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 readingLeaving work in time to enjoy a good sunset makes me happy… #100HappyDays
Continue readingLeaving work in time to enjoy a good sunset makes me happy… #100HappyDays
Continue readingThu, 11:58: RT @HurdyGurdyRadio: #LOVE RT @corkcolibrary: Napoleon’s travelling library which he took on his campaigns. Early Kindle. http://t.co/fUzvR…
Continue readingWed, 11:33: I’ve just signed up for the 100HappyDays challenge! Can you be happy for 100 days in a row?/ http://t.co/rthKzwSRM0 Wed, 16:54: Leaving Oxford. It’s like an exodus. Gridlock… #floods Wed, 17:48: has finished reading the second book of…
Continue readingArtemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer I’ve always loved stories of fairies, elves, and the hidden people, but in truth whenever I think of them I imagine them living a simpler, more rural, rustic way of life tucked away out of…
Continue readingArtemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer I’ve always loved stories of fairies, elves, and the hidden people, but in truth whenever I think of them I imagine them living a simpler, more rural, rustic way of life tucked away out of…
Continue readingFinishing the day finishing a good book… #100HappyDays
Continue readingFinishing the day finishing a good book… #100HappyDays
Continue readingFinishing the day finishing a good book… #100HappyDays
Continue readingThe Man Who Rained by Ali Shaw This is the natural follow-up to Ali Shaw’s brilliant debut, The Girl With Glass Feet. It is every bit as beautifully and lyrically written as that story, but it is in a way…
Continue readingThe Man Who Rained by Ali Shaw This is the natural follow-up to Ali Shaw’s brilliant debut, The Girl With Glass Feet. It is every bit as beautifully and lyrically written as that story, but it is in a way…
Continue readingWed, 12:10: #NewYear but mourning the lack of a new #DianaWynneJones book to #read? Try @Ally_Nuttall‘s Spider Circus instead: http://t.co/GY4t1gRZ1f Wed, 18:41: On the seventh day of Christmas: a new chapter http://t.co/OWVoocYDkG #life #NewYear #amreading #ReadingChallenge #resolutions #things Wed, 20:49:…
Continue readingAnd so we reach 2014, and what a wet and bedraggled 2014 it looks to be so far. We stayed up for the fireworks last night and a small finger of whisky to see in the New Year but that…
Continue readingAnd so we reach 2014, and what a wet and bedraggled 2014 it looks to be so far. We stayed up for the fireworks last night and a small finger of whisky to see in the New Year but that…
Continue readingTue, 12:30: . @timminchin does a good Judas… #jesuschristsuperstar Tue, 17:26: Standing in the shoes of #DianaWynneJones: my review of Spider Circus by @Ally_Nuttall http://t.co/lu8EENsyeJ #fantasy #amreading #reviews Tue, 17:26: RT @marcusbrig: What a sadness to have lost John Fortune….
Continue readingAt the beginning of 2013 I reset my perennial new year’s resolution to read more, and resolved once more to try and read 20 books this year. Today I can report that I have smashed my target, ground my previous…
Continue readingSpider Circus by Alice Nuttall I knew nothing about Spider Circus before I read this, and little about Alice Nuttall other than she was a student at the university where I work and I had put her profile on the web. When…
Continue readingSpider Circus by Alice Nuttall I knew nothing about Spider Circus before I read this, and little about Alice Nuttall other than she was a student at the university where I work and I had put her profile on the web. When…
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