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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How would you feel if you discovered you were the imaginary creation of your best friend?
Read moreThe Awakening (The Judas Curse, #1) by Angella Graff Religious fiction is not really my usual bag, but urban fantasy (for want of a better word, and I think there probably is…) is. When I came across this book with…
Continue readingTue, 20:38: The next best thing to watching #BeforeMidnight if reading the #screenplay. Such great characters speaking fantastic #dialogue
Continue readingMon, 13:24: A joke’s a joke, and this joke has had its day… https://t.co/3rkMXxr3xP via @38_degrees
Continue readingMon, 10:36: #Oops! I appear to have created a broken link on every single course entry page at work and then gone on holiday for a week… #work #web
Continue readingSat, 14:41: RT @abingdonconcert: Want to immerse yourself in everything Christmas come to a concert of festive joy. 7.30pm tonight – you know you… ht… Sat, 15:17: On the thirteenth day of advent: of inspiring places http://t.co/nhNYO4GrnR #birthdays #creativity #imagination…
Continue readingI always knew that going to the Post Office on the Saturday before Christmas was going to involve queuing – lots of queuing – but I don’t think my brain had really processed just how long a queue would be…
Continue readingI always knew that going to the Post Office on the Saturday before Christmas was going to involve queuing – lots of queuing – but I don’t think my brain had really processed just how long a queue would be…
Continue readingFri, 12:59: Love this country Christmas wreath! @ Bourne Valley Inn http://t.co/I1bpVBCpgC Fri, 13:38: It’s important to have something to focus on when you #walk in the rain… #stollen @ Bourne Valley Inn http://t.co/VKctMZYa5j Fri, 14:03: Just posted a photo…
Continue readingToday has been Emma’s birthday. As something a bit different this year, we’ve had a night away at the Bourne Valley Inn in St Mary Bourne in rural Hampshire. Yesterday we visited Avebury to see the biggest stone circle in…
Continue readingToday has been Emma’s birthday. As something a bit different this year, we’ve had a night away at the Bourne Valley Inn in St Mary Bourne in rural Hampshire. Yesterday we visited Avebury to see the biggest stone circle in…
Continue readingThu, 16:12: When the dark comes rising… @ avebury http://t.co/MYSPA7tVjk Thu, 17:47: Traveler’s rest… @ Bourne Valley Inn http://t.co/pxotqR26JJ Thu, 18:57: The Ring In Winter http://t.co/NA3mN2Moan #Avebury #poetry Thu, 19:41: Dinner by an agreeable fire… @ Bourne Valley Inn http://t.co/15nETuMKhk…
Continue readingThe Ring In Winter Birds circle, overhead Calling, cawing A cold, grey mist lingers over mound and ditch. Stones loom over me For age after age, they have stood in this place. Seasons have passed seasons by The distant future…
Continue readingThe Ring In Winter Birds circle, overhead Calling, cawing A cold, grey mist lingers over mound and ditch. Stones loom over me For age after age, they have stood in this place. Seasons have passed seasons by The distant future…
Continue readingWed, 17:27: http://t.co/SGj1tH3dD4 “So you must know about all of the holy wars carried out in the name of a man who did nothing but tell the pe… Wed, 17:29: On, the book… http://t.co/zxQqnJAUpw “So you must know about all…
Continue readingTue, 13:06: What is depression? Watch this animation shed light on what it feels like, by @WHO. (via @Upworthy) http://t.co/RnsKYJsGRK Tue, 15:04: Guess what…? #Christmas 🙂 @ Southwold http://t.co/ItzJlGHbn9 Tue, 21:58: The pen inside my head is itching to write;…
Continue readingMon, 19:36: Annual Christmas shopping trip, to pick up a few last bits and enjoythe twinkling festive lights…… http://t.co/fQIJOKMgqX Mon, 20:11: Just posted a photo http://t.co/LqM4KG6V3a
Continue readingA bit more of a quiet day today. Well, that is until this afternoon. Whilst I can’t stand the repeated traipsing round the shops, doing panic-stricken Christmas shopping to get all the presents bought, favouring instead to do much by…
Continue readingA bit more of a quiet day today. Well, that is until this afternoon. Whilst I can’t stand the repeated traipsing round the shops, doing panic-stricken Christmas shopping to get all the presents bought, favouring instead to do much by…
Continue readingSun, 22:16: More Christmas, this time from @bicesterconcert band in St Edburgs church… @ St Edburgs Church http://t.co/BzCnzUNR1x Sun, 22:20: …and then an after concert dinner at Deans Diner with Lucy and Luke. @ Dean’s Diner http://t.co/0cdmNnqVnf Sun, 22:24: Milkshakes!…
Continue readingA bit of a productive day today, cleaning out the animals and such, but I did get some good reading time in there too – that is – when I wasn’t staring at the most gorgeous of sunsets… After the…
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