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 moreFri, 14:19: I scored 4 out of 7 on the BBC News Quiz http://t.co/k7i1P1Jsmp Fri, 17:31: Taken: Cat Edition #Taken #cat #remake #revine inspired by bASED NAM https://t.co/xI8KWOlgzV
Continue readingFri, 07:01: RT @JBHist: There is truth in little red-riding hood! Cape 1770s-1790s. @MetropolitanMuseum Accession #: C.I.69.4 http://t.co/6D7wJ5COPB vi… Fri, 09:27: The mini-caterpillar returns… https://t.co/KYwwCG8vSf Fri, 09:40: The @hss_brookes caterpillar in perpetual motion… #goingroundincircles @nickyanderton https://t.co/ZNFRgnIaOP Fri, 10:04: 5 of…
Continue readingWed, 14:30: Love it! 🙂 Wedding delayed as ring-bearing owl goes for a sleep http://t.co/7hCl0MEwIj Wed, 15:44: Lynda Barry: The 20 stages of reading – The Washington Post http://t.co/OAS3lqu5Tw Thu, 06:58: Plum jam! Thank you Caroline Shaw for the fruit!…
Continue readingTue, 15:09: “and a turnkey being put into the oven” #awkward #typo
Continue readingMon, 14:53: Kind of impressed that 18,138 people can visit a website that doesn’t exist anymore in the last year. They even spent av. 1m18s there! #work Mon, 18:08: Cold & flu season is coming up. Be prepared: #histmed http://t.co/lgx0aAHlef…
Continue readingSun, 17:15: “why bookshops are worth saving and what they need to do to save them” via @theprettybooks @booksaremybag http://t.co/UiTrBOitQI Sun, 19:47: On a cold and squally #autumn evening: spicy pork and rice from the hairybikers @ Southwold http://t.co/33Vw1ykw90 Sun,…
Continue readingSat, 13:04: #TheEndOfAllWorlds is here, in blackwelloxford for #booksaremybag day… @eburypublishing @ Blackwell’s http://t.co/jz0xbQfZ7V Sat, 13:28: I’m here, in an actual workshop, with my debut novel, #TheEndOfAllWorlds. So come on down to… http://t.co/npsU5yyWw3 Sat, 15:29: Feeling privileged to have signed…
Continue readingFri, 14:26: My enduring love of books and bookshops explained http://t.co/MLBtvyLXHT #books #bookshops #booksaremybag @blackwelloxford @booksaremybag Fri, 15:27: RT @TVsSimonKing: If you are going to the expense and effort of cage trapping a live badger, surely better to inject it…
Continue readingThis poem was written sometime around 1986/7 by Me, aged 13 (or thereabouts). I’d completely forgotten I had written this, but as soon as I read it I remembered precisely when I had, and where it was about. Folk from…
Continue readingThis poem was written sometime around 1986/7 by Me, aged 13 (or thereabouts). I’d completely forgotten I had written this, but as soon as I read it I remembered precisely when I had, and where it was about. Folk from…
Continue readingI’ve always loved reading, and have never not had a ‘book on the go’. I also like writing them too. I can pinpoint the moment that I became a writer to my ninth birthday when my Grandpa gave me a…
Continue readingI’ve always loved reading, and have never not had a ‘book on the go’. I also like writing them too. I can pinpoint the moment that I became a writer to my ninth birthday when my Grandpa gave me a…
Continue readingThu, 16:43: has reached 2010… #livinginthepast #migratingpoems #newwebsite @brookespoetry
Continue readingWed, 12:07: @booksaremybag Do you have a #booksaremybag Twibbon to add to Facebook/Twitter profile pics? Wed, 17:50: I have #bookmarks! All set for Saturday’s @eburypublishing event at blackwelloxford… #booksaremybag… http://t.co/TTxwhgpH5b Wed, 21:13: RT @Joannechocolat: #WhatWritersDo Pack more adaptors and power…
Continue readingTue, 13:37: RT @blackwelloxford: Details of our bookshop party this Saturday @booksaremybag http://t.co/Fld1pm1BnN #SpreadTheLove tweeps! Tue, 13:38: Details of the @blackwelloxford bookshop party this Saturday @booksaremybag http://t.co/JLU2zGNdaG … #SpreadTheLove tweeps! Tue, 17:50: Don’t listen to me, believe what other people…
Continue readingMon, 13:16: 1 girl. Her brother. Their cousin. The hulduf°lk they protect #EndOfAllWorlds at @blackwelloxford @booksaremybag 14/9 http://t.co/uTEtxXvZ3S Mon, 13:55: @blackwelloxford What time is Saturday all kicking off? How many authors do you have your author room? @booksaremybag Mon, 15:18:…
Continue readingSat, 22:55: 3 actors, 6 wooden boxes, 1 more outstanding @charconquest production of @HenryVOxford with @creationtheatre. Bloomin’ marvellous! Thank you Sun, 09:42: RT @blackwelloxford: People who read books are often perceived as nerds. I have met some of THE coolest,…
Continue readingFri, 14:25: Not counting one hot concert in July, today I’m wearing shoes and socks for the first time in about 4 months… #autumn Fri, 20:05: RT @Joannechocolat: #WhatWritersDo Encourage emerging novelists, whilst ignoring toxic tweeters who try to attract…
Continue readingThu, 21:19: I like this @OED Word of the Day: poppling, adj. http://t.co/eenkbCVCwd – I need to use it somewhere… #words
Continue readingWed, 13:45: RT @TheStoryMuseum: Fairytale enthusiasts – An Introduction to Fairy Tales from @NationalTheatre, with Sally Gardner and Philip Pullman: ht… Wed, 13:46: Fairytale enthusiasts: Intro to Fairy Tales from @NationalTheatre with Sally Gardner & Philip Pullman http://t.co/HCIuBtt7Fh @TheStoryMuseum Wed,…
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