend! What are your #weekendreads? Anyone feel like an “unputtdownable” contemporary fantasy? http://t.co/SSqr6MYHDh #MrTumnal
Continue readingThu, 06:45: Just realised that my bus stop now has a light! #21CenturyLiving #busstopstories Thu, 09:09: It’s snowing! 🙂 #uksnow #OX3 Thu, 09:35: Three and a half years and finally someone comes into the office and asks for the room…
Continue readingTue, 14:18: This little ball of snow took 55 minutes to melt into a puddle of water on my desk… #officegames @… http://t.co/tue0oJGzmX Wed, 12:03: Just about every one of these points. Yeah, what of it, I’m a #booknerd… http://t.co/8Fe2EvPoxZ…
Continue readingMon, 13:33: Leave our schools alone! http://t.co/4IRDBB4ocz Can we have ‘all-out war’ on mediocre politicians like @David_Cameron?
Continue readingSun, 18:42: Very pleased that for the price of a £4.99 screwdriver, @EmmaEShepherd and I have managed to fix our broken extractor fan. #teamwork Sun, 19:53: Apparently I’m being indoctrinated into tofu tonight… #Vietnamese #nightofffromcooking Mon, 08:17: Spiral art at…
Continue readingFri, 17:00: Not quite the end of January and that’s the fourth book read already. That season ticket on the bus is looking like good value. #amreading Fri, 18:09: 5 of 5 stars to The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton https://t.co/CjO7NoJJQg…
Continue readingThe Miniaturist by Jessie Burton Although I had heard some very good things about this book I was unsure if I was going to take to it; a period novel set in Amsterdam about Nella, newly married to a successful…
Continue readingWed, 14:24: The Tesco Metro in Bicester is closing. No surprise there! I wonder if we could get decent M&S in its place? http://t.co/hMJemEYbHO Wed, 16:21: I’ve written on buses before & found it difficult enough to read. Today I’ve…
Continue readingI’m writing again. This is good, however I’m not writing the right thing. I have Novel #3 underway and its a good novel and every bit as weird and wonky as Mr Tumnal. The thing is the characters from Novel…
Continue readingThe release of knowledge… a new art work in the building at work. I can’t help thinking with the drops of water spilling out of 300 suspended glasses of that scene in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy where Arthur Dent…
Continue readingMon, 16:03: ,@Stagecoach_Ox Is the 1559 S5 from Brookes via Jr on time? Not onboards Mon, 18:53: 4 of 5 stars to The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins https://t.co/zB1CO6C9Gg Mon, 19:06: The #review in which I find out what all…
Continue readingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins I came to be reading this because both it and the films have been recommended to me by so many people, and to be honest, I think if it hadn’t have been I would…
Continue readingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins I came to be reading this because both it and the films have been recommended to me by so many people, and to be honest, I think if it hadn’t have been I would…
Continue readingSun, 21:06: Turned out to be a girl narrator… 🙂 http://t.co/AVkOb4Exvv http://t.co/rZd7H0KtvO Sun, 21:08: Is this you @jbookguy? http://t.co/pHs7O426Wn http://t.co/AoilWg9GY3 Sun, 21:10: Worth revisiting… http://t.co/ANWbx1tZOF http://t.co/qPBJ79AHz4 Sun, 21:12: …possibly not worth revisiting. Oh, damn it, I have! http://t.co/j5Ee6DEbAk http://t.co/vFi0TXCvAg Sun,…
Continue readingSat, 20:35: With apologies to my US friends and family… 😉 http://t.co/nurbeteuIx Sat, 22:25: Well that’s my initiation to #GameOfThrones done. Episode 1 is umm… a bit of a cliffhanger (well, cliff-fally-offy…)! #catchingup
Continue readingFri, 07:16: Even with half an hour of a Friday lay in it’s too cold for standing at bus stops… #busstopstories
Continue readingWed, 19:22: Let’s move to Bicester, Oxfordshire http://t.co/O8ExnYCgps Yes, there is a real place attached to the #BicesterVillage Wed, 19:43: 5 of 5 stars to The Boy In Winter’s Grasp by John D. Scotcher https://t.co/sRmcNupjwE Wed, 19:51: #Review of @jbookguy‘s…
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