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 moreRT @GuardianBooks #lbf13 @neilhimself urges publishers to make mistakes & be more like dandelions http://t.co/6s19Kd544x (@thecreativepenn) 13:06:17 …home from work & a pleasant half hour sitting in the sun in the garden reading with three birdies singing, & the cats…
Continue readingTue, 12:28: RT @hss_brookes: Breakthrough by @oxford_brookes MA Creative Writing Student, Helen Eve… http://t.co/Ku3Z3LBYtc #ya #publishing #Creat … Tue, 14:03: RT @DrAliceRoberts: Now this is more like it. http://t.co/rZA2Xcy4sC Tue, 14:06: RT @GuardianBooks #lbf13 @neilhimself urges publishers to make mistakes…
Continue readingSpring has sprung! #magnolia @ Southwold http://t.co/IwA57ffBnW 17:48:34
Continue readingMon, 18:48: Spring has sprung! #magnolia @ Southwold http://t.co/IwA57ffBnW
Continue readingCS Lewis: A Life – review http://t.co/95PfY7pcXy via @guardian 09:51:00 No state funeral for Maggie Thatcher – e-petitions http://t.co/wndg4aehkQ 15:28:29 had nice Sunday pm outing with @EmmaEShepherd to Deddington: pottered round the village; browsed the antique shop & we didn't…
Continue readingSun, 16:28: No state funeral for Maggie Thatcher – e-petitions http://t.co/wndg4aehkQ Sun, 20:42: had nice Sunday pm outing with @EmmaEShepherd to Deddington: pottered round the village; browsed the antique shop & we didn’t buy anything!
Continue readingTheatre luminaries write to culture minister warning of arts cuts damage http://t.co/IdtTlX4WXS via @guardian 13:05:41 Simon Hoggart's week: the good, the mad and the ugly http://t.co/PTzyKDEZDA via @guardian 13:39:48 Mark Haddon on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the…
Continue readingSat, 14:05: Theatre luminaries write to culture minister warning of arts cuts damage http://t.co/IdtTlX4WXS via @guardian Sat, 14:39: Simon Hoggart’s week: the good, the mad and the ugly http://t.co/PTzyKDEZDA via @guardian Sat, 14:49: Mark Haddon on The Curious Incident of…
Continue readingWill be going to this at the Bodleian: Magical Books From the Middle Ages to Middle-Earth http://t.co/jqr7jemRbX It's all my fave authors! 16:45:25 Dressed for dinner… @ Southwold http://t.co/MwQd7mBqxp 19:24:42 All dressed up for the night… @ Southwold http://t.co/Oqfm3pVQ6W 19:29:10
Continue readingFri, 17:45: Will be going to this at the Bodleian: Magical Books From the Middle Ages to Middle-Earth http://t.co/jqr7jemRbX It’s all my fave authors! Fri, 20:24: Dressed for dinner… @ Southwold http://t.co/MwQd7mBqxp Fri, 20:29: All dressed up for the night……
Continue readingThe Last Bookshop imagines a future where physical books have died out https://t.co/LLvhAVzawe #books #stories #storytelling 14:15:45 Can't see three people going through to the quarters of @MasterChefUK tonight. Not sure I can see two going through! #masterchef 21:10:20 Has…
Continue readingThu, 15:15: The Last Bookshop imagines a future where physical books have died out https://t.co/LLvhAVzawe #books #stories #storytelling Thu, 15:46: RT @blackwelloxford: The Last Bookshop, a 20 minute film worth watching https://t.co/vl1kJ8A5de via @structomagazine Thu, 22:10: Can’t see three people…
Continue readingOf geeky things, the inconvenience of inspiration, & why I've been lax with my writing http://t.co/7mIgl20UDa #amwriting #geeky #inspiration 21:25:15
Continue readingWed, 22:25: Of geeky things, the inconvenience of inspiration, & why I’ve been lax with my writing http://t.co/7mIgl20UDa #amwriting #geeky #inspiration
Continue readingAs is my way, after a flurry of writing activity is all gone a bit quiet again. In part, that is because I’ve found myself busy doing geeky, all-consuming, submersive webby/journal-style stuff. In this case it has been the process…
Continue readingAs is my way, after a flurry of writing activity is all gone a bit quiet again. In part, that is because I’ve found myself busy doing geeky, all-consuming, submersive webby/journal-style stuff. In this case it has been the process…
Continue readingmanaged to remove 50,000+ duplicate comments from my journal with a bit of MySQL hacking and this: http://t.co/xabXuoVjVw #geeky #wordpress 20:01:16 has been removing the archives of shepline. In tonight's instalment, #Edinburgh-inspired #poetry… http://t.co/3AAFPxWycY 22:35:02
Continue readingMon, 21:01: managed to remove 50,000+ duplicate comments from my journal with a bit of MySQL hacking and this: http://t.co/xabXuoVjVw #geeky #wordpress Mon, 23:35: has been removing the archives of shepline. In tonight’s instalment, #Edinburgh-inspired #poetry… http://t.co/3AAFPxWycY
Continue readingWhy our turbulent weather is getting even harder to predict http://t.co/zrbjSZZVgk via @guardian 09:02:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard: 'I'm 90. Writing is what gets me up in the morning' http://t.co/ZoTEMsMpON via @guardian 09:10:49
Continue readingIain Banks: why I'm supporting a cultural boycott of Israel http://t.co/eB6Y8HZiXL via @guardian 08:39:23 Does Spelling Matter? by Simon Horobin – review http://t.co/dgEtvqjz3S via @guardian 18:07:14
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