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 moreMon, 18:22: 3 of 5 stars to Strandline by Tamsin Showbrook http://t.co/4bGL9R0bYB Mon, 18:37: My review of Strandline by @TShowbrook: http://t.co/syw49qvvu9 #books #amreading #reviews Mon, 20:57: #100HappyDays Day 62: When Diana Wynne Jones did we all thought that that was…
Continue readingStrandline by Tamsin Showbrook By the author’s own admission she wrote this story because she had “a bee in my bonnet for ages about feeling I had the right to criticise the novels of other people when I’d never tried…
Continue readingStrandline by Tamsin Showbrook By the author’s own admission she wrote this story because she had “a bee in my bonnet for ages about feeling I had the right to criticise the novels of other people when I’d never tried…
Continue readingSun, 15:46: Goat-tastic! 🙂 Chèvres en équilibre: goats balancing on a flexible steel ribbon: http://t.co/0akY1V6Hkc Sun, 15:59: #100HappyDays Day 61: The #ladybirds were out in force today in the positively barmy Spring sunshine…. http://t.co/NueVYfcm5T
Continue readingSat, 14:08: Reflections, trees, and light… #adob14 @ John Henry Brookes Building http://t.co/TR9vhfT7I9 Sat, 14:11: Students leaving after another enthusing #English taster session at the @brookes_hums #adob14 http://t.co/YdT7Op4HiM Sat, 14:33: #100HappyDays Day 60: Loving the colours in the reflections of…
Continue readingFri, 17:04: #100HappyDays Day 59: Blossom arrives in Oxford and the sun is warm on my face… 🙂 @ Oxford http://t.co/Ny7YlOZcga
Continue readingThu, 15:35: Running for the bus… I made it. But I hurt. Thu, 16:42: InDesign CC for print and ePub from the Same File? Yes or No? A snippet of useful info for InDesigners by @pageboy http://t.co/HKmZuP240x Thu, 17:31: #100HappyDays…
Continue readingWed, 19:29: #100HappyDays Day 57: My kitchen companion every night as I put together dinner to the soundtrack of… http://t.co/2YtGCfTuYD Wed, 20:59: Found myself thinking again of my #Oxford-on-Water setting for a story this morning. Oxford with Venice-style canals http://t.co/4BUCL6ItVF
Continue readingTue, 20:49: #100HappyDays Day 56: I can make good pancakes but I’m not a tosser… #PancakeDay @ Southwold http://t.co/mZUK1dIEmL Tue, 20:57: #100HappyDays Day 56b: Pancakes are surely just another word for happy! 🙂 @ Southwold http://t.co/F79XS6GuIN
Continue readingMon, 18:53: #100HappyDays Day 55: A little bit of editing of The Book before I make dinner. Love this bit with its… http://t.co/KQNPX7PTHQ
Continue readingSun, 17:12: #100HappyDays Day 54: an afternoon reading in the armchair whilst the gloom descends outside and the… http://t.co/5HBQuGkKRh Mon, 09:31: @space_to_think Would it kill you guys to make sure there is advanced signage when the few doors to/from new/old…
Continue readingSat, 19:31: There’s been a triple murder in Bicester. The culprit has been apprehended and placed in solitary confinement… #PiscineNews Sat, 20:29: #100HappyDays Day 53: A gorgeously sunny Spring day that… went for a bail of hay at Fringford Feeds,……
Continue readingFri, 16:57: #100HappyDays Day 52: After a long, busy week it’s finally Friday. It’s also pay day, and one day away… http://t.co/BGEL4QFDqJ Fri, 22:45: Now, there’s a surprise… 😉 I side 97% with Labour … http://t.co/7qNWTwnH0C
Continue readingThu, 18:04: I just learned amazing tips from @thecreativepenn during #INDIERECON & entered an amazing giveaway! http://t.co/lzuedFYUW7
Continue readingWed, 15:53: I just learned amazing things from @lara_perkins at #INDIERECON & entered an amazing giveaway for a query critique! http://t.co/QI8erjqiGg Wed, 16:25: Probably shouldn’t admit this but I never have lost the enjoyment of trying not to walk on…
Continue readingTue, 13:32: And within seconds the light outside dims like someone’s turned off the lights! #darknessfalls #hailstorm Tue, 15:40: Apparently I use both sides of my brain equally… http://t.co/t5WvWVMexR Tue, 19:05: #100HappyDays Day 49: A full vase of daffodils on…
Continue readingMon, 12:02: RT @brookes_socsci: Dr Lucy Ford delivers lecture into Contemporary Issues in World Politics: the 1st ever from new lecture theatre #JHBB h… Mon, 13:20: RT @_TimGibson: Glee society flash mob in #JHBB http://t.co/XwFF3ubRKU Mon, 13:22: RT @_TimGibson: Cake…
Continue readingSun, 14:30: #100HappyDays Day 47: A job well done. Our garden on the other side is much more interesting…… http://t.co/FcoO7NkOG6 Sun, 15:44: #100HappyDays Day 47b: Snowdrops, mum and dad, and Barney boy (Emma was having an afternoon snooze).… http://t.co/OlMMDZqdmo Sun,…
Continue readingSat, 18:39: #100HappyDays Day 46: Mending our fence with a lotta help from my Dad. It did finally give me an… http://t.co/39IlqsYpJi
Continue readingFri, 14:47: It feels like snow… #busstopstories Fri, 17:28: Spring has sprung! Miss Wiggy has laid her first egg of the year! 🙂 #spring Fri, 22:21: #100HappyDays Day 45: My mummy and daddy! The first time I’ve seen them since…
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