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 Thread Through Time by Deborah Shepherd This is Deborah Shepherd’s second novel, after her debut, The Underhill Buttons, and like with Buttons it is a classic time-shift novel of the kind that Penelope Lively used to write when she…
Continue readingMon, 11:04: Thank you Judy for our gorgeous flower pot. 🙂 @ Southwold http://t.co/FMYux7cGej
Continue readingSun, 00:13: Went for an evening stroll down by the river… saw an otter (very exciting!), tawny owl, baby marsh frogs and a muntjac deer. 🙂 #WildLife
Continue readingFri, 12:40: Workplace of a Modern Writer http://t.co/7L2dcwN7Mf #inspiration #process #writing Fri, 13:06: On being a tourist in your own town http://t.co/e7prFUNcq3 #family #oxford #cousins @blackwelloxford @OxfordCastle Fri, 13:41: 400 pages of #story… #MrTumnal @ Southwold http://t.co/hAAeVlJs2D Sat, 08:40: RT…
Continue readingSo I’ve got 400+ pages of novel sitting before me on my desk. Some would probably call it wasteful resources to print out an entire first draft like this, especially as for the first time ever I intend to do…
Continue readingSo I’ve got 400+ pages of novel sitting before me on my desk. Some would probably call it wasteful resources to print out an entire first draft like this, especially as for the first time ever I intend to do…
Continue readingThu, 15:17: has been very productive today, but with the office temp pushing 30° and no one else in now, my motivation is waning… Can I go home now? Thu, 16:14: 5 of 5 stars to The Ocean at the…
Continue readingWed, 23:04: has started reading #MrTumnal from the beginning. Already I’ve addressed a few Louis/Lewis mix-ups… #progress #amwriting #rewrites Wed, 23:15: Brilliant… 🙁 I just got a mental age test result of 44 on My Mental Age http://t.co/jQGUW1Tz9H Thu, 09:11:…
Continue readingWed, 23:04: has started reading #MrTumnal from the beginning. Already I’ve addressed a few Louis/Lewis mix-ups… #progress #amwriting #rewrites Wed, 23:15: Brilliant… 🙁 I just got a mental age test result of 44 on My Mental Age http://t.co/jQGUW1Tz9H Thu, 09:11:…
Continue readingTue, 12:20: RT @hss_brookes: Why Humanities MATTER: the humanities are about what it is to be human… http://t.co/Kue6jJMoLh Tue, 18:09: “I walked down the stairs. I knew what the next sentence was going to be. I walked up the stairs….
Continue readingThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman I bought this book on impulse after reading a review from a good friend. I didn’t have any idea what the book was going to be like. What I…
Continue readingThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman I bought this book on impulse after reading a review from a good friend. I didn’t have any idea what the book was going to be like. What I…
Continue readingMon, 23:06: curses the excellence of @blackwelloxford. I wish I had more money to buy all the books they sell there. Maybe I should just move I…? Tue, 09:00: is feeling a little bit under dressed today… #Rain
Continue readingToday was a day for seeing family that I haven’t seen in ages, or indeed in come cases, not at all. With the exception of Olivia, I’ve not met any of my first cousins-once-removed, and only she when she was…
Continue readingSun, 15:01: Only four abduction a bit chapters to type up. Good job I haz good touch-typing skillz… #amwriting… http://t.co/iOYIR8NP8A Sun, 22:53: RT @megrosoff: Oh, ffs, Britain. Don’t make me embarrassed to be a citizen of you as well. http://t.co/0waIGph5gX…
Continue readingYesterday, this was the scene, come rain or shine (yes, it did rain, epically, at 18:25 when the heavens opened with torrential thunderstorm) I was at my writing station under the umbrella (in sun, for shade, and in rain, for…
Continue readingSat, 17:32: “You take the child; When the child becomes the man. And in his place another child waits.” #TheRules #MrTumnal #amwriting Sat, 17:56: Those final moments… #MrTumnal #amwriting Sat, 18:25: It appears to be raining in the garden now,…
Continue readingI first started writing the curious tale of Mr Tumnal during my honeymoon on 3 June 2009. A little over four year’s later, at 23:10 on Saturday 27 June 2013, I finished it. It is one-year to the day that…
Continue readingI first started writing the curious tale of Mr Tumnal during my honeymoon on 3 June 2009. A little over four year’s later, at 23:10 on Saturday 27 June 2013, I finished it. It is one-year to the day that…
Continue readingFri, 13:20: . @undiminished Is this the kind of thing you were talking about yesterday? http://t.co/RdqCwCs7Cp Fri, 19:42: RT @BBCFrontRow: Killer whale doc Blackfish reviewed; new @LibraryofBham revealed; vocal group @Naturally7 sing live. With @JohnWilson14 Fri, 19:46: Just heard some…
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