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 readingThu, 18:05: #100HappyDays Day 191: I miss the #yarnbombed love chickens but Alice’s magic mushroom on the bridge… http://t.co/ElHHHQRNbe Thu, 18:09: @106jackfm @CarolineVerdon The A34 Mushroom from Alice in Wonderland http://t.co/d6kiYrrxjh Thu, 23:11: #100HappyDays Day 191b: End of term cakes…
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Continue readingTue, 18:39: Where the hell is the hashtag key on a Mac? Tue, 18:40: …and why do they swap the @ and ” keys over like they all American… cannothashtagthis Tue, 21:31: #100HappyDays Day 189: Baking for band. What’s not…
Continue readingMon, 21:51: #100HappyDays Day 188: My Dad was in Oxford today for a meeting so I met up midway half way up St… http://t.co/tsZEvEwB24 Mon, 22:01: 2 of 5 stars to Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell https://t.co/kmmt10j2pj Tue, 07:35: @106jackfm…
Continue readingFaceless Killers by Henning Mankell For the first time in possibly a decade I’m reading more than I have in ages; disiplining myself to set aside time to read just as I have set aside writing time, and its working….
Continue readingFaceless Killers by Henning Mankell For the first time in possibly a decade I’m reading more than I have in ages; disiplining myself to set aside time to read just as I have set aside writing time, and its working….
Continue readingSun, 17:22: #100HappyDays Day 187: From a piece of old cloth and a few nuts, a prince is born… #puppetmaking… http://t.co/iLTkspn0ry Sun, 17:35: Take Two for the runnerbeans. It’s mission impossible now for the little sluggy b**yards – they have……
Continue readingSat, 15:00: Walking half-way across Oxford to yesterday’s work away day I did my personal best step count… 🙂 http://t.co/8lTIGcrFcU Sat, 15:06: #100HappyDays Day 186: A summer’s lunch in the garden of food entirely foraged or purchased this… http://t.co/fwa147Y5aS Sat,…
Continue readingFri, 18:15: #100HappyDays Day 185: Staff Away Days can be things to fear and as this one was held in Pegasus… http://t.co/X2pqnNYcLW Sat, 10:43: I scored 2 out of 10, and I need additional support! 🙁 http://t.co/oPcE6lzeMt Sat, 10:54: Traditional…
Continue readingThu, 18:31: #100HappyDays Day 184: Mini-Team Marketing meeting in the internet-connected sofa-pods in the #JHBB.… http://t.co/q3TU1JmGTH Thu, 23:04: Got to play swannee whistle in band tonight. One more, but it was a good one… 🙂 Fri, 07:01: New PB of…
Continue readingWed, 20:38: #100HappyDays Day 183: Simple pleasures… 🙂 #1HappyYear @ Southwold, Bicester http://t.co/tTlF9dyQG9
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Continue readingMon, 17:11: #100HappyDays Day 181: I like it that my creativity is such that I can write on the bus but it sure as… http://t.co/oMoPpooWK1 Tue, 08:39: RT @brookes_hums: MA Creative Writing student, Matthew Perryman, wins scholarship to national writing…
Continue readingSun, 21:13: #100HappyDays Day 180: Making music in the park in summer sunshine… #1HappyYear http://t.co/FmXMsoVa8O
Continue readingSat, 15:42: The Occasional Poet: http://t.co/SftrMEvLYX #poems #poetry #family Sat, 21:16: #100HappyDays Day 179: I love how my happy days have inspired some of my oldest friends to take up the… http://t.co/Ik3uOuqW2G
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