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 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…
Continue readingThu, 13:41: On #NationalPoetryDay a poem about poetry… http://t.co/cWLZxvyKzV #poetry #poems Thu, 13:42: RT @brookespoetry: Happy #NationalPoetryDay! Read a selection of contemporary poems from super publishers in the #WeeklyPoem archive! http:… Thu, 15:13: To celebrate #NationalPoetryDay, a perennial favourite from…
Continue readingThe Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre asked people recently to share their favourite poems today. As with all favourite and best-of lists I find it very hard to choose. What strikes with you in one circumstance may not be right in…
Continue readingThe Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre asked people recently to share their favourite poems today. As with all favourite and best-of lists I find it very hard to choose. What strikes with you in one circumstance may not be right in…
Continue readingA Day for Poetry There is a time and a place a thought; a feeling; an emotion when there is no other way to say it. It can be for sorrow and grief joy and exultation when politics angers you…
Continue readingA Day for Poetry There is a time and a place a thought; a feeling; an emotion when there is no other way to say it. It can be for sorrow and grief joy and exultation when politics angers you…
Continue readingWed, 20:30: The results are in, and I’m hated by the Daily Mail! How about you? http://t.co/cHP4gswFLv
Continue readingTue, 13:16: RT @JBHist: These talks look interesting at Oxfordshire Museum @FoOxonMuseum http://t.co/i0AFoFyYWt Wed, 10:36: I was going to be good and say no to #cake but then I discovered out was in support of @KEENOxford… http://t.co/r0zlc5lPjO
Continue readingMon, 20:11: RT @andyjshepherd: Why Kipper and Chips will never be enough for me – or my boys http://t.co/6tELp8jgxq Mon, 22:36: RT @HannahFKent: I like to work in solitude, mainly because I talk to myself a lot. (3/3) #lbbookclub @Heather__Ilene
Continue readingSun, 12:07: RT @brookespoetry: It’s @PoetryDayUK on Thursday! If you’re putting on an event around #Oxfordshire, let us know and we’ll promote it! #poe… Sun, 12:10: It seems that I have something in common with @LeeMack. I tho get musical…
Continue readingSat, 19:11: RT @donnette: Literary Elite is out! http://t.co/qlSlj9fInr ▸ Top stories today via @shepline @MallaHaridat @pmterrell Sat, 20:51: Mince and vegetable pie with tumbled spuds ° la hairybikers #Dieters… @ Southwold http://t.co/naCzXeQbSN Sat, 20:55: …the remains of the pie…
Continue readingFri, 13:48: Michael Morpurgo on BBC Front Row https://t.co/ksIrlEDPxM Fri, 19:28: RT @littlebrown: .@HannahFKent is at @BooksandBooks now, discussing #BurialRites – watch the live stream here! http://t.co/bLKBKcd7pu Fri, 19:37: .@HannahFKent‘s first novel #BurialRites sounds fascinating, and not just because Iceland…
Continue readingWed, 13:41: .@VodafoneUK has some of the worst on hold music ever! If only they’d allow me to have different delivery address from the start?!? #poor Thu, 10:46: RT @hss_brookes: .@oxford_brookes launches a series of six graded reading levels called…
Continue readingWed, 09:36: RT @blackwelloxford: Great to see @booksaremybag having a positive impact http://t.co/w7w3yq66Cf 18% up is ace (we were even acer!) Thank y… Wed, 10:35: RT @hss_brookes: .@oxford_brookes Prof Tina Miller talked on @BBCBreakfast about proposals for a shorter, more…
Continue readingMon, 15:44: RT @TheStoryMuseum: Practical Pig’s wolf repellent – for all your house-building needs. #storysupplies http://t.co/cxpbztJ9Vm Mon, 16:09: lone sharks/loan sharks… You really wouldn’t want to confuse them… 😉 Mon, 18:33: Playing best out of three, my right forehand beats…
Continue readingMr Tumnal is the story of a man who marries his imaginary friend. Based on the dissertation of my friends Kirsty, You Were My Betty is another crazy idea from the same brain. Charlotte gets help with her dissertation from…
Continue readingSun, 16:27: It was impossible to contain my excitement when I turned round to discover Alan Garner’s actual Owl… http://t.co/voNxaqpROT Sun, 18:28: Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone. Six signs the circle, abduction the grail gone before…… http://t.co/ewP1jWJQHq Sun, 18:36:…
Continue readingToday, Emma and I finally made it into Oxford for the Magical Books exhibition at the Bodleian Library. I am so glad that we did. The exhibition space at The Bodleian is small but we spent about an hour in…
Continue readingGhost Hawk by Susan Cooper Ever since I read Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising, and the sequence of which it is part I have loved Susan Cooper’s books and she she has remained one of my favoured authors. Probably…
Continue readingGhost Hawk by Susan Cooper Ever since I read Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising, and the sequence of which it is part I have loved Susan Cooper’s books and she she has remained one of my favoured authors. Probably…
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