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 moreSun, 21:25: Nigel Slater’s bread recipes http://t.co/uYPuwvner8 via @guardian Yum! Mon, 09:55: “People say that books without pictures are somehow more grown up, and I think that’s just mad” @davidjalmond, @BBCRadio4 #DesertIslandDiscs Mon, 10:19: RT @TheStoryMuseum: Today in Stories: Douglas…
Continue reading#Review of A Midsummer Night's Dream with puppets at the Bristol Old Vic http://t.co/cCcvaskJAA via @guardian 09:12:09 Scientists find new kind of bacterial life in hidden Antarctic lake http://t.co/gCyL3yU4GB <-New story for Ben maybe? #The End Of All Worlds 09:19:07…
Continue readingSat, 15:49: Danny Boyle: champion of the people http://t.co/Su7CRcLvVk via @guardian Sat, 16:39: From @guardian: Disability in the workplace: ‘we’re not rain man’ http://t.co/09pyGo037j Sat, 18:39: Great Aunt Blanche and Gunning King http://t.co/hRU9IBWeOt Sun, 09:13: Doesn’t get this. Why can’t…
Continue readingAn interesting blog post on Book Promotion fir an Indie Author… — What's Working at Amazon in 2013? – http://t.co/W1JdPuCqBU 00:11:10
Continue readingWe have a portrait in our house of Great Aunt Blanche. To me she would have been Great great aunt Blanch as she was my Granpy’s aunt. Its a very good charcoal sketch and we’ve always known that the artist…
Continue readingWe have a portrait in our house of Great Aunt Blanche. To me she would have been Great great aunt Blanch as she was my Granpy’s aunt. Its a very good charcoal sketch and we’ve always known that the artist…
Continue readingSat, 09:12: #Review of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with puppets at the Bristol Old Vic http://t.co/cCcvaskJAA via @guardian Sat, 09:19: Scientists find new kind of bacterial life in hidden Antarctic lake http://t.co/gCyL3yU4GB <-New story for Ben maybe? #The End Of…
Continue readinghttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/08/autism-career-ladder-workplace Penny Andrews has recently been employed as a graduate trainee librarian at Leeds Metropolitan University. She beat over 200 people to her post, despite having Asperger’s syndrome, dyspraxia and cerebral palsy. Andrews’ employers have more provision for disabilities than…
Continue readinghttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/08/autism-career-ladder-workplace Penny Andrews has recently been employed as a graduate trainee librarian at Leeds Metropolitan University. She beat over 200 people to her post, despite having Asperger’s syndrome, dyspraxia and cerebral palsy. Andrews’ employers have more provision for disabilities than…
Continue readingthinks that, possibly, I may be going to play a record number of notes, mostly in tune, and in the right places next weekend… #flute #band 22:52:12 A story of what happens after the epic fantasy adventure http://t.co/9LPrDKHThz #AlanGarner #books…
Continue readingThu, 22:52: thinks that, possibly, I may be going to play a record number of notes, mostly in tune, and in the right places next weekend… #flute #band Thu, 23:13: A story of what happens after the epic fantasy adventure…
Continue readingBoneland by Alan Garner When I discovered that Alan Garner had written a new Alderley book I was both excited and nervous. His later books have a tendency to be weird, or, in the case of Thursbitch, down right incomprehensible……
Continue readingBoneland by Alan Garner When I discovered that Alan Garner had written a new Alderley book I was both excited and nervous. His later books have a tendency to be weird, or, in the case of Thursbitch, down right incomprehensible……
Continue readingAm I am emotional silly-billy for getting choked up over the end of the @HairyBikers #EverydayGourmet? 21:15:37 is very intrigued as to what the Amazon parcel is from Milan that neither @EmmaEShepherd nor I have ordered and UPS failed to…
Continue readingWed, 21:15: Am I am emotional silly-billy for getting choked up over the end of the @HairyBikers #EverydayGourmet? Wed, 21:27: is very intrigued as to what the Amazon parcel is from Milan that neither @EmmaEShepherd nor I have ordered and…
Continue readingThe curse of the perfect Spring day http://t.co/u8Z1iMRX5P #books #flyht #stories #amwriting 17:56:44
Continue readingTue, 17:56: The curse of the perfect Spring day http://t.co/u8Z1iMRX5P #books #flyht #stories #amwriting
Continue reading"I'll buy metaphor, but simile's a cop-out used by scaredycats who won't commit to anything. Simile's for cowards." ~Alan Garner, 'Boneland' 17:59:43 Not sure what I should think about being known at the local butchers as "500g of smoked back…
Continue readingToday has been gorgeous in the extreme; cold but not freezing with the perfect light that only a Spring day can deliver. It’s been kind of day that makes you want to be alive. Of course it would been all…
Continue readingToday has been gorgeous in the extreme; cold but not freezing with the perfect light that only a Spring day can deliver. It’s been kind of day that makes you want to be alive. Of course it would been all…
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