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 moreSat, 13:49: The downside to buying the veg from the market on Saturday is there is always so many other scrummy… http://t.co/EsbL1tVJAw Sat, 20:35: I just got a mental age test result of 45 on My Mental Age http://t.co/jQGUW1Tz9H Can’t…
Continue readingFri, 18:18: Why don’t we consider this question more often…? http://t.co/uIno0jbloj My bed is made. I run my hands over the thin blanket, worn …
Continue readingWed, 19:36: http://t.co/0ED0MZrzPN Perhaps it was the absence of a name, the silence where a name should be, that they had summoned her by. Wed, 19:37: http://t.co/VTVp1gKbOa The only murderesses Margr°t had known were the women in the sagas, and…
Continue readingTue, 18:28: RT @IndieAuthorALLI: Thanks to @shepline for clipping @OrnaRoss‘s BBC Radio 4 interview about #selfpub on #PM: https://t.co/DYlvoxo7DP Tue, 20:10: is getting a little bit annoyed with my tablet for auto-correcting Zoe into ! or …?!? Tue, 20:11: Has…
Continue readingMon, 20:20: RT @guardian: Children with regular bedtimes less likely to misbehave, research shows http://t.co/yPkWlmWXTY Mon, 20:21: RT @BBCRadio4: Author @neilhimself was distracted by a miniature yeti during his Saturday Live interview. Listen here: http://t.co/s4bAErbU… Mon, 21:26: .@JBHist Just finished…
Continue readingAccording to this article on the BBC website, Iceland is a country where one in 10 people will publish a book. I can understand that. The winter months in Iceland are long, dark, and cold, and for years the winter…
Continue readingAccording to this article on the BBC website, Iceland is a country where one in 10 people will publish a book. I can understand that. The winter months in Iceland are long, dark, and cold, and for years the winter…
Continue readingSun, 20:05: RT @MHarrison13: Think I’ve finally figured out the ending to my book. Phew. Just need to write it now. Sun, 21:40: I want a shed! #manmadehome @Kevin_McCloud Sun, 22:53: “His own house had glass windows” http://t.co/gIegDeQXdM He peered…
Continue readingSat, 18:25: 5 of 5 stars to Gobbolino the Witch’s Cat by Ursula Moray Williams http://t.co/TM0ZuBcW3e Sat, 18:35: Rediscovering a childhood favourite: #review of #Gobbolino The Witch’s Cat… http://t.co/zNmjlzQLqP #books #amreading #childhood Sat, 22:31: A #nonchalant pose from William F….
Continue readingGobbolino The Witch’s Cat by Ursula Moray Williams This has been a childhood favourite of mine for years, but it is also years and years since I last read it. Michelle Harrison, the author of the 13 Treasures series, put…
Continue readingGobbolino The Witch’s Cat by Ursula Moray Williams This has been a childhood favourite of mine for years, but it is also years and years since I last read it. Michelle Harrison, the author of the 13 Treasures series, put…
Continue readingSat, 09:37: .@neilhimself on #SaturdayLive is fascinating and interesting. Very, very clever man…
Continue readingThu, 19:50: Ursula Moray Williams “has never deliberately written for children; it just happens that they like what she writes” #GobbolinoTheWitchsCat Fri, 07:19: RT @brookespoetry: Tomorrow! #landscape/#poetry exhibition (Zoe Benbow/Deryn Rees-Jones) opens @oxford_brookes til 5 Nov. Free to all. http……
Continue readingThu, 10:21: @blackwelloxford Hi! Just wondering if you got my email about The End Of All Worlds? Thu, 10:54: @EoinFlannery How about a new profile picture on your twitter? 🙂 http://t.co/u54zecAJoX
Continue readingTue, 17:09: “It was the tea-time hour, the hour when every cat is lord of his house, and every house without a cat is lonely” Gobbolino the witch’s cat Tue, 20:03: RT @Joannechocolat: Want another chance to win a LOKI…
Continue readingMon, 18:42: RT @davidjalmond: My next Guardian masterclass, Storytelling & the Imagination, is in January. Details here: http://t.co/VgfZwaYgWx Mon, 19:26: @guardian #masterclass into ways to write: story telling and imagination with @davidjalmond http://t.co/jhymeAxHVx I’d love to go to this! Mon,…
Continue readingMon, 09:35: wonders whether @oxford_brookes @space_to_think have considered Lund University’s solution for student accommodation? http://t.co/KCVzGVw4Of
Continue readingSat, 12:56: Just realised today is the 4th anniversary to the day I have worked at @oxford_brookes. Celebration sweets to me! #obod2013 #imoxfordbrookes Sat, 14:36: .@megrosoff Gove dismisses novelists’ petition as “full of vapid clichés.” And who should recognise a…
Continue readingFri, 13:50: RT @hss_brookes: Are you coming to the @oxford_brookes Open Day tomorrow? Retweet if you are! We look forward to meeting you… #obod2013 Fri, 21:06: .@cathryanhoward asks how much time do you need to write? http://t.co/QsGzndqKdI Me? I write…
Continue readingThe Owl Service by Alan Garner “…why didn’t you cut the pattern into flowers from the start, you silly girl?” Roger asks his step sister at the end… because we wouldn’t have been given this gloriously enjoyable story if she…
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