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 moreA 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…
Continue readingSat, 16:07: Warming and welcoming after playing carols in the cold… #hotchocolate http://t.co/WsnBqAqNO4 Sat, 18:27: 5 of 5 stars to Banzai’s Unexpected Voyage by Jane-Anne Hodgson http://t.co/YnVMewqBHv Sat, 18:38: Another unexpected pleasure: my #review of Banzai’s Unexpected Voyage by @JaneAnneHodgson…
Continue readingBanzai’s Unexpected Voyage by Jane-Anne Hodgson, illustrated by Sammy Jim! When I read the first Grubson Pugg book – Grubson Pugg’s Christmas Voyage – as the final book of last year (and what a festive joy that was!) I found…
Continue readingBanzai’s Unexpected Voyage by Jane-Anne Hodgson, illustrated by Sammy Jim! When I read the first Grubson Pugg book – Grubson Pugg’s Christmas Voyage – as the final book of last year (and what a festive joy that was!) I found…
Continue readingI never really think that Christmas has begun until I play some carols. Yes, we’ve been playing Christmas music at band since November but that is rehearsal for the concert next week and so doesn’t count. This morning Emma and…
Continue readingI never really think that Christmas has begun until I play some carols. Yes, we’ve been playing Christmas music at band since November but that is rehearsal for the concert next week and so doesn’t count. This morning Emma and…
Continue readingFri, 16:39: Lowestoft floods http://t.co/na5JWxoyY5
Continue readingI’m on holiday! Oh yeah! 😀 It’s been a long ol’ week, and not just because of the second 10-hour day at work, but its over now, and I’ve even got an old office chair I was able to take…
Continue readingI’m on holiday! Oh yeah! It’s been a long ol’ week, and not just because of the second 10-hour day at work, but its over now, and I’ve even got an old office chair I was able to take home…
Continue readingWorked a 10-hour day today, thanks to Emma kindly dropping me off at work and then collecting me again at the end of the day. What it did mean though, is that instead of working my normal 8:30 to 4:30…
Continue readingThu, 09:17: RT @megrosoff: Going off to record Great Lives for R4 this morning. Excited and a little nervous (do I know enough?)
Continue readingI worked from home today so that Emma could go with me to the doctors earlier this afternoon. A week and a half a go, on our Suffolk weekend I had, what you might call a funny episode. After we…
Continue readingI worked from home today so that Emma could go with me to the doctors earlier this afternoon. A week and a half a go, on our Suffolk weekend I had, what you might call a funny episode. After we…
Continue readingTue, 15:16: Know your UK counties? I scored 138 out of 144. My score was 95%. http://t.co/KKHYPeIa0O Tue, 16:15: RT @blackwelloxford: Hats off (or more correctly hats on) to the University Climbing club for adorning the Clarendon muses with Santa…
Continue readingMon, 16:32: @becky_lturner @JBHist Hashtag History: using social media to teach, research and engage the public http://t.co/SQv10sqnHB Mon, 19:58: My latest site design went live today, completely restructuring what was there before. Just don’t mention the skulls http://t.co/O1k916SOIV Mon, 20:53:…
Continue readingSun, 16:38: 5 of 5 stars to Write by Phil Daoust http://t.co/SehVDaqH0r Sun, 17:21: A book to read, keep close, and refer to it often as a reminder as to why we write http://t.co/jqNC9LpDdS #books #reading #reviews #writing Sun, 19:47:…
Continue readingWrite by Phil Daoust (Editor) I first encountered this joy of a book when I attended a talk on a cold, snowy day at the Oxford Literary Festival in March last year. A couple of students from the Oxford Brookes…
Continue readingWrite by Phil Daoust (Editor) I first encountered this joy of a book when I attended a talk on a cold, snowy day at the Oxford Literary Festival in March last year. A couple of students from the Oxford Brookes…
Continue readingSat, 19:37: Cow crumble before slow cooking for 2 hours in the oven… #latedinner @ Southwold http://t.co/G4t3gdMczl Sat, 21:22: So, that cow crumble I was telling you about… Very, very tasty, but I think it best not to tell… http://t.co/0Owf3McQzM
Continue readingFri, 22:05: BBC News – Does everyone really have a novel in them? http://t.co/COBkrDjo4d Fri, 22:10: Everything I know about teaching by Michael Gove! http://t.co/REnZC67E7D (or 90 blank pages and a cover that doubles as a dart board)
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