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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Continue readingWed, 20:36: Countdown to publication: cover story http://t.co/WwVRTkdg8d #MrTumnal #IndieAuthor Wed, 21:09: #100HappyDays Day 302: Began boxing up in preparation for The Great Works (aka. decorating) at the… http://t.co/g2DAw7R9d0 Thu, 07:12: #100HappyDays Day 303: The first proper cold morning of…
Continue readingIn a little over three week’s time my curious little tale of Mr Tumnal will be published. It’s been quite a journey for me over the years and as I write this I am filled with a mixture of excitement…
Continue readingIn a little over three week’s time my curious little tale of Mr Tumnal will be published. It’s been quite a journey for me over the years and as I write this I am filled with a mixture of excitement…
Continue readingTue, 17:21: Ugh, #traffic in #Oxford… an hour and a half later and I’m only just now getting to the ring road! It’s going to be one of those days. Tue, 19:13: 300 days and counting http://t.co/3bOJekd6MY #100HappyDays #1HappyYear Tue,…
Continue readingMon, 23:09: Day 1, and #MrTumnal is already at #43,423 in the @KindleUK Store… 🙂 Mon, 23:53: 300 days ago I tried a thing, to be happy for #100HappyDays. In 65 days I will have been happpy for #1HappyYear 🙂…
Continue reading300 days ago in the dark days of winter, Eleanor at work pointed me towards this fun looking challenge to post a picture of something that makes me happy every day for 100 days. Apparently 71% of people fail this…
Continue readingSun, 17:36: #100HappyDays Day 299: Still colour in the garden on the 2 November: high hopes for a bigger crab… http://t.co/kiU7Jc4P93 Mon, 09:21: #100HappyDays Day 300: 3 weeks, 2 days, 23 hours, and 40 minutes… my second novel, #MrTumnal is……
Continue readingSat, 12:45: #100HappyDays Day 299: Happiness is a full bowl of satsumas… #iwilleatthemall #1HappyYear @… http://t.co/njhb3Mo8zk Sat, 12:47: Just posted a photo http://t.co/1yhA3pOrIm Sat, 12:49: Only 27 days until publication day… #MrTumnal http://t.co/KuxZrDGDb2 http://t.co/tel1HQIO2J Sat, 15:08: I feel better about…
Continue readingFri, 18:24: Me, perplexed. 3 eggs from 2 chickens in 1 day? Clever chickens? Or mutant chickens…? @ southwold,… http://t.co/w37LvCaN3y Fri, 18:26: I’m Casper the ghost on the right… http://t.co/d1ec45Aosa http://t.co/NcXjg2fPeX Fri, 20:09: #100HappyDays Day 297: Happy Halloween! #1HappyYear http://t.co/JTmrcKYBPx…
Continue readingThu, 14:45: RT @brookes_hums: History of Art students at @oxford_brookes get unique access to the Print Room in the world-famous @AshmoleanMuseum http:… Thu, 14:59: RT @newscientist: Writing letters by hand produces measurable changes in brain activity compared with typing http://t.co/mjQ9P5AQUC…
Continue readingPeter met the stares of his friends with a grin. ‘How many books are published each year? How many books have ever been published? There’s no such thing as an original story – just an original way of telling the…
Continue readingWed, 17:55: The plus side to sitting on the bus in miles of traffic… I’ve almost finished book no. 37 in 2014… #amreading Wed, 17:55: It’s never good when the bus turns the engine off! Read a quarter if as…
Continue readingAlexandra Fry Private Eye Tutankhamun’s Gift by Angella Graff This is the sequel to Angella Graff’s wonderful adventure-thriller, Alexandra Fry: the Curse of the Lion’s Heart, a story that introduced us to our teenage heroine who can see ghosts, battles…
Continue readingAlexandra Fry Private Eye Tutankhamun’s Gift by Angella Graff This is the sequel to Angella Graff’s wonderful adventure-thriller, Alexandra Fry: the Curse of the Lion’s Heart, a story that introduced us to our teenage heroine who can see ghosts, battles…
Continue readingTue, 12:57: like it when, just occasionally, I write something and I read it back & I think, “Wow, that’s actually really, pretty damn good” #amwriting Tue, 13:04: Looking around The Forum you would be excused from thinking that there…
Continue readingMon, 13:37: Frak off @David_Cameron! #Fracking under peoples homes without their permission? NO WAY. Sign the petition @DECCgovuk http://t.co/8lEnYBZgL5 Mon, 18:23: Monday. Intellectual warm-up of University Challenge; the main event of Only Connect, followed by brain wind down to Grantchester……
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