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 moreWed, 14:49: Why is #news that a 71 year old man has retired after being in a job for 26 years? #madworld Wed, 21:42: Question for my fellow Indie Authors out there? Have you ever had bookmarks printed? Do you…
Continue readingLounger in the sun. You probably haven't seen one of these since circa 1973… @ Southwold http://t.co/9pjbPG5L8M 12:03:53
Continue readingMon, 13:03: Lounger in the sun. You probably haven’t seen one of these since circa 1973… @ Southwold http://t.co/9pjbPG5L8M
Continue readingThe Green Man… @ Southwold http://t.co/Q06JeeHAV2 17:21:44 Aslan, are you ginger or strawberry-blond? @ Southwold http://t.co/ZBXxeWL8t9 17:27:36
Continue readingSun, 18:21: The Green Man… @ Southwold http://t.co/Q06JeeHAV2 Sun, 18:27: Aslan, are you ginger or strawberry-blond? @ Southwold http://t.co/ZBXxeWL8t9
Continue readingMark Haddon: 'It's like getting money for high-quality old rope' http://t.co/dv6zwVHDT4 via @guardian 07:46:21 Vampire Weekend – review http://t.co/4ZZl967Gtd via @guardian 07:48:29
Continue reading"Fill your house with books urges top author Pullman" Wel, who am I to argue with Philip Pullman? 🙂 http://t.co/cDOL8lDfcp 08:35:14
Continue readingSat, 08:46: Mark Haddon: ‘It’s like getting money for high-quality old rope’ http://t.co/dv6zwVHDT4 via @guardian Sat, 08:48: Vampire Weekend – review http://t.co/4ZZl967Gtd via @guardian
Continue readingBest local newspaper WI report ever in today's North Devon Journal #pirates http://t.co/EkfYl4O9yr \via @Owenmjones 12:40:48
Continue readingThu, 13:40: Best local newspaper WI report ever in today’s North Devon Journal #pirates http://t.co/EkfYl4O9yr \via @Owenmjones Fri, 09:35: “Fill your house with books urges top author Pullman” Wel, who am I to argue with Philip Pullman? 🙂 http://t.co/cDOL8lDfcp
Continue readingHappy May Day morning! 🙂 @ Oxford Brookes University http://t.co/Nuo7bBLZKk 08:12:02 Before the @hss_brookes organised appearance at @OxLitFest, @megrosoff talks about writing, adolescence & Bond http://t.co/TqW5YDCTGr 09:03:53 So its 1st May, start of the greatest month of the year! 🙂…
Continue readingWed, 16:20: It is said that @Skype don’t give refunds. Go on for long enough with written equivalent of a monotone voice & (when they’re wrong) they do. Wed, 20:50: has just realised that after this week I’m not working…
Continue readingParallel parking wasn't my strong point when I was learning but I was never this bad… http://t.co/zz1uRtgvsC 11:10:07 A glass of Lidl's Jeeves in the Spring sunshine. A very acceptable drink… 19:29:31
Continue readingTue, 12:10: Parallel parking wasn’t my strong point when I was learning but I was never this bad… http://t.co/zz1uRtgvsC Tue, 20:29: A glass of Lidl’s Jeeves in the Spring sunshine. A very acceptable drink… Tue, 22:05: RT @vampireweekend: Watch us…
Continue readingJack Zipes on why we still need #fairytales: "We need stories to keep us going and give us hope" (@TheStoryMuseum @MichaelRosenYes) 14:27:01 wonders why it is that I find it so hard to show not tell when I #amwriting? Could…
Continue readingMon, 15:27: Jack Zipes on why we still need #fairytales: “We need stories to keep us going and give us hope” (@TheStoryMuseum @MichaelRosenYes) Mon, 22:12: wonders why it is that I find it so hard to show not tell when…
Continue readingOn head-hopping, and showing not telling: @_RachelAbbott on #writing… http://t.co/kxPn779Q6q \via @thecreativepenn 15:58:01 "No, I be-ant expectin' nothin', but I be so yarnin'" ~Flora Thompson, Lark Rise to Candleford 18:17:30 "When I am dead and in my head/And all my…
Continue readingSun, 16:58: On head-hopping, and showing not telling: @_RachelAbbott on #writing… http://t.co/kxPn779Q6q \via @thecreativepenn Sun, 19:17: “No, I be-ant expectin’ nothin’, but I be so yarnin’” ~Flora Thompson, Lark Rise to Candleford Sun, 19:31: “When I am dead and in…
Continue readingEd Miliband lays down living wage challenge http://t.co/LJ1bKk5tf9 via @guardian 08:18:03 Six novelists on their favourite second artform http://t.co/zTNFUVUJz2 via @guardian 08:30:32 Twitter fiction: @megrosoff http://t.co/0wgqRcDocI via @guardian 08:34:03
Continue readingEntertainment this morning by colleague reluctantly using the office iMac for the first time… #work 09:20:36 The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP: Keep Sustainability in the National Curriculum Objectives https://t.co/ux9NNgYs19 via @change 10:52:03 is very much looking forward to the…
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