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Thu, 17:44: likes getting back in touch with old friends. Especially ones I should never have lost contact with. 🙂
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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 moreThu, 17:44: likes getting back in touch with old friends. Especially ones I should never have lost contact with. 🙂
Continue readingWed, 14:50: My #interview with @Ally_Nuttall, author of the #YA #fantasy novel SPIDER CIRCUS (and @brookes_hums PhD student) http://t.co/1F1GsPvBG1 Wed, 15:33: RT @TheStoryMuseum: Neil Gaiman on appearing in #26Characters, opening 5 April: http://t.co/AmsTGsYzNB @neilhimself Wed, 17:22: RT @Ally_Nuttall: http://t.co/CgqfHxTb1y I…
Continue readingAlice Nuttall is a PhD student at the university where I work, and it was a colleague of mine who pointed me in the direction of her debut novel, Spider Circus. I am really glad that I was because I…
Continue readingAlice Nuttall is a PhD student at the university where I work, and it was a colleague of mine who pointed me in the direction of her debut novel, Spider Circus. I am really glad that I was because I…
Continue readingTue, 12:28: A question of land and sea, and of sea and land… http://t.co/Pz3YealGt0 where exactly it was that freshwater from the beck became s… Tue, 14:29: RT @GeorgeMonbiot: Satellite view from 2 days ago shows UK soil pouring into…
Continue readingMon, 20:15: #100HappyDays Day 41: I might have slowed down a bit but I’m still 5 books ahead of schedule…… http://t.co/2PxbC4yahj Tue, 07:09: Dear Grumpy Man on bus, don’t give me a filthy look when I ask to sit where…
Continue readingSun, 20:09: #100HappyDays Day 40: A nice roast dinner ti complete a lovely weekend with friends and showing them a… http://t.co/SwLKDWug3r Mon, 10:05: RT @ipurvis5: #jhbb last Friday sunshine http://t.co/jMzc5BShj7
Continue readingSat, 18:14: #100HappyDays Day 39: Taking friends to see Oxford and the newly reopened @morethanadodo Natural… http://t.co/5r1OY7nzRs
Continue readingFri, 16:49: Didn’t realise this, but when bus drivers need to make use of the onboard loos, they have to take their little cashbox with them… Fri, 23:07: Don’t like it when the bins start walking about outside of their…
Continue readingThu, 16:04: #100HappyDays Day 37: Crocheted love chickens on the bridge over the A34 always brings a smile to my… http://t.co/fZrWNwozuP Thu, 20:27: You’re supposed to get lost, in this, right? http://t.co/xcDBuAFgTo Fri, 07:05: Ran for the bus today, or…
Continue readingWed, 14:27: RT @TheTweetOfGod: Yes, all this misery is punishment for gay marriage. You’re not legalizing it fast enough. Wed, 19:57: #100HappyDays Day 36: The weekly shop in the 21st century. Plan the week on my planner, work out what……
Continue readingTue, 12:13: Potty-mouth monk? I wonder what the “damned f***in Abbot” did? The first recorded instance of the F-word in English http://t.co/GJDT5Qj9DL Tue, 16:23: #100HappyDays Day 35: I’m not sure quite why but I do #lovecurling in the Olympics. Team…
Continue readingMon, 13:44: I took Zimbio’s ‘Star Trek’ personality quiz, and I’m Chekov. Who are you? #ZimbioQuiz http://t.co/F0a1XpIYQM Mon, 15:31: RT @JBHist: The benefits of social media in research http://t.co/n70aGLpIKN Mon, 19:13: #100HappyDays Day 34: Colourful sandwiches with bread from the…
Continue readingSun, 15:48: #100HappyDays Day 33: A good morning in the garden cleaning out the animals and clearing the veg patch… http://t.co/MnMcWrhnlR Mon, 09:28: Over an hour on the linear car park they call the A34… just what I wanted on…
Continue readingSat, 17:27: #100HappyDays Day 32: Dog on a large bail at our friend’s farm when we went to bag up lots of lovely… http://t.co/rwuw3InLlE Sat, 17:47: Pooooo!!!!! 🙂 http://t.co/Xl5QYQUwzK Sat, 17:54: We are lucky cows, we chew the cud and…
Continue readingFri, 17:07: Only in Oxford would you find a busker with an *actual* piano… @ Cornmarket Street, Oxford http://t.co/a1mkfTyK5D Fri, 18:55: At 10 years old, it’s time to finally pension these off. I bought these in the summer of 2004…
Continue readingThu, 18:00: RT @blablafishcakes: Fellow writer’s, listen up. We must do something about all these grocers’ apostrophe’s. Thu, 21:06: #100HappyDays Day 30a: Colourful dinner (no added food colouring) of mashed fish with purple sweet… http://t.co/HRk3VU9l0V Fri, 11:16: #100HappyDays. Day 31:…
Continue readingWed, 13:02: RT @radarqueen: Shiny new study space in the Library #JHBB open on 26 February http://t.co/DFv3JgSX5K Wed, 13:53: Farewell boss. You’ve been great, and we’ll miss you. @ Brookes Restaurant http://t.co/zuFJFlLwDR Wed, 16:55: Tough day at work today. Had…
Continue reading#100HappyDays Day 30: Red sky in the morning, Shepherd’s warning, but still a beautiful, if brief, sunrise. The sky before the storm maybe…?
Continue reading#100HappyDays Day 29: We’ve been doing some more genealogy research and the 1911 census is now out now. This is the first time I’ve seen the names of people I’ve known and loved (my Gran and Granpy) on the census!
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