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 moreTue, 13:45: Clearly I’ve been away from the city centre for too long. These are all over the place now… #Oxford http://t.co/PVAPoOoqnP Tue, 13:47: Loves that knitted street furniture has arrived in #Oxford… http://t.co/y310rO049j Tue, 13:54: The pleasures of spring……
Continue readingIt's the @oxfordlitfest this week. Is there a better time to shout out to new Oxford authors? http://t.co/9v3Q4XRy9I #oxfordlitfest 10:56:35 The downside to a good writing yesterday: I want to be #amwriting today… #work #workgetsintheway #wanttobewriting 10:59:00 The downside to…
Continue readingMon, 18:21: Unspoken and unsaid… #amwriting #MrTumnal Mon, 19:40: hopes that how I am playing this scene works, and doesn’t just end up being seen as head-hopping… #amwriting #MrTumnal Mon, 22:16: On discovering the How in the story… https://t.co/KsSgbdRKqW #amwriting…
Continue readingDefinitely feel a casserole today… Nigel Slater's bean casserole recipes http://t.co/hJBbPIqAWp via @guardian 10:39:15 Time to put the recycling out…? @ Southwold http://t.co/K0bE2RN1Sk 11:54:52 "I thought you wouldn't find me here…" @ Southwold http://t.co/xzGc1alKVb 11:57:44 The sadness of not being…
Continue readingSun, 18:28: The sadness of not being able to finish my cup of tea due to dropping my inky pen cap into my Mr Bump mug… #incompetence #amwriting Sun, 20:09: has finished part four, chapter nine… which means that it…
Continue readingThey don't make them like that any more: products through the ages http://t.co/1e8FLlWNIS via @guardian 09:13:20 wonders if I might have overdone things on the clementine front this week?!? @ Southwold http://t.co/RDZ1t1CaJ6 12:20:35 Flute polished, DJ on, am I ready…
Continue readingSat, 12:20: wonders if I might have overdone things on the clementine front this week?!? @ Southwold http://t.co/RDZ1t1CaJ6 Sat, 15:08: Flute polished, DJ on, am I ready for tonight’s @abingdonconcert #concert…? https://t.co/j7yuSWKIGF Sun, 10:39: Definitely feel a casserole today… Nigel…
Continue readingI get that he's playing a spade, but why's he playing a double spade? #rnd13 #comicrelief 22:23:38
Continue readingFri, 22:23: I get that he’s playing a spade, but why’s he playing a double spade? #rnd13 #comicrelief Sat, 09:13: They don’t make them like that any more: products through the ages http://t.co/1e8FLlWNIS via @guardian
Continue readingMy review of 'How I Live Now' by @megrosoff http://t.co/g1IHSw0aNB #books #amreading #reviews 14:14:19 "Some say you should turn your face from the light of the moon. They say it makes you mad. I turn my face towards it &…
Continue readingThu, 14:14: My review of ‘How I Live Now’ by @megrosoff http://t.co/g1IHSw0aNB #books #amreading #reviews Thu, 18:06: “Some say you should turn your face from the light of the moon. They say it makes you mad. I turn my face…
Continue readingThere's got to be a horse joke somewhere in the news that Tesco buys Giraffe restaurants… http://t.co/vNBzCcMzw8 12:06:49 One website down, four to go… #thehuntforbrokenlinks #work 14:45:17 Leonardo's anatomical drawings to go on display alongside modern scans http://t.co/dXHUH4knr8 via @guardian…
Continue readingHow I Live Now by Meg Rosoff This book has been on my TBR shelf for too long, and I really don’t know why. It’s not a long book but even so I don’t often race through a book like…
Continue readingHow I Live Now by Meg Rosoff This book has been on my TBR shelf for too long, and I really don’t know why. It’s not a long book but even so I don’t often race through a book like…
Continue readingWed, 12:06: There’s got to be a horse joke somewhere in the news that Tesco buys Giraffe restaurants… http://t.co/vNBzCcMzw8 Wed, 14:45: One website down, four to go… #thehuntforbrokenlinks #work Wed, 22:20: Leonardo’s anatomical drawings to go on display alongside modern…
Continue reading"I don't get nearly enough credit in life for the things in life for the things I manage not to say." @megrosoff, 'How I Live Now' 11:32:42 wonders how have I not read @megrosoff's How I Live Now before…? #engrossed…
Continue readingTue, 13:23: wonders how have I not read @megrosoff‘s How I Live Now before…? #engrossed #amreading Tue, 16:29: Alan sunning himself… @ Southwold http://t.co/d5lJL5eVSY Tue, 16:32: Smart, new taps! 🙂 @ Southwold http://t.co/d7BiIM11gt
Continue reading"People say that books without pictures are somehow more grown up, and I think that's just mad" @davidjalmond, @BBCRadio4 #DesertIslandDiscs 09:55:54 Today in Stories: Douglas Adams was born on this day in 1952. Now there's a frood who really knows…
Continue readingTue, 11:32: “I don’t get nearly enough credit in life for the things in life for the things I manage not to say.” @megrosoff, ‘How I Live Now’
Continue readingDoesn't get this. Why can't gamekeepers lead on cull. If we still had wolves we wouldnt have a problem (nor Grandma!) http://t.co/Y1sfNsJh1o 09:13:48 Top novelists look to ebooks to challenge the rules of fiction http://t.co/43rcq84gZT via @guardian 09:25:39 Nigel Slater's…
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